ASTON & FINCHER LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5m
-16.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£17m
+7.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
302
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+17.8% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,718,507 | £38,861,053 | £41,261,710 | £40,196,468 | £44,651,325 | £48,985,850 | +9.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,783,326 | £3,575,635 | £2,581,977 | £799,624 | £1,801,318 | £1,941,758 | +7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,720,801 | £3,516,784 | £2,869,374 | £1,361,269 | £2,127,981 | £2,506,507 | +17.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,398,531 | £2,997,540 | £2,321,692 | £1,062,585 | £1,438,991 | £1,889,869 | +31.3% | |
| Cash | £4,363,666 | £6,514,501 | £4,259,944 | £6,136,195 | £5,404,593 | £4,514,941 | -16.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,366,578 | £13,609,473 | £14,483,393 | £14,973,757 | £15,863,354 | £17,042,112 | +7.4% | |
| Net assets | £10,317,578 | £12,736,368 | £14,360,393 | £14,826,978 | £15,649,969 | £16,843,838 | +7.6% | |
| Equity | £10,317,578 | £12,736,368 | £14,360,393 | £14,826,978 | £15,649,969 | £16,843,838 | +7.6% | |
| Average employees | 333 | 307 | 308 | 303 | 300 | 302 | +0.7% | |
| Wages | £7,061,109 | £7,445,623 | £7,237,868 | £7,797,247 | £8,359,327 | £8,962,213 | +7.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £245,938 | £597,933 | £358,638 | £426,527 | £345,879 | £449,838 | +30.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £137,707 | £123,717 | £83,717 | -32.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £310,174 | £269,950 | £350,036 | +29.7% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 9.2% | 6.3% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 7.7% | 5.6% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | 26.3% | 17.8% | 5.3% | 11.4% | 11.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.5% | 27.7% | 18.0% | 24.7% | 28.5% | 29.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.70x | 3.32x | 3.06x | |
| Interest cover | 46.32x | 58.58x | 62.11x | 10.57x | 19.56x | 19.74x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Prime
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company continues to be profitable and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASTON & FINCHER LIMITED · parent
- AKS Hair & Beauty Limited 100%
- Direct Hairdressing Supplies Limited 100%
- John Coldham (Norwich) Limited 100%
- Gilmor Hair and Beauty (Newport) Limited 100%
- Gilmor Holdings Limited 100%
- Gilmor Hair + Beauty Bridgend Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Aston & Fincher Limited acquired 100% of Gilmor Hair and Beauty (Newport) Limited on 28 February 2025.”
- “It further acquired 100% of Gilmor Holdings Limited and it's 100% owned subsidiary Gilmor Hair + Beauty Bridgend Limited on 25 March 2025.”
- “Since the year end, the company has acquired a further 10 stores and continues to trade in line with the directors' expectations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINNINGTON, David St. John | Secretary | 1999-06-03 | — | British |
| FINCHER, Oliver James Markham | Director | 1999-06-03 | Sep 1970 | British |
| FINCHER, Richard Charles | Director | 2021-04-21 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WINNINGTON, David St. John | Director | 2003-10-20 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABRUM, Timothy Harry Grant Collingbourne | Secretary | 1997-12-22 | 1999-06-03 |
| SALMON, Sylvia | Secretary | — | 1997-12-22 |
| BARBER, Ashley Arthur | Director | — | 1999-06-03 |
| CAHILL, Paul | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2018-10-12 |
| FINCHER, Richard Markham | Director | — | 2021-04-21 |
| FINCHER, Walter Robert | Director | — | 1999-06-28 |
| LABRUM, Timothy Harry Grant Collingbourne | Director | — | 1999-06-03 |
| SALMON, Sylvia | Director | — | 1997-12-22 |
| SUCH, John Lawrence | Director | 1999-06-03 | 2005-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fincher Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Richard Markham Fincher | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.