FOX CONTRACTS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.8m
+20.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
+18.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
187
+10% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8m
+149.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,796,714 | £34,655,782 | £35,066,560 | +1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,396,234 | £1,468,545 | £3,804,849 | +159.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,325,110 | £1,539,366 | £3,837,220 | +149.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,885,646 | £1,368,950 | £3,259,486 | +138.1% | |
| Cash | £975,186 | £5,633,181 | £6,798,257 | +20.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,015,328 | £18,876,379 | £22,995,420 | +21.8% | |
| Net assets | £15,609,320 | £16,898,250 | £20,077,736 | +18.8% | |
| Equity | £15,609,320 | £16,898,250 | £20,077,736 | +18.8% | |
| Average employees | 181 | 170 | 187 | +10% | |
| Wages | £5,471,797 | £4,995,186 | £5,089,251 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £12,316 | £15,776 | £103,315 | +554.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £1,321 | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 4.2% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 4.0% | 9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 7.8% | 16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.6% | 34.8% | 34.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.78x | 3.01x | |
| Interest cover | 19.25x | 11.22x | 11.61x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- ASM (M) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FOX CONTRACTS LIMITED · parent
- Fox Building & Engineering Ltd 100%
- Fox Civils (IRL) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There were no material events after the year end that require disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Finbar | Secretary | 2006-03-16 | — | — |
| FOX, Oonagh | Secretary | 2006-03-16 | — | — |
| FOX, Finbar | Director | 2006-03-16 | Sep 1968 | Irish |
| KELLY, Michael | Director | 2024-12-18 | Oct 1980 | Irish |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, Dorothy May | Secretary | 2006-03-16 | 2006-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Finbarr Fox | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Oonagh Fox | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-06-06 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.