FIRST COMPLETE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
Cash
£15M
+234.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
+14.3% vs 2023
Employees
365
+7.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-10.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,732,000 | £20,332,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,561,000 | £3,806,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,310,000 | £3,851,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,230,000 | £3,073,000 | |
| Cash | £4,404,000 | £14,736,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,822,000 | £28,947,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,527,000 | £26,886,000 | |
| Equity | £23,527,000 | £26,886,000 | |
| Average employees | 340 | 365 | |
| Wages | £8,525,000 | £8,619,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,223,922 | £1,130,338 |
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
+3%
£19,732,000 £20,332,000
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Cash
+234.6%
£4,404,000 £14,736,000
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Net assets
+14.3%
£23,527,000 £26,886,000
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Employees
+7.4%
340 365
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Operating profit
+6.9%
£3,561,000 £3,806,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.6%
£4,310,000 £3,851,000
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Wages
+1.1%
£8,525,000 £8,619,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 18.7% | |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.8% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.8% | 33.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.79x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | 16.88x | 31.20x |
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
- FIRST COMPLETE LIMITED 2005-06-01 → present
- BROOMCO (3756) LIMITED 2005-04-06 → 2005-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's directors have concluded that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate based on forecast performance of the Company and available support from the Company's ultimate parent Company, LSL Property Services plc. As a result, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FIRST COMPLETE LIMITED · parent
- Linear Mortgage Network Holdings Limited 100%
- Linear Financial Services Holdings Limited 100%
- Templeton LPA Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A dividend of £5m was declared on 4 June 2025 which was settled on 5 June 2025.”
- “During the year, the Company served notice to one of its largest protection only appointed representative (AR) firms.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Darrell Paul | Director | 2026-02-01 | May 1969 | British |
| HARRISON, Lynzi | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| HOWELLS, Richard James | Director | 2024-02-23 | Aug 1971 | British |
| LOWE, John | Director | 2022-11-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD, Sapna Bedi | Secretary | 2005-05-04 | 2024-09-15 |
| DLA PIPER UK SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-04-06 | 2005-05-04 |
| BARKER, Greig | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2010-10-04 |
| BEEVER, Dominic John | Director | 2023-04-30 | 2025-06-03 |
| BROWN, David Seeley | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2010-10-04 |
| CASTLETON, Adam Robert | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2021-12-16 |
| COOKE, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2014-12-19 |
| COULSON, Richard Stephen | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2023-02-28 |
| CROSS, Mary Jane | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2019-10-25 |
| EMBLEY, Simon David | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2014-04-30 |
| FIELDING, Dean Andrew | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2010-07-13 |
| GLOVER, Bryce Paul | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| HURLEY, Lisa Jane | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2017-02-22 |
| LESLIE, Kay | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| MOHUN SMITH, Andrew | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2006-12-31 |
| NEWNES, David Julian | Director | 2005-05-04 | 2011-12-01 |
| RAICHURA, Rajeev Ramniklal | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2022-01-31 |
| ROUND, Jonathan Pearson | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| ROUND, Jonathan Pearson | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2024-02-23 |
| SMITH, Richard Martin | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2023-03-09 |
| SMITH, Toni | Director | 2017-06-23 | 2024-02-16 |
| STEWART, David | Director | 2025-05-01 | 2026-01-14 |
| WHITTLE, Stuart | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2023-04-30 |
| DLA PIPER UK NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-04-06 | 2005-05-04 |
| DLA PIPER UK SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-04-06 | 2005-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lending Solutions Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.