FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED
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Cash
£296k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.9m
Equity attributable
Employees
130
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£706k
Period ending 2025-05-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £18,980,306 | £21,420,435 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£676,367 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£705,963 | — | |
| Net profit | £195,868 | -£705,963 | — | |
| Cash | £487,763 | £296,219 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,910,088 | £2,905,646 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,691,338 | £2,859,063 | — | |
| Equity | £3,691,338 | £2,859,063 | — | |
| Average employees | 123 | 130 | — | |
| Wages | £3,784,750 | £5,476,677 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 14 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 47.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | -18.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED 1994-11-07 → present
- FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE (MERSEYSIDE) LIMITED 1988-09-14 → 1994-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have prepared forecasts for the Group for the period to 31 August 2027, including detailed cashflow forecasts incorporating the Group's invoice discounting facility with RBS Invoice Finance. These forecasts have been based on the Group's historic and latest trading performance and management's expectations of future income and expenditure, and demonstrate that the Group has sufficient financial resources to continue as a going concern through to 31 August 2027 and meet the operational requirements of the facility.”
Group structure
- FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED · parent
- Bulky Bob's
- End Furniture Poverty Foundation
Significant events
- “Subsidiary Bulky Bob's contract with Oldham Council concludes on 31 July 2026 and will not be renewed, and subsequently the entity will cease trading.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DORAN, Shaun | Secretary | 2026-04-29 | — | — |
| COURTNEY, Alli | Director | 2024-09-27 | May 1967 | British |
| DIXON, Claire | Director | 2024-09-27 | Apr 1978 | British |
| HINES, John David, Dr | Director | 2008-12-02 | Aug 1970 | British |
| SPRUYT, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-05-31 | Sep 1964 | British |
| VEPARI, Fatima | Director | 2024-09-27 | Mar 1968 | British |
| VERNON, Jeffrey Barry | Director | 2005-03-18 | Jun 1964 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAIDE, Valerie Margaret | Secretary | 1995-10-24 | 1999-08-20 |
| DAVISON, Robert | Secretary | — | 1994-10-26 |
| DORAN, Shaun | Secretary | 2023-05-31 | 2023-11-10 |
| DORAN, Shaun | Secretary | 2012-09-21 | 2013-02-08 |
| HOUGH, Nicola | Secretary | 2012-02-22 | 2012-09-21 |
| ROWAN, Anthony | Secretary | 2013-02-08 | 2023-05-31 |
| ROWAN, Anthony Edward | Secretary | 1999-08-20 | 2005-07-15 |
| TOTTEY, Philip John | Secretary | 2005-07-15 | 2012-02-22 |
| WESTCOTT, Jane Francesca | Secretary | 1994-10-26 | 1995-10-24 |
| WILLIAMSON, Claire | Secretary | 2023-11-10 | 2026-04-29 |
| ANDERSON, Joanne | Director | 2001-09-07 | 2003-01-24 |
| ASQUITH, Gaynor | Director | 1998-10-28 | 2008-03-18 |
| BENSON, Kathleen Isabel | Director | — | 1991-06-12 |
| BICHARD, Erik Michael | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2024-03-01 |
| BLACK, Liam Anthony | Director | 1994-03-22 | 1997-09-09 |
| BLACK, Rebecca | Director | 1993-01-20 | 1993-11-15 |
| BRAIDE, Valerie Margaret | Director | 1995-09-06 | 2002-01-25 |
| CHAPMAN, Carol | Director | 1994-06-30 | 1994-10-20 |
| CROWE, Kim Marie | Director | 2001-09-07 | 2009-12-18 |
| DE VERDIE, Sharon Catherine | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1994-04-15 |
| DIXON, Lesley | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2022-05-24 |
| DONOVAN, James Timothy | Director | 1995-10-10 | 2006-10-06 |
| EASSOM, Helen Margaret | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| FAGAN, Thomas, Rev | Director | — | 1993-01-20 |
| FITZGERALD, John Francis | Director | 1991-06-14 | 1995-09-01 |
| GILVIN, John Terence | Director | — | 1991-12-06 |
| KELLY, Margaret Anne | Director | 1994-08-24 | 1995-10-24 |
| LEACH, Esther | Director | 2021-03-03 | 2023-11-19 |
| MARTIN, Stephen John | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| MCKENZIE, Barry | Director | 1994-08-24 | 2004-09-10 |
| MEADOWS, Cyril James | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| MILLER, Irene | Director | 1991-06-14 | 1994-04-26 |
| MOGLIONE, Gillian Anne | Director | 1996-08-21 | 1997-09-09 |
| MORRIS, Graham John | Director | 1998-12-18 | 2014-08-08 |
| NICHOLLS, Jeremy Andrew | Director | 2009-07-31 | 2023-07-27 |
| O'DOHERTY, Barry | Director | 1991-06-14 | 1997-07-18 |
| ROONEY, Barney | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2000-03-17 |
| SHONE, David Howard Leyland | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1999-08-20 |
| SLOANE, Patricia Ann | Director | 1998-10-28 | 2001-03-02 |
| STEWART, Martin | Director | 1991-06-12 | 1994-06-30 |
| WATSON, Christopher John | Director | 2003-05-16 | 2019-02-15 |
| WATSON, Stephanie Amaal | Director | 1997-12-19 | 1998-10-28 |
| WILSON, Nigel Peter | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2022-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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