FACILITIES BY ADF PLC
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Cash
£2.2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£33M
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
331
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£800K
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,200,000 | £5,172,000 | £41,300,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,300,000 | £3,946,000 | £1,100,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,800,000 | £3,628,000 | -£800,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,000,000 | £3,628,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £2,300,000 | £2,000 | £2,200,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,200,000 | £46,404,000 | £57,100,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £33,700,000 | £39,631,000 | £33,200,000 | — | |
| Equity | £33,700,000 | £39,631,000 | £33,200,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 343 | — | 331 | — | |
| Wages | £15,800,000 | — | £14,900,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £700,000 | — | £700,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 10 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.7% | 76.3% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | -8.5% | 70.1% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.0% | 8.5% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.6% | — | 53.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 6.40x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | -0.93x | 12.41x | 0.73x |
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
- FACILITIES BY ADF PLC 2021-12-08 → present
- FACILITIES BY ADF LIMITED 2021-11-23 → 2021-12-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board have reviewed and discussed cash flow forecasts for the period to 31 December 2027, including the application of forecast sensitivities and management mitigations. Following this review, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next twelve months. Consequently the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- FACILITIES BY ADF PLC · parent
- CAD Services Limited 100%
- Location 1 Group Limited 100%
- Location One Limited 100%
- Autotrak Portable Roadways Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the previous financial year, the Group acquired Autotrak Portable Roadways for a maximum consideration of £21.3m”
- “During the year, the Group made a capex investment of £2.1 million in Autotrak, which acquired a further 2,000 aluminium panels, increasing their overall capacity by 12%.”
- “The Company declared an interim dividend of 0.3 pence per ordinary share, which was paid to shareholders for the year ended 31 December 2025, in January 2026.”
- “In April 2026, the Group put in place a £5.0m, 3-year, revolving credit facility with HSBC, replacing the Group’s £1m overdraft facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-12-08 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-02-13 | Aug 1964 | British |
| DOWN, Russell Peter | Director | 2025-02-13 | May 1965 | British |
| GOODSON, Joanne | Director | 2023-11-20 | Apr 1964 | British |
| INNES, Alexandra Winifred Louise | Director | 2022-05-09 | Dec 1976 | British,American,Swedish |
| LONG, James Anthony | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| PEARCEY, Nicola Jane | Director | 2026-01-12 | Jul 1978 | British |
| WORSDELL, William John Henry | Director | 2026-03-30 | Dec 1988 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Neil | Secretary | 2021-11-23 | 2022-01-13 |
| EVANS, Neil | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2025-10-31 |
| JAMES, Kathryn | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2023-03-22 |
| PROCTOR, Marsden James | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2025-07-29 |
| RICHARDS, John | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2025-02-12 |
| WIJERATNE, Warusahennedige Vinodha Soysa | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2025-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Stephen Dixon | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-23 | Ceased 2022-01-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-07-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.