FITZROY APPAREL LIMITED
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Cash
£4.4m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8.2m
Equity attributable
Employees
141
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£188k
Period ending 2024-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-30.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,425,352 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£200,352 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£187,533 | — | |
| Net profit | -£188,024 | — | |
| Cash | £4,442,457 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,429,221 | — | |
| Net assets | £8,154,784 | — | |
| Equity | £8,154,784 | — | |
| Average employees | 141 | — | |
| Wages | £4,402,225 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £380,044 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,641 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £199,068 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.61x | |
| Interest cover | -5.85x |
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
- FITZROY APPAREL LIMITED 2012-09-20 → present
- HS 570 LIMITED 2012-08-16 → 2012-09-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements for Fitzroy Apparel Limited have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors are confident that the group has sufficient cash headroom (£5.0m at the balance sheet date) to meet its trading obligations, with no material uncertainties affecting performance, with the group on track to meet its FY27 budget.”
Group structure
- FITZROY APPAREL LIMITED · parent
- Finisterre UK Limited 100%
- Finisterre Apparel Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, on the 8th April 2026, these shares [Growth M shares] were brought back by the company for a consideration of £0.02, and subsequently cancelled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Nicholas David | Director | 2012-09-27 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HILL-NORTON, Simon Nicholas Sebastian | Director | 2019-11-13 | Feb 1967 | British |
| KAY, Thomas Crichton | Director | 2012-09-27 | Feb 1975 | British |
| LIGHTFOOT, Andrew William | Director | 2024-10-01 | Mar 1981 | British |
| SHEANE, William Livingstone | Director | 2019-11-13 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-08-16 | 2013-03-31 |
| BLACKMAN, Heather Frances | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2021-02-05 |
| CRITCHLOW, Guy Charles | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2019-06-04 |
| GAIROLA, Yael | Director | 2021-11-15 | 2025-09-03 |
| HUGHES, Andrew | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2022-10-30 |
| TRUSCOTT, James Christy | Director | 2012-08-16 | 2012-09-27 |
| HEATONS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-08-16 | 2012-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gavyn Davies | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as firm) | 2021-07-01 | Active |
| Active Partners Investments Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-08-30 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Active Fitzroy Investment Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-09 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.