FESPA LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
EUR 5,230,995
-6.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4m
EUR 4,559,693
+6.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
41
-6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£204k
EUR 234,197
+73% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £10,804,761 | £10,446,937 | £12,722,818 | +21.8% | |
| Operating profit | £946,726 | £109,773 | £264,753 | +141.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £944,297 | £118,073 | £204,253 | +73% | |
| Net profit | £695,959 | £134,302 | £48,964 | -63.5% | |
| Cash | £4,659,057 | £4,891,650 | £4,562,179 | -6.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,696,963 | £3,738,408 | £4,012,118 | +7.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,692,025 | £3,729,997 | £3,976,708 | +6.6% | |
| Equity | £3,692,025 | £3,729,997 | £3,976,708 | +6.6% | |
| Average employees | 39 | 44 | 41 | -6.8% | |
| Wages | £2,283,354 | £2,559,568 | £2,886,586 | +12.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £170,936 | £180,852 | £187,426 | +3.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 1.1% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.6% | 2.9% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.2% | 68.0% | 68.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.18x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | 17.08x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- FESPA LIMITED 1998-03-12 → present
- FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN SCREEN PRINTERS ASSOCIATIONSLIMITED 1990-03-09 → 1998-03-12
- PAGEFORD LIMITED 1989-12-05 → 1990-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Goodman Jones LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that it remains appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- FESPA LIMITED · parent
- Fespa Mexico S De RL De CV 100%
- Fespa Exhibition Services Limited 100%
- Fespa Exhibition Organizing Co 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the decision was taken to close operations in Turkey, and the subsidiary was liquidated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSSENAC, Christophe | Director | 2014-09-05 | Jul 1965 | French |
| DUYCKAERTS, Christian | Director | 2005-09-16 | Mar 1970 | Belgian |
| MASSERDOTTI, Alberto | Director | 2021-11-10 | Feb 1977 | Italian |
| SKILBRED, Olav | Director | 2015-09-04 | Nov 1955 | Norwegian |
| SPENCER, Nicole Jenny | Director | 2022-10-03 | Dec 1978 | British |
| SUNDERLAND, Daniel | Director | 2019-09-27 | Aug 1975 | Mexican |
| VAN AS, Wouter | Director | 2021-11-10 | Nov 1978 | Dutch |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWN, Derek Herbert Ashford | Secretary | — | 2002-09-27 |
| HOLT, Sean | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2020-12-10 |
| STEFFENS, Nigel Bryan | Secretary | 2002-09-27 | 2015-01-01 |
| BARROW, Lascelle Augustus | Director | — | 2022-10-03 |
| CAZAUMAYOU, Michel | Director | — | 2014-09-05 |
| DELGADO, Ricardo Rodriguez | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2014-09-05 |
| DOMBERGER, Michael | Director | — | 1996-09-27 |
| DOWN, Derek Herbert Ashford | Director | — | 1999-10-22 |
| FREY, Hellmuth Ernst | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2013-09-07 |
| GUVENEN, Yasar | Director | 2008-09-12 | 2017-05-10 |
| KOVACS, Gyorgy | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2025-12-05 |
| NIELSON, Preben | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
| NILSSON, Anders | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2021-11-10 |
| PITTOORS, Jacqueline Peeters | Director | — | 1996-09-27 |
| SPERISEN, Kurt | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2000-10-06 |
| STEIJN, Petrus Hendrikus Jacobus | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2021-11-10 |
| STRUCKMEIER, Thomas | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2024-03-18 |
| VAN DEN BERG, Herman Christiaan Frederick | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.