FRED SHERWOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-19 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-05
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-49.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£53M
+3.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
394
-0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-28.8% 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 Real Estate median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £78,322,237 | £71,878,206 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,437,618 | £4,264,786 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £5,357,158 | £3,812,404 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £4,171,765 | £2,840,457 | |
| Cash | — | £45,202 | — | £429,461 | £7,500,485 | £3,767,518 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,909,729 | — | £14,404,402 | £63,168,288 | £66,607,461 | |
| Net assets | — | £11,636,504 | — | £13,836,497 | £50,815,284 | £52,819,741 | |
| Equity | £8,573,363 | £11,636,504 | £13,612,389 | £13,836,497 | £50,815,284 | £52,819,741 | |
| Average employees | — | 477 | — | 449 | 395 | 394 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £14,350,840 | £14,833,988 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £126,950 | £92,051 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-8.2%
£78,322,237 £71,878,206
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Cash
-49.8%
£7,500,485 £3,767,518
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Net assets
+3.9%
£50,815,284 £52,819,741
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-0.3%
395 394
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Operating profit
-3.9%
£4,437,618 £4,264,786
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Profit before tax
-28.8%
£5,357,158 £3,812,404
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Wages
+3.4%
£14,350,840 £14,833,988
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 5.7% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.3% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 7.0% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.70x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 9.43x | 5.94x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group's headroom available, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial information The directors therefore believe the group has the ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months”
Group structure
- FRED SHERWOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Fred Sherwood & Sons (Transport) Ltd 100%
- Fred Sherwood & Sons (Trading) Ltd 100%
- Sherwood Property Developments Ltd 100%
- George Varney (Bulk Services) Ltd 100%
- Bulk Freight (Midlands) Ltd 100%
- Bulk Minerals Ltd 100%
- Bulk Recycling Ltd 100%
- Sherwood Self Store Ltd 100%
- K J Transport Ltd 100%
- Kwik Freight Ltd 100%
- Sherwood Commercial Vehicle Repair Centre Ltd 100%
- Junction 23 Lorry Park Ltd 100%
- Elliott Signs Ltd 100%
- F Sherwood & Sons (Shepshed) Ltd 100%
- Sherwood Recycling Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The group has continued to invest heavily in revitalising the fleet with investment in lorries and trailers of just over £10m”
- “The group has continued to invest in green technology, with solar panels being fitted to roof space at subsidiary sites and investment units”
- “The group have also signed leases after the year end to take advantage of electric lorries to further reduce our carbon footprint”
- “We as a group encourage participation in charity events and donations In the past twelve months we have donated to Cancer Research and Nara The Breathing Charity and during normal years have provided our services to local bonfire night organisations and local community shows”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISNEY, Andrew John | Secretary | 2015-02-04 | — | — |
| DISNEY, Andrew John | Director | 2022-07-02 | Jan 1972 | British |
| SHERWOOD, Alan Frederick | Director | 2007-11-05 | Jun 1940 | British |
| SHERWOOD, Ashley Paul Alan | Director | 2011-03-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| SHERWOOD, Justin Anthony | Director | 2011-03-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| SHERWOOD, Olivia Grace | Director | 2025-03-11 | Mar 2000 | British |
| SHERWOOD, Sheila Irene | Director | 2011-03-01 | Jun 1944 | British |
| SHERWOOD RATCLIFFE, Belinda Hayley | Director | 2011-03-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORRILL, Roger Michael | Secretary | 2007-11-05 | 2014-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Frederick Sherwood | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.