FARID UK LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8.1M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
189
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.3M
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | — | £35,806,481 | £46,847,486 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,237,564 | £4,409,522 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,076,470 | £4,279,080 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £1,506,292 | £3,121,791 | — | |
| Cash | — | £682,649 | £3,330,001 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,366,937 | £8,790,100 | — | |
| Net assets | — | £5,024,227 | £8,146,018 | — | |
| Equity | £2,392,850 | £5,024,227 | £8,146,018 | — | |
| Average employees | — | 166 | 189 | — | |
| Wages | — | £6,472,043 | £7,264,673 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £40,200 | £41,406 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. 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 | — | 6.2% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.2% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 41.7% | 50.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.8% | 66.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.35x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | — | 13.27x | 33.80x |
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
- FARID UK LIMITED 2008-08-11 → present
- FARID MUNICIPAL VEHICLES LIMITED 1992-02-06 → 2008-08-11
- EUROTEC HOLDINGS LIMITED 1991-12-23 → 1992-02-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group's forecast and projections, the directors have reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- FARID UK LIMITED · parent
- Farid Hillend Engineering Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors see the main risks and uncertainties that will or may impact on the business now and in the future are the policy announcements of the US Administration on tariffs, trade, the environment and conflicts in Europe and the Middle East which may lead to continuing global economic issues and exchange rate fluctuations.”
- “The business continued to be impacted by much higher inflation than had been experienced for a number of years. This and the changes being enacted by the UK Government is having an impact on labour costs, utilities and materials prices which in turn are affecting selling prices.”
- “The group is currently adopting a series of policies covering a sustainability code of conduct, supplier code of conduct and whistleblowing procedures as well as supporting that group's targets for achieving Net Zero carbon emissions with an interim milestone of achieving a reduction of 40% by 2031 and the goal of Net Zero by 2045.”
- “The group has granted a guarantee to the Commissioners of Customs & Excise for £250,000 (2024: £250,000). This guarantee is for duty deferment in favour of Barclays Bank PLC for import of goods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLINCH, Charles Guy | Secretary | 1992-03-19 | — | British |
| CLINCH, Charles Guy | Director | 1992-03-19 | Sep 1951 | British |
| ORECCHIA, Marco | Director | 2006-01-26 | Oct 1966 | Italian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEAVES, Martin Alfred | Nominee Secretary | 1991-12-19 | 1992-03-19 |
| CROWDER, Kevin | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2013-10-31 |
| GLEAVES, Valerie Anne | Nominee Director | 1991-12-19 | 1991-12-27 |
| MARTINELLI, Paolo, Dr | Director | 1992-03-19 | 2012-11-06 |
| ORECCHIA, Gerolamo, Doctor | Director | 1992-04-01 | 2020-05-21 |
| SMITH, Gordon Barry | Director | — | 1993-12-23 |
| SMITH, Gordon Barry | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Orecchia | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.