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Cash

£176k

+1.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£548k

+10.1% vs 2024

Employees

29

-19.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£50k

+114% first positive since 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £13,507,694£7,462,081£6,937,568 -7%
Operating profit £912,581-£228,832£171,084 +174.8%
Profit before tax £782,904-£359,025£50,309 +114%
Net profit £124,845-£359,025£50,309 +114%
Cash £249,198£174,275£176,385 +1.2%
Total assets less current liabilities £856,530£497,505£547,814 +10.1%
Net assets £856,530£497,505£547,814 +10.1%
Equity £856,530£497,505£547,814 +10.1%
Average employees 373629 -19.4%
Wages £2,546,153£1,850,919
Directors' remuneration £330,144£297,005

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 6.8%-3.1%2.5%
Net margin 0.9%-4.8%0.7%
Return on capital employed 106.5%-46.0%31.2%
Current ratio 0.24x0.28x0.27x
Interest cover 5.70x-1.55x1.17x

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

  1. BRITISH MARINE FEDERATION 2002-01-07 → present
  2. BRITISH MARINE INDUSTRIES FEDERATION 1991-03-18 → 2002-01-07

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102 §1A
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“The uncertainty surrounding the overdraft renewal gives rise to conditions that indicate a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

  1. BRITISH MARINE FEDERATION · parent
    1. BMF Property Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Property ownership
    2. National Boat Shows Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Non trading

