FDS CONTRACTING LIMITED
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Cash
£85k
-87.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.3m
-7.1% vs 2024
Employees
56
+24.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£338k
-169.4% 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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,408,734 | £10,236,956 | £11,590,904 | +13.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,485,158 | £486,428 | -£325,145 | -166.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,485,158 | £486,782 | -£337,705 | -169.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,216,244 | £326,993 | -£177,916 | -154.4% | |
| Cash | £154,388 | £317,821 | £403,181 | £704,138 | £85,170 | -87.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £281,330 | £951,130 | £2,167,374 | £2,494,367 | £2,691,451 | +7.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,167,374 | £2,494,367 | £2,316,451 | -7.1% | |
| Equity | £281,330 | £951,130 | £2,167,374 | £2,494,367 | £2,316,451 | -7.1% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 56 | +24.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,665,807 | £1,871,735 | £2,664,480 | +42.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £212,848 | £210,063 | £343,728 | +63.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £2,642 | £2,642 | £4,219 | +59.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £126,738 | £129,384 | £113,778 | -12.1% |
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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.3% | 4.8% | -2.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 11.7% | 3.2% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 68.5% | 19.5% | -12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 70.3% | 68.4% | 65.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.42x | 1.46x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -25.89x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLARD, Matthew Lee | Director | 2025-08-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| FOSTER, Daniel Benjamin | Director | 2020-07-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| IVES, Martin Stuart | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1983 | British |
| JEARY, Nicholas David | Director | 2025-05-14 | Apr 1983 | British |
| RILEY, Andrew Graham | Director | 2019-09-05 | Feb 1975 | British |
| SHERIDAN, Gerard Joseph | Director | 2019-09-05 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, Rachael Mary | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2025-05-12 |
| RILEY, Samantha Christine | Director | 2019-09-05 | 2020-07-01 |
| WATERFIELD, Nicholas Matthew | Director | 2019-09-05 | 2025-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G S A R Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-06-10 | Active |
| Fds Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as firm) | 2020-06-20 | Ceased 2026-06-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-21 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.