FERNS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-59.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+14.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
239
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-8.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-06-01 | 2022-05-31 | 2022-06-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £110,852,550 | £121,629,434 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,798,975 | £4,600,547 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £4,189,668 | £3,845,367 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £2,806,462 | £2,988,885 | |
| Cash | — | £100 | — | £100 | £2,863,336 | £1,154,406 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £25,101 | — | £25,101 | £28,967,455 | £31,029,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £25,101 | — | £25,101 | £20,146,585 | £22,984,163 | |
| Equity | £25,101 | £25,101 | £25,101 | £25,101 | £20,146,585 | £22,984,163 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | — | 0 | 249 | 239 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £11,755,288 | £13,621,294 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £678,101 | £717,454 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+9.7%
£110,852,550 £121,629,434
-
Cash
-59.7%
£2,863,336 £1,154,406
-
Net assets
+14.1%
£20,146,585 £22,984,163
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-4%
249 239
-
Operating profit
-4.1%
£4,798,975 £4,600,547
-
Profit before tax
-8.2%
£4,189,668 £3,845,367
-
Wages
+15.9%
£11,755,288 £13,621,294
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 | 2021-06-01 | 2022-05-31 | 2022-06-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.3% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 2.5% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 16.6% | 14.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.00x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 7.39x | 5.31x |
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
- FERNS GROUP LIMITED 2018-06-21 → present
- FERNS UTILITIES LIMITED 2015-01-30 → 2018-06-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made their assessment of whether the Group is a going concern using all available information including management accounts and cash flow forecasts which covered a period of more than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- FERNS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Ferns Surfacing Limited 100%
- Forefront Utilities Limited 100%
- BPE Specialised Drillings Limited 100%
- Ferns TM Limited 100%
- Ferns Infrastructure Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERN, Harry David | Director | 2026-03-30 | Oct 1996 | British |
| FERN, Ian David | Director | 2015-01-30 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMBLIN, David John | Director | 2023-08-16 | 2025-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Harry David Fern | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2026-03-30 | Active |
| Mr Stuart James Mair | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2026-03-30 | Active |
| Mr Ian David Fern | Individual | Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-14 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.