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 240 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BECKWITH, Matthew Frederick Terence Director 2020-07-15 Jul 1985 British
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Paul Robert Michael Director 2024-07-18 Dec 1972 British
LATIMER, Martin Robert Director 2021-07-15 Nov 1957 British
MARTIN, Paul Gavin Director 2023-07-20 Jun 1968 British
MCCLAY, Lyndsay Alexandra James Director 2023-07-20 Oct 1987 British
MOORHOUSE, Miles Director 2024-07-18 Dec 1969 British
MORRISON, Luke Christopher Director 2024-07-18 Nov 1982 British
ONENS, Carl Robert Director 2024-07-18 Sep 1971 British
STANNER, Earle Milton Director 2023-07-26 Sep 1982 British
STEWART, Malcolm Peter Director 2024-07-18 Jul 1976 British
Show 240 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COLQUHOUN, Anne Therese Secretary 2010-08-03 2016-01-29
DAY, James Edward Secretary 2016-01-19 2018-10-29
EVERSHED, Tamzin Jane Secretary 2008-05-07 2010-08-03
JOHN, Nigel Secretary 2008-05-07
ALLEN, Alice Elisabeth Director 2015-07-01 2021-07-15
ALLEN, Anthony Charles Director 1998-04-23 2002-01-13
ALLEN, Nicholas Calcott Director 1992-04-01 1999-01-13
AMBROSE, Bryan Michael Director 1995-01-14
ANDERSSON, Olle Director 1998-04-30 1999-01-13
ANGUISH, Howard Vincent Director 1998-03-28 2000-01-13
ASH-VIE, Andrew Peter Director 2009-04-01 2011-04-01
ASHTON, Geoffrey Leslie Director 2001-07-01 2006-07-18
BALDWIN, Edward John Director 1999-01-18 2005-04-29
BALDWIN, Edward John Director 1994-05-20 1998-01-13
BALMFORTH, Michael Brian Director 2009-01-01 2012-12-03
BANKS, David Michael Director 1995-01-16 2006-11-16
BARR, John Director 1999-01-13
BARRETT, Robin Wilfred Anthony Director 2010-02-15 2011-04-07
BARROW, David Director 2008-03-12 2017-07-11
BARTLETT, Clive Raymond Director 2011-01-11 2011-04-07
BARTRAM, Christina Director 2009-10-08 2011-04-07
BECKWITH, Gary Mervyn William Director 2015-07-01 2017-07-11
BEECHEY, Anthony St Vincent Director 1998-03-31 2000-07-06
BELFRAGE, Richard James Director 1995-01-14
BELL, Robert Hamilton Director 1993-01-13 2000-01-13
BENNETT, Arthur Vincent Director 2010-07-01 2016-07-01
BENNETT, Roger Director 2003-01-13 2009-01-13
BETTESWORTH, Brian Michael Director 2001-10-01 2004-01-18
BICKLEY, St John Mark Granville Director 1999-04-10 2004-01-18
BINGHAM, Robert Forrester Director 1995-01-14
BLAGDON, Will Hugh Alex Director 2014-07-01 2020-07-15
BOTTERILL, Paul Director 2009-09-03 2011-04-07
BOURNE, Samuel John Director 1993-01-13 2010-04-01
BOWERS, Alan Richard Director 2008-07-01 2017-01-31
BOX, Owen Charles Director 1999-08-05 2000-12-30
BOX, Owen Charles Director 1996-01-14 1998-01-13
BOYD, Patrick Wentworth Director 1992-04-01 1995-01-14
BRAITHWAITE, Robert Director 2002-01-13 2004-01-18
BRAITHWAITE, Robert Director 1996-01-14 1998-01-13
BRAITHWAITE, Robert Director 1992-01-13
BRATT, Adrian Richard Director 2021-07-15 2024-07-18
BROOM, Martin Christopher Director 1992-04-01 2005-01-16
BROWN, Donald Harding Director 1997-03-20 1999-01-13
BROWN, Michael Charles, Colonel Director 1998-08-17 2000-01-10
BROWN, Stewart Dudley Director 2008-09-17 2011-04-07
BUCK, John Pattinson Director 1996-01-14 1998-08-13
BURN, Julian David Alston Director 1998-03-13 2000-01-13
BUSH, Charles Warner Director 1998-03-27 2000-12-30
CAMPBELL, Robert Colin Director 1995-01-16 1999-01-13
CHAPMAN, Neil Director 2007-01-16 2007-09-17
