FIXFAST LTD
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Cash
£3.9m
-2.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£16m
+12.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
109
+3.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£4m
-22.5% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,939,617 | £22,977,415 | £28,230,947 | £33,161,550 | £33,690,922 | +1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,319,180 | £1,865,435 | £4,933,501 | £5,394,277 | £4,128,930 | -23.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,242,180 | £1,825,489 | £4,754,939 | £5,209,619 | £4,038,419 | -22.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,218,421 | £1,723,334 | £3,619,815 | £3,849,285 | £2,825,274 | -26.6% | |
| Cash | £1,231,529 | £832,424 | £1,214,661 | £3,991,749 | £3,905,054 | -2.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,998,463 | £6,234,651 | £11,468,025 | £15,003,759 | £17,683,698 | +17.9% | |
| Net assets | £4,222,478 | £5,470,812 | £10,899,200 | £13,948,485 | £15,696,366 | +12.5% | |
| Equity | £4,222,478 | £5,470,812 | £10,899,200 | £13,948,485 | £15,696,366 | +12.5% | |
| Average employees | 89 | 93 | 101 | 105 | 109 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | £3,951,323 | £4,831,224 | £5,000,810 | £5,600,834 | £5,757,957 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £26,746 | £24,605 | £31,119 | £31,317 | £56,273 | +79.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £65 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 8.1% | 17.5% | 16.3% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 7.5% | 12.8% | 11.6% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.0% | 29.9% | 43.0% | 36.0% | 23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.2% | 48.7% | 36.2% | 35.1% | 34.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.76x | 2.82x | 2.59x | |
| Interest cover | 12.00x | 46.70x | 27.63x | 28.97x | 21.16x |
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
- FIXFAST LTD 2015-03-26 → present
- MERLIN 1980 LTD 2015-03-10 → 2015-03-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Russia's invasion of Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East continues to cause an elevated risk of supply chain disruptions and impacts on commodity prices.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYNES, Bruce Walter | Director | 2015-03-10 | Oct 1964 | British |
| LYNES, Ken | Director | 2015-03-10 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNES, Simon David | Director | 2015-03-10 | 2024-08-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Bruce Walter Lynes | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2022-11-22 | Ceased 2024-05-10 |
| Mr Ken Lynes | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2022-11-22 | Ceased 2024-05-10 |
| Fixfast Intermediate Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-03-16 | Active |
| Lynes Family Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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.