FERIDAX (1957) LIMITED
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Cash
£8.3m
+12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£20m
+10.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
41
+7.9% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+79.8% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,598,626 | £16,053,339 | £16,827,644 | £17,917,162 | £12,923,496 | £15,497,552 | +19.9% | |
| Operating profit | £2,486,057 | £2,951,878 | £3,201,741 | £3,178,417 | £1,141,932 | £2,232,670 | +95.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,478,392 | £2,922,382 | £3,205,263 | £3,279,713 | £1,401,789 | £2,519,907 | +79.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,005,041 | £2,407,984 | £2,569,896 | £2,515,354 | £1,275,604 | £1,912,886 | +50% | |
| Cash | £8,217,924 | £9,990,705 | £9,384,647 | £6,742,809 | £7,405,017 | £8,322,066 | +12.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,698,583 | £19,484,622 | £20,076,128 | £17,340,588 | £18,604,262 | £20,541,721 | +10.4% | |
| Net assets | £15,922,797 | £18,205,781 | £19,975,677 | £17,231,474 | £18,507,078 | £20,419,964 | +10.3% | |
| Equity | £15,922,797 | £18,205,781 | £19,975,677 | £17,231,474 | £18,507,078 | £20,419,964 | +10.3% | |
| Average employees | 33 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 41 | +7.9% | |
| Wages | — | £846,849 | £1,126,598 | £1,350,185 | £1,374,108 | £1,540,248 | +12.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £243,676 | £188,781 | £148,394 | £340,285 | £293,656 | £319,275 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £13,354 | £18,959 | £20,767 | +9.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £196,458 | £143,778 | £188,113 | +30.8% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 18.4% | 19.0% | 17.7% | 8.8% | 14.4% | |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 15.0% | 15.3% | 14.0% | 9.9% | 12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 15.1% | 15.9% | 18.3% | 6.1% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.9% | 13.1% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 2.2% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 20.04x | 57.51x | 29.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | 92.40x | — | — | — | — |
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
- FERIDAX (1957) LIMITED 1998-12-29 → present
- HARLEQUINROSE LIMITED 1994-03-04 → 1998-12-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the implications of possible future events in relation to the risk of the business continuing to operate as a going concern, and have concluded that there are sufficient cash resources in place to continue to trade.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Annamaria Patricia | Secretary | 2007-10-08 | — | British |
| JOLLY, Gareth Richard | Director | 2026-01-10 | Mar 1974 | British |
| O'BRIEN, David Gary | Director | 2022-12-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| TAYLOR, Annamaria Patricia | Director | 2007-10-08 | Mar 1978 | British |
| TAYLOR, Antony | Director | 1994-04-07 | Feb 1949 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAEME, Dorothy May | Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-04 | 1994-04-07 |
| HARRIS, Robin Andrew | Secretary | 2004-10-25 | 2007-10-08 |
| SHELLEY, Roger John | Secretary | 1994-04-07 | 2004-10-25 |
| CLIFFORD, Stephen John Louis | Director | 2007-10-08 | 2022-09-01 |
| GRAEME, Lesley Joyce | Nominee Director | 1994-03-04 | 1994-04-07 |
| HARRIS, Robin Andrew | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2012-09-28 |
| RAVENSCROFT, Paul | Director | 2007-10-08 | 2020-07-10 |
| SHELLEY, Roger John | Director | 1994-04-07 | 2004-10-25 |
| SMITH, Michael Thomas | Director | 2014-09-08 | 2021-07-15 |
| SWABY, Stuart Alan | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Annamaria Patricia Taylor | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Feridax Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-08 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.