CHASE, Richard Neville Director 2004-11-30 2005-05-31
CHASE, Richard Neville Director 2004-10-18 2009-01-16
CHASE, Robert Edward Director 2002-07-17 2006-04-05
CHASE, Robert Edward Director 1992-11-30
CHASE, Russell John Director 1998-03-28 2000-01-13
CHRISTIE, Timothy John Alexander Director 2004-01-18 2006-10-12
CLARKE, John Patrick Director 2001-03-12 2006-04-05
CLIFF, Christopher Arthur Director 1998-10-13 2002-01-13
COLEMAN, David Francis Director 1999-05-07 2009-06-30
COLEMAN, David Francis Director 1995-01-14
COLEMAN, Julian Norman Robert Director 1996-10-08 2000-01-13
COMER, David Rhys Director 2000-02-17 2003-01-13
COOK, John Arthur Bertram Director 1994-01-13
COOK, Michael John Director 2007-07-01 2014-07-01
COOKE, Ian David Director 2017-07-11 2022-07-14
COURT, David Leonard Director 1992-11-30 1998-01-13
COVENTRY, Timothy William Director 2004-10-07 2009-09-03
COWAN, George Director 1997-01-14
CREVALD, John Daniel Director 1998-01-13
DACRE, John Stead Director 1992-05-31
DARE, David Brian Director 2009-03-16 2010-08-19
DAVIES, Ann Julie Director 2016-07-01 2018-07-17
DAVIES, Ann Julie Director 2002-05-14 2011-04-07
DICKIE, Peter Philip Director 2011-04-07
DIXON, Guy John Edwin Director 1998-01-13
DODD, John Leslie Director 2005-09-21 2011-06-30
DODD, John Leslie Director 1996-01-14 1998-01-07
DUNSFORD, David Clive Director 2003-01-13 2004-10-01
EADS, Jonathan Director 1999-05-02 2011-06-30
EAST, Robin David Director 2004-01-18 2006-11-20
EDWARDS, Mark Gregory Director 2014-07-01 2016-07-01
EDWARDS, Peter Derrick Director 2005-05-01 2007-01-11
ELLIOT, John Beresford Riversdale Director 1995-01-16 1999-01-13
ELLIOT, John Beresford Riversdale Director 1991-11-18
ELLIOTT, Zeb Ivan Director 2010-07-01 2014-07-01
ELLIS, Peter Kenneth Director 2011-01-10 2011-04-07
ELLIS, Peter Kenneth Director 1998-03-27 2000-01-13
FITZGERALD, Niall Terence Desmond Director 1998-10-31 2006-03-28
FREEMAN, Janet Susan Director 2020-08-01 2024-07-18
FULLER, Louise Alexandra Director 2016-07-01 2018-07-17
GARNETT, Roger Kenneth Director 1998-05-05 2000-01-10
GATES, Michael John Director 2009-06-23 2011-04-07
GAYLARD, Kenneth Ernest Director 2004-12-14 2007-10-18
GEDGE, Timothy John Henry Director 2001-02-16 2004-10-01
GERRANS, Ann Leslie Director 1999-03-23 2000-01-13
GILBERT, Derek Robin Neville Director 2010-10-21 2011-04-07
GOLDIE, Julian Marcus William Director 2010-04-01 2011-04-07
GOLDSBROUGH, Stephen Arthur Director 2005-04-27 2007-04-19
GOLDSBROUGH, Stephen Arthur Director 2004-01-18
GORDON, James Chesterfield Director 1995-01-13 1998-01-13
GORDON, Peter Timothy Chesterfield Director 2013-07-01 2016-07-01
GORDON, Peter Timothy Chesterfield Director 2007-10-09 2010-09-28
GOWING, Julian Director 2006-01-01 2008-04-01
GRAZEBROOK, James Director 1998-03-27 2010-06-30
GRAZEBROOK, James Director 1993-01-13
GREASLEY, Paul Anthony Director 2008-09-25 2011-04-07
GREGORY, Peter Director 1995-01-16 1998-01-13
GREGORY, Peter Director 1993-01-13
GULLETT, Paul Douglas Maxfield Director 2016-07-01 2024-07-18
HALL, Graham Richard Director 1999-05-01 2003-01-13
HALL, Jonathan Michael Director 2010-11-24 2011-04-07
HALL, Robert Charles Director 1993-04-01 1999-01-13
HAMILTON, Nigel Quentin Joseph Director 2008-05-15 2011-04-07
HARLE, David John Director 2000-01-10 2000-12-30
HARRIS, Ira Francoise Director 2008-01-16 2011-04-07
