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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-11 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£377K

-45.2% vs 2023

Net assets

-£11M

-194.7% vs 2023

Employees

48

-56% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£7M

+69.2% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £55,457,624£3,575,462
Operating profit -£7,286,961-£3,638,738
Profit before tax -£23,107,173-£7,108,697
Net profit -£27,549,044-£7,030,016
Cash £687,901£377,157
Total assets less current liabilities £34,614,293£23,153,123
Net assets -£3,610,010-£10,640,026
Equity -£3,610,010-£10,640,026
Average employees 10948
Wages £6,050,177£3,883,451
Directors' remuneration

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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -13.1%-101.8%
Net margin -49.7%-196.6%
Return on capital employed -21.1%-15.7%
Current ratio 2.49x2.83x
Interest cover -2.66x-1.10x

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

  1. JAMES FISHER MARINE SERVICES LIMITED 2008-07-31 → present
  2. JAMES FISHER DEFENCE LIMITED 2004-07-06 → 2008-07-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Saffery LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Under the combined severe but plausible scenario, prior to mitigating actions within the control of management, the forecasts indicate that there is limited headroom on liquidity in certain months, however there is sufficient headroom on all financial covenants in the going concern assessment period. The Directors of JFS are confident that they have a number of controllable mitigating actions that could be implemented should the combined severe but plausible scenario materialise to address the limited headroom on liquidity, predominantly from reducing discretionary spend on non-critical projects. Accordingly, the Group consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. JAMES FISHER MARINE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
    1. Buchan Technical Services Limited 100% · Dormant
    2. First Response Marine Pte Limited 50% · Singapore · Marine Services
    3. Hughes Marine Engineering Limited 100% · Dormant
    4. Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Limited 100% · Dormant
    5. James Fisher Defence Limited 100% · Defence
    6. James Fisher Marine Services Middle East FZE 80% · United Arab Emirates · Marine Services
    7. James Fisher Maritime Deutschland GmbH 100% · Germany · Marine Services
    8. James Fisher Singapore Pte Limited 100% · Singapore · Defence
    9. JFD Limited 100% · Defence
    10. James Fisher Renouvelables SAS (formerly known as Mojo Maritime France SAS) 100% · France · Marine Services

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

1 active · 29 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SIMS, Neil Ronald Director 2024-09-06 Oct 1965 British
Show 29 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HOGGAN, Michael John Secretary 2016-04-26 2017-07-03
MARSH, James Henry John Secretary 2017-07-03 2022-09-01
SPEIRS, Peter Alexander Secretary 2022-09-01 2022-12-31
VICK, Jonathan Procter Secretary 2004-07-06 2016-04-26
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2004-07-06 2004-07-06
BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Director 2023-04-12 2025-05-19
BUCHANAN, Richard Angus Fownes Director 2004-07-06 2004-12-06
BURMEISTER, Richard Douglas Director 2017-04-19 2018-12-31
CARRUTHERS, Louise Director 2004-10-04 2007-11-02
CORBETTA, Giovanni Director 2020-07-08 2024-09-02
DENNETT, Theresa Margaret Director 2019-03-13 2019-08-16
FORSHAW, Simon Nicholas Director 2007-04-27 2010-02-26
GRAHAM, Fergus Hugh Stirling Director 2020-01-02 2020-03-19
HARRIS, Simon Allan Director 2004-09-03 2012-02-13
HENRY, Nicholas Paul Director 2004-12-06 2019-10-01
HOWARTH, Michael John Director 2014-04-22 2015-07-15
JEFFCOAT, Stewart Murray Director 2008-04-07 2012-02-24
JENNINGS, Barry John Director 2019-04-29 2020-07-03
KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles Director 2010-12-01 2021-04-29
MCCARROLL, John Paul Director 2010-05-28 2015-07-15
O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol Director 2019-10-01 2022-10-31
SCULLION, Paul Adam Director 2017-05-18 2019-04-11
SERJENT, Ian Malcolm Director 2004-07-06 2006-05-04
SHARPLES, Benjamin John Director 2004-09-03 2015-07-15
SHIELDS, Michael John Director 2004-07-06 2010-11-30
SISLEY, Martin Myhill Director 2017-04-19 2017-04-19
SPEIRS, Peter Alexander Director 2022-10-31 2022-12-31
STOPFORD, Robert Woodman Director 2022-12-20 2023-04-12
SUTTON, Gareth Director 2020-01-02 2021-08-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
James Fisher Holdings Uk Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2018-12-31 Active
James Fisher And Sons Public Limited Company Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-12-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2023-06-19 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-16 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-03-13 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-12-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-20 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-05-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-04-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-10-01 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-09-24 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-09-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-04 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-08-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-19 MA incorporation Memorandum articles

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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