ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT PLC
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Cash
£0
-100% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+1.4% vs 2024
Employees
49
-5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£418K
-35.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,015,140 | £16,470,224 | -8.6% | |
| Operating profit | £156,878 | -£107,498 | -168.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £650,981 | £418,052 | -35.8% | |
| Net profit | £639,514 | £514,389 | -19.6% | |
| Cash | £11,917 | £0 | -100% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,140,551 | £12,293,009 | +1.3% | |
| Net assets | £11,384,162 | £11,546,551 | +1.4% | |
| Equity | £11,384,162 | £11,546,551 | +1.4% | |
| Average employees | 52 | 49 | -5.8% | |
| Wages | £2,898,700 | £3,111,609 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,173,682 | £1,167,622 | -0.5% |
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 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 2.79x | -4.40x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT PLC 2014-05-08 → present
- ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT LIMITED 2013-08-19 → 2014-05-08
- ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1994-09-01 → 2013-08-19
- DAWNFRAME LIMITED 1994-06-09 → 1994-09-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Richard Anthony
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT PLC · parent
- AFB Licensing Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Sandra Denise | Secretary | 2014-12-01 | — | — |
| EDWARDS, Sandra Denise | Director | 2016-06-22 | Jun 1968 | British |
| MALCOLM, Lindsay Mary | Director | 2013-12-19 | Jun 1966 | British |
| NATHAN, Murray Philip | Director | 2000-12-21 | Mar 1961 | British |
| REID, Clive Nicholas | Director | 1994-08-09 | Apr 1958 | British |
| REID, Luke James | Director | 2017-04-03 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDY, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2014-12-01 |
| CONWAY, Robert | Nominee Secretary | 1994-06-09 | 1994-06-21 |
| COWAN, Lawrence Murray | Secretary | 1996-02-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Lawrence Stephen | Secretary | 1994-06-21 | 1994-08-09 |
| THEOBALD, Timothy | Secretary | 1994-08-09 | 1996-02-01 |
| BIRCH, Joanne Marie | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2023-09-29 |
| CANDY, Paul Anthony | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2014-12-01 |
| COWAN, Graham Michael | Nominee Director | 1994-06-09 | 1994-06-21 |
| COWAN, Laurence Murray | Director | 1994-08-09 | 2024-10-24 |
| DEVERELL, Jeremy | Director | 1997-04-23 | 2012-11-30 |
| FISHER, Nicholas | Director | 1994-06-21 | 2013-08-30 |
| STENNING, Gary | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2020-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Franks & Bartlett Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.