FIRST PROPERTY GROUP PLC
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Cash
£7m
+44.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£51m
+7.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
41
-4.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4m
+12.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,851,000 | £7,552,000 | £8,719,000 | +15.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£189,000 | £507,000 | £1,459,000 | +187.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,409,000 | £3,026,000 | £3,397,000 | +12.3% | |
| Net profit | -£4,380,000 | £2,342,000 | £2,927,000 | +25% | |
| Cash | £4,628,000 | £4,824,000 | £6,953,000 | +44.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,718,000 | £59,429,000 | £65,362,000 | +10% | |
| Net assets | £40,931,000 | £47,317,000 | £50,718,000 | +7.2% | |
| Equity | £40,931,000 | £47,317,000 | £50,718,000 | +7.2% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 43 | 41 | -4.7% | |
| Wages | £2,825,000 | £2,360,000 | £2,421,000 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £656,000 | £607,000 | £601,000 | -1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,000 | £6,000 | £6,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £378,000 | £361,000 | -4.5% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.4% | 6.7% | 16.7% | |
| Net margin | -55.8% | 31.0% | 33.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 0.9% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.0% | 39.9% | 27.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 0.46x | 2.56x | |
| Interest cover | -0.24x | 0.73x | 2.95x |
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
- FIRST PROPERTY GROUP PLC 2003-09-17 → present
- FIRST PROPERTY ONLINE PLC 2000-12-21 → 2003-09-17
- THE HANSOM GROUP PLC 1994-09-12 → 2000-12-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, and this is the basis under which this financial information has been prepared.”
Group structure
- FIRST PROPERTY GROUP PLC · parent
- First Property Asset Management Ltd 100%
- First Property Poland sp. z o.o. 100%
- First Property Solutions sp. z o.o. 100%
- Fprop Corktree Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 April 2025, the Directors placed the Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fprop Gdynia sp. z o.o., which owns an office block in Gdynia, Poland, into administration. This was following failure to agree restructuring terms with its principal creditor.”
- “During the year the Group sold two directly-owned properties generating a combined profit of £1.18 million. One of these was a commercial property purchased in the United Kingdom during the year. The other was an office block in Bucharest, Romania.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUBREY, Jill Alexandra | Secretary | 2020-03-31 | — | — |
| HABIB, Benyamin Naeem | Director | 2000-12-22 | Jun 1965 | British |
| HOWARTH, Laura Bernadette | Director | 2020-07-01 | Dec 1986 | British |
| LOCKE, Alasdair James Dougall | Director | 2000-07-25 | Aug 1953 | British |
| MOON, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2010-05-01 | Nov 1949 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANYARD, Alec William James | Secretary | 2000-09-12 | 2009-10-01 |
| DAVIES, Peter Douglas | Secretary | 1994-12-20 | 1996-02-22 |
| ESKE, Suzanne Jean | Secretary | 1996-02-22 | 1996-10-31 |
| WARWICK, John Arthur | Secretary | 1996-10-31 | 2000-09-12 |
| WINGFIELD DIGBY, George Richard | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-12 | 1994-12-20 |
| BORER, Peter Henry | Director | 1995-01-23 | 1996-09-03 |
| DAVIES, Peter Douglas | Director | 1994-12-20 | 1996-02-22 |
| ESKE, Suzanne Jean | Director | 1996-02-22 | 1996-10-31 |
| HERMAN, Ian Michael | Director | 1996-03-28 | 1996-08-05 |
| JENNINGS, Peter Morrison Nevill | Director | 1994-12-20 | 1996-08-05 |
| MERVIS, Jonathan Philip | Director | 1996-08-05 | 2000-07-25 |
| PALMER, Adrian Matthew | Director | 1996-08-10 | 2000-12-22 |
| PHILLIPS, Jeremy Charles | Director | 2000-12-22 | 2003-07-31 |
| WARWICK, John Arthur | Director | 1996-10-31 | 2000-12-22 |
| WINGFIELD DIGBY, George Richard | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2020-09-23 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-09-12 | 1994-12-20 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1994-09-12 | 1994-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Gyllenhammar | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-07-10 | Active |
| Mr Peter Geoffrey Moon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-06 |
| Mr Alasdair Locke | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-06 |
| Mr Benyamin Naeem Habib | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-06 |
| Mr George Richard Wingfield Digby | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 246 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.