HASSALL, Lee Maurice Director 2020-07-15 2026-07-16
HELPS, Edward John Director 2018-07-17 2024-07-18
HIGHFIELD, Ashley Gilroy Mark Director 2023-07-20 2026-01-06
HILL, Coling-Wood Director 2005-05-31 2008-03-26
HOLLAND, John Paul Director 2007-11-15 2010-10-20
HOPLEY, Peter James Director 1999-07-22 2005-09-13
HORTON, Nicholas John Director 1995-01-16 1999-01-13
HOULDER, Simon Howard Director 2008-06-25 2011-04-07
HOWARD, Don Director 1993-03-01 1997-01-14
HOWARD, Peter Director 1999-08-12 2000-01-13
HOWE, Jonathan Peter Director 2008-04-29 2011-04-07
HOWE, Jonathan Peter Director 2005-01-13 2006-03-28
HULLEY, George Charles Director 1992-04-01 1996-01-14
HUMPHRIES, Eric John Director 1999-01-13
JAMES, Nigel Anthony Director 2000-07-21 2006-03-28
JECKELLS, Raymond William Director 1995-01-14
JONES, Bryan William Director 2017-07-11 2021-07-15
JONES, Bryan William Director 2013-07-01 2015-07-01
JONES, Daniel Owen Director 2006-10-11 2007-09-03
JONES, Michael Frank Director 1995-01-16 1998-01-13
KERN, Steve Director 2006-12-01 2011-04-07
KNOX, David Edward Director 1998-05-03 1999-01-13
KNOX, David Edward Director 1993-01-13 1996-01-14
LAWRENCE, Alistair Simpson Director 1999-01-05 2008-04-29
LEES, Richard John Director 1998-04-13 1999-01-13
LEWIN, David Charles Pearman Director 1995-01-16 2009-03-30
LIMB, Simon Richard Director 2015-11-16 2017-07-11
LOVETT, Keith Richard Director 2010-09-29 2011-04-07
LUCAS, Peter Director 1993-01-13
LUND, Cyril David Director 1998-04-15 2000-01-13
LYNSKEY, Sally Director 2003-02-12 2004-10-01
MACAULAY, John Peter Director 2009-09-16 2011-04-07
MANNERS, Christopher Paul Director 2018-07-17 2019-11-29
MARTIN, Paul Gavin Director 2017-07-11 2021-07-15
MATTHIAS, Jim Director 2005-01-13 2011-04-07
MATTHIAS, Jim Director 2005-01-13 2010-06-30
METCALFE, Benjamin James Carrington Director 2017-07-11 2018-07-17
METHVEN, Peter John Director 2000-07-05 2011-04-07
METHVEN, Peter John Director 2000-03-14 2000-03-25
MILLWARD, Peter John Director 1993-01-01
MITCHELL, Philip Henry Director 1994-01-13 2004-01-18
MOODY, David Alistair Director 2004-01-18 2006-03-28
MOODY, David Alistair Director 2000-03-03 2002-01-13
MORGAN, Alan Director 2017-07-11 2021-07-15
MORGAN, Alan Director 2005-01-13 2013-06-30
MULCAHY, Robert Director 2000-03-02 2005-01-16
MULCAHY, Robert Director 2000-01-01 2007-01-16
MUNFORD, Gregory Director 2016-07-01 2020-07-15
MUNK, Jeremy Lionel Director 1997-05-15 2007-06-30
MUNSON, Michael Director 1999-02-10 2000-12-30
NICHOL, Michael James Director 1995-01-16 2006-03-28
NICHOL, Michael James Director 1993-01-13
NICHOLLS, Peter James Director 1996-03-27 2000-12-30
NICHOLS, Ben Michael Director 2021-07-15 2024-07-18
NUTTER, Craig Director 2007-11-30 2010-11-24
OSMAN, Andrew Richard Director 2005-09-28 2007-11-01
PAGE, Caroline Sarah Jane Director 1999-06-06 2002-09-01
PANKHURST, Fiona Elizabeth Director 2016-07-01 2017-07-11
PANKHURST, Fiona Director 2014-07-01 2016-03-07
PANKHURST, Fiona Elizabeth Director 2010-07-15 2016-07-01
PANKHURST, Fiona Elizabeth Director 2009-07-01 2010-06-30
PARTON, Robert Stanley Director 2020-07-15 2026-07-16
PATTERSON, Pippin Ivan Director 2006-11-21 2009-11-07
PAUFFLEY, Anthony Donald Hamilton Director 1998-05-03 2000-01-13
PEARCE, Mark Phillip Director 2007-06-26 2009-06-23
PERKIN, Colin Antony Director 1998-11-26
PETERS, Brian Anthony Director 2003-06-06 2007-08-20
PETERS, Brian Anthony Director 1999-03-23 2000-01-13
