PREMIER FARNELL UK LIMITED
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Cash
£6.1m
-94.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£273m
-6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,375
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£20m
+89.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-02 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £856,778,000 | £749,593,000 | £659,037,000 | -12.1% | |
| Operating profit | £75,782,000 | -£172,153,000 | -£8,257,000 | +95.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £76,621,000 | -£178,824,000 | -£19,540,000 | +89.1% | |
| Net profit | £60,726,000 | -£166,564,000 | -£19,540,000 | +88.3% | |
| Cash | £89,161,000 | £105,224,000 | £6,051,000 | -94.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £490,211,000 | £322,037,000 | £302,692,000 | -6% | |
| Net assets | £455,980,000 | £289,842,000 | £272,580,000 | -6% | |
| Equity | £455,980,000 | £289,842,000 | £272,580,000 | -6% | |
| Average employees | 1,304 | 1,399 | 1,375 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £49,637,000 | £50,418,000 | £50,808,000 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £266,000 | £0 | £30,000 | — |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-07-02 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | -23.0% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | -22.2% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.5% | -53.5% | -2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 59.6% | 52.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.62x | 1.84x | |
| Interest cover | 27.14x | -14.61x | -0.62x |
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
- PREMIER FARNELL UK LIMITED 2004-04-05 → present
- BUCK & HICKMAN LIMITED 1965-09-28 → 2004-04-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the Company have received confirmation from Avnet Inc. (the Company's ultimate parent) that it does not intend to seek repayment of the amounts owed by the Company to other members of the Avnet Inc. group during the going concern period. The directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAMIEN, Stéphanie | Secretary | 2021-09-15 | — | — |
| FORD, Daniel Richard Patrick | Director | 2025-05-26 | Mar 1980 | British |
| HODGSON-SILKE, Gavin Peter | Director | 2021-03-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| JACKSON, Darrel Scott | Director | 2019-04-30 | Jul 1965 | American |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTHAM, Alan Douglas Alwyn | Secretary | 1993-03-01 | 1997-01-01 |
| CONNER, Eileen | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2000-12-22 |
| LAWTON, Kirsten | Secretary | 1997-01-01 | 1999-10-01 |
| MCCOY, Michael Ryan, Mr. | Secretary | 2017-01-31 | 2018-05-04 |
| NEATH, Kerry Daniel | Secretary | — | 1993-03-01 |
| SMITH, Amanda Helen | Secretary | 2000-12-22 | 2001-07-02 |
| WEBB, Steven John | Secretary | 2001-07-02 | 2017-01-31 |
| AINSWORTH, Robert David | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2006-06-02 |
| BIRKS, Peter Geoffrey, Mr. | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-06-22 |
| BUDGE, Charles Paul | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2001-11-02 |
| BÜHLER, Ralph Lothar | Director | 2018-08-23 | 2019-02-15 |
| CADBURY, Nicholas Theodore | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2012-11-05 |
| CANHAM, Stephen | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2007-03-26 |
| DONKIN, John Roger | Director | — | 1993-10-04 |
| DONKIN, John Roger | Director | — | 1993-03-01 |
| DUNLOP, James Colin | Director | — | 1993-10-04 |
| EDEN, Richard | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2021-03-01 |
| FISHER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2006-05-16 |
| FORD, Peter John | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| FRASER, Angus Maclean | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2002-11-12 |
| GASKIN, David John | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2015-04-20 |
| GUARD, Francis John | Director | — | 2004-02-09 |
| HARRISON, David Peter | Director | — | 1993-10-04 |
| HARRISON, Neil Andrew | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2004-03-11 |
| HEFFERNAN, Liam Anthony | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2019-02-15 |
| JOHNSON, Matthew Ronald | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2002-10-31 |
| LAZENBY, Peter Edward | Director | — | 2004-02-09 |
| 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 |
| MCINNES, Bruce Gordon, Doctor | Director | 1993-10-04 | 1995-05-25 |
| PERKINS, John Anthony | Director | 1993-10-04 | 1995-05-25 |
| PICKERING, Ian Robert | Director | 1997-02-10 | 2000-06-30 |
| PRIEST, Mark Richard | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2015-11-24 |
| ROSPEDZIHOWSKI, Robert Jan | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2023-06-15 |
| SMITH, Amanda Helen | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2002-03-08 |
| STAPLETON, Howard | Director | — | 1993-10-04 |
| STOCK, Michael John | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2007-08-06 |
| THOMPSON, Alan William | Director | 1994-11-03 | 1994-12-19 |
| TREASURE, Colin Arthur | Director | — | 1998-11-30 |
| WEBB, Steven John | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2017-01-31 |
| WHITELING, Mark | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2016-06-14 |
| WHITELING, Mark Argent | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2011-07-15 |
| WILLIS, Helen Margaret | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2017-01-31 |
| WOODFORD, Harvey | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2019-04-30 |
| BAKER STREET CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1996-11-21 | 2001-07-02 |
| COACH HOUSE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1995-05-25 | 2001-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnell Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 244 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-09-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-09-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | 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 | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-09-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.