JAMES FISHER DEFENCE LIMITED
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Cash
£21k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£218k
+4.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£10k
+25.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,018,202 | £4,880,541 | £14,563,021 | +198.4% | |
| Operating profit | £291,543 | £265,566 | -£43,768 | -116.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£158,842 | £8,349 | £10,498 | +25.7% | |
| Net profit | -£121,908 | £6,149 | £8,905 | +44.8% | |
| Cash | £525,054 | £0 | £20,722 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,131,268 | £3,492,850 | £6,127,705 | +75.4% | |
| Net assets | £202,815 | £208,964 | £217,869 | +4.3% | |
| Equity | £202,815 | £208,964 | £217,869 | +4.3% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 5.4% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 7.6% | -0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 1.43x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 0.65x | 1.03x | -1.00x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking all these factors into account, the Directors of the Company are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a 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 · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVLIN, Richard | Director | 2025-09-19 | May 1984 | British |
| NISBET, Heather | Director | 2025-09-19 | Feb 1991 | British |
Show 18 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 | 2009-10-29 | 2016-04-26 |
| CALDWELL, Sarah | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-09-19 |
| CORBETTA, Giovanni | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2021-02-16 |
| GRAY, Daniel John | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2025-09-19 |
| HALES, Robert Antony | Director | 2025-09-19 | 2026-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Simon Allan | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2012-02-13 |
| HENRY, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| JEFFCOAT, Stewart Murray | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2012-02-24 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2021-04-29 |
| MCCARROLL, John Paul | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2020-12-24 |
| O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| SHARPLES, Benjamin John | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2019-04-01 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2022-12-31 |
| TODD, Arthur Robert | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2012-04-02 |
| WILSON, Alistair Michael Charles | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fisher Marine Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | 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
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.