FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£825k
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.5m
Equity attributable
Employees
124
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
Period ending 2025-12-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,364,000 | £35,470,000 | £34,463,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,712,000 | £1,537,000 | £1,617,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,706,000 | £1,453,000 | £1,648,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,207,000 | £1,052,000 | £1,255,000 | — | |
| Cash | £2,082,000 | £6,378,000 | £825,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,229,000 | £4,281,000 | £3,536,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,229,000 | £4,281,000 | £3,536,000 | — | |
| Equity | £3,229,000 | £4,281,000 | £3,536,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 113 | 111 | 124 | — | |
| Wages | £5,672,000 | £5,691,000 | £7,330,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £470,000 | £488,000 | £743,000 | — |
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 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 53.0% | 35.9% | 45.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 74.9% | 65.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.14x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 13.38x | 6.46x | 11.15x |
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
- FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS EUROPE LIMITED 1996-01-31 → present
- DALGATE LIMITED 1995-11-16 → 1996-01-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from balances to and from companies in the group headed by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (see notes 13 and 15). A significant proportion of the company's turnover relates to the distribution of products manufactured by and purchased from those companies. Therefore, intercompany amounts are generally trading balances, on mutually acceptable terms in the normal course of business that are repayable on demand, although they have not historically been demanded. The directors have assessed the intent of the ultimate parent company to continue providing such support and are satisfied that this support, which is considered the primary factor underpinning the company's ability to generate positive cash flows, will continue for at least 18 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In assessing the going concern basis, the directors have reviewed the company's profit and cash forecast under a base case and severe but plausible downside case. Based on these sales forecasts, the company would have positive net current assets and net assets at the end of December 2027. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 18 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCAULEY, Gerard Anthony | Secretary | 2001-04-01 | — | British |
| CUNNAH, Liam | Director | 2019-09-17 | Mar 1984 | British |
| MCAULEY, Gerard Anthony | Director | 2001-04-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADY, Martin Kennett | Secretary | 1998-05-01 | 2005-09-13 |
| SANDELL, Robert Wayne | Secretary | 1996-01-15 | 1998-04-30 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-16 | 1996-01-15 |
| BRADY, Martin Kennett | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2005-09-13 |
| DARROODI, Aarash | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2019-09-17 |
| GOLD, Jonathan | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| MATHIESON, Graeme Francis | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2018-08-31 |
| MEIER, Karl Laurence | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2021-02-19 |
| MENDELLO, William Louis | Director | 1996-01-15 | 2010-10-01 |
| RAISON, Gordon Leonard Thomas | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2013-08-01 |
| SAGGERS, Michael Terry | Director | 1995-11-16 | 1996-01-16 |
| SANDELL, Robert Wayne | Director | 1996-01-15 | 1998-04-30 |
| SCHULTZ, Willam Charles | Director | 1996-01-15 | 2005-10-25 |
| SULLIVAN, Steven John | Director | 2012-07-09 | 2018-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Lawrence Eugene | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2014-04-23 |
| VAN VLEET, Mark David | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2017-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.