FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-18 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
-£128M
-11.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£13M
+69.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£30,306,000 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | -£42,523,000 | -£12,998,000 | |
| Net profit | -£42,523,000 | -£12,998,000 | |
| Cash | £6,000 | £6,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£115,151,000 | -£128,149,000 | |
| Net assets | -£115,151,000 | -£128,149,000 | |
| Equity | -£115,151,000 | -£128,149,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
0%
£6,000 £6,000
-
Net assets
-11.3%
-£115,151,000 -£128,149,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+100%
-£30,306,000 £0
-
Profit before tax
+69.4%
-£42,523,000 -£12,998,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 26.3% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 194.8% | 205.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | -2.48x | 0.00x |
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
- FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 2007-05-31 → present
- 3531ST SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2007-05-04 → 2007-05-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Njord Partners has confirmed that it will provide, or procure the provision of, such financial support as is necessary for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This confirmation has been executed as a deed.”
Group structure
- FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED · parent
- Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited 100%
- Hythe and Southampton Ferry Company Limited 100%
- Red Funnel Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Steam Coffee Company Limited 100%
- Isle of Wight Holidays Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 September 2025, Red Funnel Limited agreed a comprehensive waiver of certain requirements under the loan arrangements.”
- “On 29 September 2025, an offer by a company controlled by Njord Partners was accepted to purchase the entire share capital of the Company's immediate holding company, Red Funnel Limited.”
- “On 28 November 2025, the SPA transaction completed following approval under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.”
- “Post year end the Group received funding, from a company controlled by Njord Partners, of £1.5m, which was outstanding at the date of the signing of these financial statements.”
- “On 28 November 2025 the Company's immediate holding company, Red Funnel Limited, was released from a loan obligation of approximately £218.9m owing to the previous owners, Red Funnel Holdings Limited.”
- “On 28 November 2025 Njord Partners procured that the holding company's external bank debt was reduced from £118.1m plus accumulated interest to a revised capital value of £52.6m. Njord Partners plan to reduce this debt by a further £15m in January 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Frances Charlotte | Director | 2018-06-21 | Jan 1977 | British |
| DURSTON, Thomas John Angus | Director | 2025-12-08 | May 1994 | British |
| MCLEAN, Oscar John Sinclair | Director | 2025-12-08 | Aug 2000 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEARD, John Paul | Secretary | 2007-10-11 | 2008-04-04 |
| M&G MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2009-03-01 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-31 |
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-11-10 |
| BRADBURY, Kenton Edward | Director | 2009-12-17 | 2014-01-20 |
| CAMPBELL, Michael Francis | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2020-01-24 |
| CLARKE, Edward Hilton | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2009-11-23 |
| COOPER, James Nigel Shelley | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2012-12-20 |
| DAYEMBAYEV, Dauren | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2024-02-28 |
| DELLACHA, Maria Georgina | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2017-07-07 |
| DOCHERTY, Thomas James | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2008-08-08 |
| GEORGE, Kevin Alan | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2021-07-07 |
| HAZELWOOD, Charles John Gore | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2024-02-28 |
| HELMORE, Max David Charles | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2015-06-26 |
| LENNON, Martin James | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2007-10-12 |
| NELSON, Stephen Keith James | Director | 2013-03-24 | 2017-07-07 |
| RIDGWAY, Stephen Blakeney | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2025-12-08 |
| SCHUMACHER, Bernd | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2016-08-17 |
| SCOTT, Richard Antony Cargill | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2009-10-16 |
| SIMS, Polina | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2023-09-28 |
| VALE, Aaron Zachariah | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2020-11-10 |
| WILSON, Edward Arthur | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2024-02-28 |
| WINTER, Paul Richard | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2019-03-31 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-31 |
| SERJEANTS'INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fa Iii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
| Red Funnel Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Active |
| Fa Ii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.