FOX BROTHERS (LANCASHIRE) LTD

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

• Turnover

  -23.8%

  £30,001,055 → £22,860,624

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  -92.9%

  £165,898 → £11,858

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  -70.2%

  £3,189,661 → £950,158

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -18.6%

  145 → 118

• Operating profit

  -89.5%

  £1,512,577 → £158,582

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -422.2%

  £492,777 → -£1,587,925

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  -14.7%

  £5,183,078 → £4,421,434

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

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.

1. FOX BROTHERS (LANCASHIRE) LTD 2012-08-14 → present
2. PLANT SALES UK LIMITED 2010-09-30 → 2012-08-14

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Champion Accountants LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “Exceptional items have been expensed at year end as part of restructuring, refinance and the majority stake sold to private equity firm Stellex Capital Management.”
• “On 19 September 2024, Stellex Capital Management LLC, a US-based private equity firm, acquired a majority shareholding in the group in which the company operates. This transaction occurred after the balance sheet date and is therefore classified as a non-adjusting event under FRS 102.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

3

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.