FARNELL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£17m
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£135k
-98.9% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
These financial statements are prepared on a non-going concern basis. On 16 May 2023 the company announced its intention to close the Liege distribution center and started the process of consultation with the Works Council. On 27 November 2023 the consultation process was concluded resulting in the redundancies of all employees.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,283,000 | £19,924,000 | £142,000 | -99.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£11,794,000 | £11,992,000 | £79,000 | -99.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,527,000 | £11,865,000 | £135,000 | -98.9% | |
| Net profit | -£12,720,000 | £11,835,000 | £133,000 | -98.9% | |
| Cash | £159,000 | £65,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,340,000 | £16,815,000 | £16,647,000 | -1% | |
| Net assets | £4,717,000 | £16,482,000 | £16,647,000 | +1% | |
| Equity | £4,717,000 | £16,482,000 | £16,647,000 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 152 | 118 | 0 | -100% | |
| Wages | £17,148,000 | £3,195,000 | -£83,000 | -102.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -114.7% | 60.2% | 55.6% | |
| Net margin | -123.7% | 59.4% | 93.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -72.2% | 71.3% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 5.9% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.59x | 24.82x | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 94.43x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- FARNELL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS LIMITED 1992-01-31 → present
- FARNELL TELEVISION LIMITED 1987-01-21 → 1992-01-31
- FARNELL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS LIMITED 1947-07-26 → 1987-01-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“These financial statements are prepared on a non-going concern basis. On 16 May 2023 the company announced its intention to close the Liege distribution center and started the process of consultation with the Works Council. On 27 November 2023 the consultation process was concluded resulting in the redundancies of all employees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGSON-SILKE, Gavin Peter | Director | 2021-03-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| JACKSON, Darrel Scott | Director | 2019-04-30 | Jul 1965 | American |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELSTONE, Henry Claude | Secretary | — | 1994-09-29 |
| HIGGINS, Caroline Patricia | Secretary | 2000-07-28 | 2001-01-05 |
| MCCOY, Michael Ryan, Mr. | Secretary | 2017-01-31 | 2018-05-04 |
| MULLEN, Kenneth John | Secretary | 1994-09-29 | 2000-07-28 |
| WEBB, Steven John | Secretary | 2001-01-05 | 2017-01-31 |
| AINSWORTH, Robert David | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2006-06-02 |
| ASHTON, Dennis | Director | 1996-10-14 | 1998-03-31 |
| BAILEY, Anthony | Director | 1998-04-14 | 1999-05-28 |
| BEARD, Larry Charles | Director | 1996-10-14 | 2000-03-23 |
| BEEVERS, John Eric | Director | 1992-08-03 | 1998-08-25 |
| BÜHLER, Ralph Lothar | Director | 2018-08-24 | 2019-02-15 |
| CROWELL, William Read | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-03-30 |
| DANIEL, Allan | Director | — | 1996-05-16 |
| EDEN, Richard | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2021-03-01 |
| EMPTAGE, Christopher | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| FISHER, Andrew Charles | Director | 1996-05-16 | 2006-05-16 |
| FRASER, Angus Maclean | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2002-11-12 |
| GASKIN, David John | Director | 2000-07-28 | 2015-04-20 |
| GIBBINS, Michael Phillip | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| HEAD, David Trevor | Director | — | 2000-04-30 |
| HEFFERNAN, Liam Anthony | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2019-02-15 |
| JACKSON, Lawrence | Director | 1996-04-24 | 1999-07-05 |
| LUM, John Brian | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| MANSON, Gavin | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2013-03-08 |
| MCBETH, Graham | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2018-08-22 |
| MCCOY, Michael Ryan, Mr. | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-05-04 |
| MULLEN, Kenneth John | Director | 1998-01-27 | 2000-07-28 |
| POULSON, Howard | Director | 1996-05-16 | 1998-01-27 |
| PRIEST, Mark Richard | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2016-04-29 |
| ROSPEDZIHOWSKI, Robert Jan | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2023-06-15 |
| TURNER, Neal | Director | 1994-05-19 | 1997-07-04 |
| WEBB, Steven John | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2017-01-31 |
| WELCH, Timothy Luke | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2001-12-07 |
| WHITELING, Mark Argent | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2016-06-14 |
| WILLIS, Helen Margaret | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2017-01-31 |
| WOODFORD, Harvey | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2019-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnell Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.