W.J. FURSE & CO LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16m
+38% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
85
-11.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£218k
-150.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £7,578,000 | £8,118,000 | £8,634,000 | +6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £451,000 | £79,000 | £238,000 | +201.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £965,000 | £433,000 | -£218,000 | -150.3% | |
| Net profit | £701,000 | £325,000 | £352,000 | +8.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £22,113,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £11,717,000 | £11,540,000 | £15,927,000 | +38% | |
| Equity | £11,717,000 | £11,540,000 | £15,927,000 | +38% | |
| Average employees | 98 | 96 | 85 | -11.5% | |
| Wages | £3,348,000 | £3,816,000 | £3,086,000 | -19.1% | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 1.0% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 4.0% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 4.8% | 46.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.05x | 1.44x | 0.58x | |
| Interest cover | 0.69x | 0.13x | 0.52x |
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
- W.J. FURSE & CO LIMITED 1995-12-11 → present
- EVENTFORM LIMITED 1995-10-25 → 1995-12-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “The Company's Defined Benefit Pension Scheme transferred into the ABB Pension Plan in the first few days of the financial year. Although Company remained the sponsoring employer in legal form until the scheme was formally wound up in November 2025”
- “On 1 May 2025 the parent undertaking changed to ABB Limited, which was previously an intermediate parent undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAC LEAN, Victoria Ann, Mrs | Secretary | 2015-12-18 | — | — |
| LOWEN, David Kevin | Director | 2021-08-11 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MAC LEAN, Victoria Ann | Director | 2023-10-20 | Jan 1983 | British |
| MOUSSA, Malgorzata Elzbieta | Director | 2019-12-02 | Sep 1974 | Polish |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATH-SMITH, David | Secretary | 1995-11-22 | 1998-07-31 |
| KRONENBERG, Jerry | Secretary | 1998-05-21 | 1998-11-20 |
| SMITH JR, William David | Secretary | 2004-07-12 | 2015-12-18 |
| TURNBOW, Penelope | Secretary | 1998-05-21 | 2004-03-10 |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-30 | 2019-09-23 |
| POWERGEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 1995-12-06 |
| SIMMLAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-11-20 | 2009-01-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-25 | 1995-11-22 |
| ALYEA, David Leslie | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2015-12-10 |
| ANDERSSON, Lena Maria | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2019-12-02 |
| BELLAMY, Alan Nicholas Fothergill | Director | 1996-03-21 | 1998-05-21 |
| ELLIS, Charles Sidney | Director | 1998-05-21 | 1999-07-30 |
| FLUKE, Kenneth Wesley | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2009-07-10 |
| FUNNELL, Ian Grant | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2019-12-02 |
| HAJJ, Imad | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2004-07-12 |
| HARTMANN, Christopher Peter | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2008-01-04 |
| HEATH-SMITH, David | Director | 1995-11-22 | 1998-05-21 |
| HUGHES, David John | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-12-16 |
| JONES, Fred Richard | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2001-09-18 |
| LANGSTON, Geregory Miles | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2001-10-26 |
| LUDLOW, Paul | Director | 1995-11-22 | 1999-07-30 |
| MARSTON, Anthony Dion | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2018-07-19 |
| MAUGHAN, David John | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-07-30 |
| MOORE, Clyde Ray | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2001-09-18 |
| MUNTON, Richard James | Director | 1995-12-06 | 1998-05-21 |
| MURPHY, John Patrick | Director | 2001-10-26 | 2004-07-12 |
| NICHOLL, David William | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2021-08-10 |
| PARKER, Neil | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2001-10-26 |
| PILEGGI, Dominic | Director | 2001-10-26 | 2004-07-12 |
| PRENDERGAST, Craig | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2023-10-20 |
| RUBINELLI, Marco | Director | 1998-11-20 | 2000-01-31 |
| SMITH JR, William David | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2015-12-21 |
| VAN BELLE, Fabrice Jean-Pierre | Director | 2008-01-04 | 2015-12-10 |
| WEAVER, William Edward | Director | 2009-07-10 | 2013-06-28 |
| EAST MIDLANDS ELECTRICITY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1995-12-06 | 1995-12-06 |
| POWERGEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1995-12-01 | 1995-12-06 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-25 | 1995-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abb Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-05-02 | Active |
| Abb Installation Products Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-11 | 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
- 1
- 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.