FIRST ADVANTAGE EUROPE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
-20.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-24% vs 2023
Employees
143
-0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-21.4% vs 2023
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £27,293,619 | — | £38,524,885 | — | £38,531,736 | £38,297,486 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,436,663 | — | £6,629,116 | — | £5,732,992 | £4,404,342 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,436,663 | — | £6,629,199 | — | £5,763,908 | £4,531,330 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,351,662 | — | £5,559,919 | — | £4,292,737 | £3,402,552 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,153,666 | £3,153,666 | £9,179,910 | — | £13,709,502 | £10,927,131 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | £9,322,691 | — | £14,882,610 | — | £19,175,347 | £14,582,119 | |
| Equity | -£579,829 | -£278,971 | £9,322,691 | £9,322,691 | £14,882,610 | £14,882,610 | £19,175,347 | £14,582,119 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 131 | — | 168 | — | 144 | 143 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,511,597 | — | £5,076,704 | — | £7,240,358 | £8,213,993 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.6%
£38,531,736 £38,297,486
-
Cash
-20.3%
£13,709,502 £10,927,131
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Net assets
-24%
£19,175,347 £14,582,119
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Employees
-0.7%
144 143
-
Operating profit
-23.2%
£5,732,992 £4,404,342
-
Profit before tax
-21.4%
£5,763,908 £4,531,330
-
Wages
+13.4%
£7,240,358 £8,213,993
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 8.9% | — | 17.2% | — | 14.9% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 8.6% | — | 14.4% | — | 11.1% | 8.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.26x | 3.43x |
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 ADVANTAGE EUROPE LTD 2007-05-24 → present
- R E AUSTIN LTD 1999-08-31 → 2007-05-24
- R.E. AUSTIN SECURITY CONSULTANTS AND PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS LIMITED 1997-08-20 → 1999-08-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has reasonable expectation that the Company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (as is set out in more detail in the Director's report). Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-09-20 | — | — |
| JARDINE, Bret Thomas | Director | 2008-09-05 | Jul 1966 | American |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Ronald Edward | Secretary | 1997-08-20 | 2007-02-01 |
| JARDINE, Bret Thomas | Secretary | 2008-09-05 | 2011-09-20 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-20 | 1997-08-20 |
| WATERS, Julie Ann | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2008-08-22 |
| AUSTIN, Ronald Edward | Director | 1997-08-20 | 2007-02-01 |
| BRAUND, Mark Andrew | Director | 2008-05-19 | 2011-04-29 |
| CANNING, Traci | Director | 2011-10-10 | 2014-11-20 |
| FREKER, John | Director | 2012-01-06 | 2013-03-29 |
| GAU, Stephen Richard | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2007-02-01 |
| HAMPSON, Kathryn Janet | Director | 1997-08-20 | 2007-02-01 |
| LAING, Joann Mills, Ms. | Director | 2008-08-14 | 2009-02-13 |
| LAMSON, John Charles | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2010-05-31 |
| PARISE, Mark Steven | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-04-03 |
| SMITH, Richard Marshall | Director | 2001-08-15 | 2009-12-11 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 1997-08-20 | 1997-08-20 |
| WATERS, Julie Ann | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2008-08-22 |
| WOLF, Christopher | Director | 2012-01-06 | 2012-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-12 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2020-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.