JAMES FISHER AND SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the group provides marine engineering, shipping, and specialist technical services to the global energy and defence sectors.
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Cash
£59M
+141% vs 2024
Net assets
£145M
-25% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,981
+5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£27M
-149.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £496,200,000 | £437,700,000 | £394,400,000 | -9.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£18,600,000 | £73,100,000 | -£16,100,000 | -122% | |
| Profit before tax | -£39,900,000 | £54,900,000 | -£27,200,000 | -149.5% | |
| Net profit | — | £46,200,000 | -£35,800,000 | -177.5% | |
| Cash | £77,500,000 | £24,400,000 | £58,800,000 | +141% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £309,500,000 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £148,600,000 | £193,300,000 | £145,000,000 | -25% | |
| Equity | £148,600,000 | £193,300,000 | £145,000,000 | -25% | |
| Average employees | 2,129 | 1,873 | 1,981 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £104,900,000 | £94,700,000 | £101,700,000 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £845,000 | £605,000 | £655,000 | +8.3% |
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 | -3.7% | 16.7% | -4.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 10.6% | -9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.0% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.4% | 37.4% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 0.58x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | -0.76x | 3.83x | -1.36x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Based on their assessment, the Board is satisfied that the Group will have sufficient funds for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these consolidated financial statements and that the going concern basis ... remains appropriate.”
Group structure
- JAMES FISHER AND SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- James Fisher Offshore Marine Pte Ltd 100%
- James Fisher Marine Services Ltd 100%
- JFD Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Staged closure of IRM Middle East and Africa business”
- “Disposal programme of non-core businesses in 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, Ben | Secretary | 2026-02-04 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, Justin Richard | Director | 2018-02-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| BRAUNSCHMIDT, Inken, Dr. | Director | 2019-03-01 | Oct 1974 | German |
| COCKBURN, Angus George | Director | 2021-05-01 | Jun 1963 | British |
| HAWKINGS, Claire Louise | Director | 2022-01-01 | May 1969 | British |
| HAYZEN-SMITH, Karen Veronica | Director | 2023-12-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| JASTRAM, Shian Vanessa | Director | 2024-03-01 | Feb 1974 | Danish |
| PANDYA, Kashyap Pushpkant | Director | 2021-11-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| VERNET, Jean Bernard | Director | 2022-09-05 | Mar 1961 | American |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFORD, Helen Louise | Secretary | 2026-01-07 | 2026-02-04 |
| BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude | Secretary | 2024-08-01 | 2025-01-23 |
| BLYTH, John Terence | Secretary | — | 2003-05-31 |
| HAMES, Victoria Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-01-23 | 2026-01-07 |
| HOGGAN, Michael John | Secretary | 2011-02-01 | 2017-06-22 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| MARSH, James Henry John | Secretary | 2017-06-22 | 2022-09-01 |
| MORGAN, Meirion Richard | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| TYLER, Justin John Blakeney | Secretary | 2006-09-18 | 2010-08-31 |
| VICK, Jonathan Procter | Secretary | 2003-06-01 | 2006-09-18 |
| BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| BEAZLEY, James Henry Tetley | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| BLYTH, John Terence | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| BUCHANAN, Richard Angus Fownes | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2004-12-06 |
| COBB, David Bilsland | Director | 1994-05-12 | 2001-12-31 |
| COMISKEY, Aedamar Ita | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2024-05-30 |
| COOKE, Anthony Roderick Chichester Bancroft | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2011-12-31 |
| EVERARD, Frederick Michael | Director | 2006-12-28 | 2014-04-30 |
| EVERARD, William Derek | Director | 2006-12-28 | 2007-09-30 |
| FORRESTER, Richard Peter Francis | Director | — | 1994-08-17 |
| GRAHAM, Fergus Hugh Stirling | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2020-03-19 |
| HARDY, David William, Sir | Director | 1993-06-30 | 2004-04-30 |
| HARRIS, Simon Allan | Director | 2005-08-23 | 2012-02-13 |
| HARRIS, Timothy Charles, Mr Cbe Fca Acma | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2012-07-31 |
| HART, Trevor Charles | Director | 1993-12-21 | 2000-01-14 |
| HENRY, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2004-12-06 | 2019-09-30 |
| HODGSON, Jeremy Geoffrey | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-01-23 |
| HORNBY, John Fleet | Director | — | 1993-12-21 |
| KENNEDY, Duncan | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2023-12-01 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2021-04-29 |
| MOORE, Terence | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2003-12-31 |
| MOORHOUSE CBE, David George | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-09-05 |
| OSWALD, John Julian Robertson, Admiral Of The Fleet Sir | Director | 1993-12-21 | 2002-01-23 |
| PAUL, Malcolm Stephen | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| RICE, Charles James | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2018-05-03 |
| ROBINSON, Michael Cradock | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| SALTER, Michael John Lawrence | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2022-05-05 |
| SERJENT, Ian Malcolm | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2006-05-04 |
| SHIELDS, Michael John | Director | 1996-06-03 | 2010-11-30 |
| SHIELDS, Michael John | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| STOREY, Maurice | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| THOMSON, David, Sir | Director | 1993-06-30 | 1998-05-08 |
| TYRRELL, Michael John Murryfield | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 516 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-06 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.