FIRST STEP (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£941k
+88.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.3m
-27.8% vs 2024
Employees
10
+11.1% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.4m
+8.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £15,128,266 | £12,167,482 | £30,773,402 | +152.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,878,418 | £2,718,075 | £2,102,708 | -22.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,596,623 | £1,259,344 | £1,364,541 | +8.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £909,479 | £632,644 | £1,013,555 | +60.2% | |
| Cash | £348,690 | £740,895 | £1,369,594 | £420,274 | £499,927 | £941,068 | +88.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,505,855 | £7,852,885 | £14,598,008 | £21,701,212 | £16,116,151 | £13,318,160 | -17.4% | |
| Net assets | £777,314 | £1,446,933 | £2,351,534 | £3,081,013 | £3,163,657 | £2,283,934 | -27.8% | |
| Equity | £777,314 | £1,446,933 | £2,351,534 | £3,081,013 | £3,163,657 | £2,283,934 | -27.8% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | +11.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £274,148 | £361,858 | £556,771 | +53.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £22,140 | £21,690 | £199,683 | +820.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £79,200 | £58,428 | -26.2% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 19.0% | 22.3% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 6.0% | 5.2% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 13.3% | 16.9% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.7% | 86.0% | 85.4% | 88.6% | 86.3% | 90.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.49x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.25x | 1.85x | 2.85x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties affecting the company and consider that the company will have sufficient resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. As a result, the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANLEY, Vincent Roy | Director | 2005-01-17 | Sep 1965 | British |
| QUINN, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2024-10-23 | Dec 1991 | English |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GANLEY, Lesley Jayne | Secretary | 2005-01-18 | 2024-10-23 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-01-06 | 2005-01-10 |
| GANLEY, Lesley Jayne | Director | 2005-01-18 | 2024-10-23 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-01-06 | 2005-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lesley Jayne Ganley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-05 | Ceased 2016-12-06 |
| Mr Vincent Roy Ganley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-05 | Ceased 2016-12-06 |
| First Step Uk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-10-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | 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
- 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.