PICTON, David Thomas Director 1992-04-01 1997-01-14
POLLITT, John Ellis Director 2011-01-28 2011-04-07
POLLITT, John Ellis Director 2002-09-18 2008-09-16
POOK, Martin Director 1995-07-07 1996-01-14
POUGHER, David Anthony Director 2005-04-01 2019-07-18
PRIDDING, Howard Director 2012-10-01 2018-05-25
REEVES, Graham Stewart Director 2008-06-25 2009-07-15
RICHARDSON, Terence Director 2005-12-06 2007-11-30
RIZZI, Nicholas Basil Director 2004-01-01 2006-03-28
ROBINSON, Johann Lesley Director 2018-07-16 2026-07-16
ROSATI, Victor James Director 1992-11-30 1998-01-13
ROSSITER, Charles Trenchard Director 1993-03-01 1995-01-14
RUSHALL, Elizabeth Siobhan Director 2021-07-15 2023-06-30
SALTER, John Stephen Edward Director 2004-01-13 2007-08-10
SCOTT, Andrew Hill Director 2000-03-03 2011-04-07
SCOTT, Ronald Mcalpine Director 1991-11-27
SIMMONDS, Duncan John Director 1998-09-01 2004-01-18
SIMMONDS, John Richard Director 1992-05-03
SIMPSON, Paul Kevin Christopher Director 2003-11-22 2011-01-28
SIMPSON, Paul Kevin Christopher Director 2000-12-30
SIMS, Andrew James Director 2007-04-19 2013-06-30
SKINNER, George Robert Director 2000-03-03 2004-01-18
SLEE, Robert Kenneth Director 2001-11-14 2009-07-05
SMITH, Barry John Director 2003-05-28 2008-06-25
SMITH, Dean Trevor Director 2019-02-21 2020-06-30
SMITH, Norman Vincent Director 1993-01-13
SMULDERS, Dominic Anthony Director 2007-09-17 2011-04-07
SPRINGETT, Ralph Charles Director 2003-01-13 2005-01-16
STATTER, George Edward Director 1998-07-31 2000-12-30
STEINBERGER, Peter Alan Director 1998-03-28 2002-01-13
STEVENS, Francis Stewart Director 1992-04-01 1996-01-14
STEVENS, Robert Patrick Director 2006-04-04 2012-09-28
STEWART, Michael Anthony Spalding Gould Director 1992-04-01 1995-01-14
STRZELECKI, Paul Director 2006-07-01 2011-01-31
STRZELECKI, Paul Francis David Director 2001-10-16 2004-09-15
SUTCLIFFE, Gary Malcolm Director 2007-12-11 2011-04-07
SYDENHAM, James Alexander Director 2001-03-21 2004-01-18
TAYLOR, Anthony John Director 1993-04-16
TRAFFORD, Anthony Michael Director 2014-07-01 2018-07-17
TRAFFORD, Anthony Michael Director 1995-10-20 2011-04-07
TUFNELL, Michael John Director 1998-01-19 2001-03-31
TYDEMAN, David Rolfe Director 2010-07-01 2012-06-30
TYLER, Peter Director 2009-01-14 2011-01-10
WAIN, David Brownfield Director 1995-07-21 1997-01-14
WAPPAT, Kenneth Director 2002-01-21 2008-06-25
WARDE, Geoffrey Colin Director 2007-01-15
WARINGTON SMYTH, Rodney Director 1995-01-14
WATTS, Colin Richard Director 2002-01-14 2006-06-30
WESTON, Nigel John Director 2003-01-13 2008-04-16
WHISTANCE, Donald Harold Director 1998-01-13
WHITLOCK, Patricia Anne Director 1996-01-14 2000-12-31
WILKIE, David Martin Director 1995-01-16 2008-06-10
WILTSHIRE, Timothy John Director 2012-07-01 2014-07-01
WILTSHIRE, Timothy John Director 2009-01-11 2011-04-07
WINTER, Richard Charles Director 2009-01-22 2011-04-07
WINTER, Richard Guy Williams Director 2001-05-16 2004-01-18
WOODS, Philippa Director 2017-07-11 2020-07-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 544 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-07-20 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-07-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-04-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-04 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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