MCFARLANE TELFER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-28 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-14
Watchouts
Cash
£655K
-59.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-9.6% vs 2023
Employees
183
+23.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£881K
-46.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £18,527,677 | £21,292,168 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,744,715 | £998,786 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,648,218 | £880,538 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,351,576 | £674,930 | |
| Cash | — | £1,633,912 | £655,422 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,183,595 | £6,108,244 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,385,581 | £3,060,407 | |
| Equity | £2,143,550 | £3,385,581 | £3,060,407 | |
| Average employees | — | 148 | 183 | |
| Wages | — | £7,657,605 | £9,380,486 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £10,134 | £89,034 |
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
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Turnover
+14.9%
£18,527,677 £21,292,168
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Cash
-59.9%
£1,633,912 £655,422
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Net assets
-9.6%
£3,385,581 £3,060,407
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Employees
+23.6%
148 183
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Operating profit
-42.8%
£1,744,715 £998,786
-
Profit before tax
-46.6%
£1,648,218 £880,538
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Wages
+22.5%
£7,657,605 £9,380,486
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.4% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.3% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 33.7% | 16.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.74x | 1.64x | |
| Interest cover | — | 17.62x | 8.32x |
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
- MCFARLANE TELFER LIMITED 1999-02-19 → present
- K C HOLDINGS LIMITED 1998-10-07 → 1999-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position have been considered by the directors, along with the risks and uncertainties facing the company. The company operates in a mature industry, has numerous ongoing contracts with customers and suppliers across different geographic areas, has sufficient cash to meet current and future obligations, has minimal debt and where it does is operating well within it's agreed financing facilities. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period not less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the company's annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting period, the Company commenced operations in the Republic of Ireland, establishing a new legal entity there. In early 2025, a significant investment was made to relocate the Academy to a new facility in Reading. There are no other subsequent events that require disclosure or adjustments to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAGGS, Christopher Brabant | Director | 1998-10-07 | Feb 1957 | British |
| ROBERTS-SMITH, George | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1986 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAGGS, Rosalind Margaret | Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 2021-11-29 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcft Bowran Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-16 | Active |
| Rosalind Craggs | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-28 | Ceased 2021-11-29 |
| K C Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-12-16 |
| Christopher Brabant Craggs | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2021-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | RP04PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing change details of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | RP04PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.