ALEX FERRY FOUNDATION
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Cash
£137k
+31.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£29m
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
+50% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£521k
-48.4% vs 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £459,000 | £444,000 | £495,000 | +11.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£478,000 | -£351,000 | -£521,000 | -48.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£351,000 | -£521,000 | -48.4% | |
| Net profit | £59,000 | £6,357,000 | £496,000 | -92.2% | |
| Cash | £286,000 | £104,000 | £137,000 | +31.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,848,000 | £28,205,000 | £28,701,000 | +1.8% | |
| Net assets | £21,848,000 | £28,205,000 | £28,701,000 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £21,848,000 | £28,205,000 | £28,701,000 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 2 | 3 | +50% | |
| Wages | £210,000 | £165,000 | £197,000 | +19.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £60,001 | £90,001 | — | — |
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 | -104.1% | -79.1% | -105.3% | |
| Net margin | 12.9% | — | 100.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.2% | -1.2% | -1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 0.90x | 1.09x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALEX FERRY FOUNDATION 2019-05-14 → present
- ALEX FERRY LIMITED 2018-01-11 → 2019-05-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “There were no significant events that affected the financial performance of the Foundation during the year ending 31 December 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADBURY, Dominic | Director | 2023-01-01 | Feb 1988 | British |
| EMERSON, John David | Director | 2020-11-11 | Apr 1951 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Timothy | Director | 2018-10-17 | Aug 1963 | British |
| HOLLAND, Diana Margaret | Director | 2018-12-10 | Jun 1957 | British |
| KHAN, Mahfooz | Director | 2023-01-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
| MCDIARMID, Alasdair James | Director | 2018-09-17 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MCPHEE, Duncan Stewart | Director | 2018-10-17 | Mar 1961 | British |
| ROBERTS, Matthew William | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1987 | British |
| STEVENSON, Colin | Director | 2018-10-17 | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Martyn Robert | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2020-05-31 |
| HIBBERT, Steve George | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| HOLMES, Robert Andrew | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| MURDOCH, Ross | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2022-03-04 |
| ROWSE, John Frank | Director | 2018-01-11 | 2024-02-07 |
| SCULLION, Hugh | Director | 2018-01-11 | 2024-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hugh Scullion | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-01-11 | Ceased 2019-01-02 |
| Mr John Frank Rowse | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-01-11 | Ceased 2019-01-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.