FOX GROUP (MOVING & STORAGE) LIMITED
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Cash
£440k
-51.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.9m
-13.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
89
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£196k
-65.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £8,373,327 | £7,972,398 | £7,708,782 | -3.3% | |
| Operating profit | £754,282 | £587,034 | £212,940 | -63.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £723,149 | £567,467 | £195,621 | -65.5% | |
| Net profit | £559,926 | £430,460 | £130,350 | -69.7% | |
| Cash | £1,184,451 | £902,402 | £440,279 | -51.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,081,003 | £3,800,206 | £3,412,342 | -10.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,597,030 | £3,402,490 | £2,929,507 | -13.9% | |
| Equity | £3,597,030 | £3,402,490 | £2,929,507 | -13.9% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 91 | 89 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £2,698,810 | £2,750,136 | £2,628,475 | -4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £303,578 | £323,806 | £278,832 | -13.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,015 | £23,129 | £13,481 | -41.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £90,878 | £93,619 | £75,544 | -19.3% |
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 | 9.0% | 7.4% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 5.4% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 15.4% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.4% | 32.1% | 36.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.89x | 2.89x | 2.59x | |
| Interest cover | 24.23x | 30.00x | 12.30x |
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
- FOX GROUP (MOVING & STORAGE) LIMITED 2020-01-10 → present
- FOX SELF STORAGE LIMITED 2017-09-08 → 2020-01-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FOX GROUP (MOVING & STORAGE) LIMITED · parent
- The Pantechnicon Limited 100%
- Mark Chudley Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At 30 June 2025, the trade and assets of The Pantechnicon Limited were hived up into the parent company, Fox Group (Moving & Storage) Limited. The Pantechnicon Limited has been dormant since that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELWARD, Lee | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| BELLRINGER, Alan John | Director | 2022-08-03 | Dec 1976 | British |
| ELWARD, Lee | Director | 2020-01-01 | Dec 1978 | British |
| FOX, Daniel James | Director | 2020-01-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| FOX, Michael Gregory | Director | 2020-11-04 | Jul 1990 | British |
| FOX, Paul Simon | Director | 2017-09-08 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRACEY, Paul Richard | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2020-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Holdings (Moving & Storage) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-24 | Active |
| Mr Paul Simon Fox | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-01 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Fox Group (Moving & Storage) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-08 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-02-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.