MCFARLANE TELFER LIMITED
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Cash
£49k
-92.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.4m
-20.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
197
+7.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£745k
-184.6% 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 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 | £18,527,677 | £21,292,168 | £23,811,119 | +11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,744,715 | £998,786 | -£583,208 | -158.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,648,218 | £880,538 | -£744,829 | -184.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,351,576 | £674,930 | -£629,454 | -193.3% | |
| Cash | £1,633,912 | £655,422 | £49,431 | -92.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,183,595 | £6,108,244 | £4,895,297 | -19.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,385,581 | £3,060,407 | £2,430,953 | -20.6% | |
| Equity | £3,385,581 | £3,060,407 | £2,430,953 | -20.6% | |
| Average employees | 148 | 183 | 197 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £7,657,605 | £9,380,486 | £11,190,862 | +19.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £10,134 | £89,034 | £294,908 | +231.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £23,752 | £4,800 | £9,472 | +97.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £89,034 | £197,007 | +121.3% |
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 | 9.4% | 4.7% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 3.2% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.7% | 16.4% | -11.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.8% | 74.3% | 80.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 1.64x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 17.62x | 8.32x | -3.38x |
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
- MCFARLANE TELFER LIMITED 1999-02-19 → present
- K C HOLDINGS LIMITED 1998-10-07 → 1999-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period not less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30 January 2026, MCFT Holdings Limited (formerly known as K C Holdings Limited) acquired the entire issued share capital of MCFT Bowran Limited, the Company's immediate parent undertaking, from C B Craggs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAGGS, Christopher Brabant | Director | 1998-10-07 | Feb 1957 | British |
| MEACOCK, David Graham | Director | 2026-09-14 | Jun 1975 | British |
| ROBERTS-SMITH, George | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1986 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAGGS, Rosalind Margaret | Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 2021-11-29 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcft Bowran Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-16 | Active |
| Rosalind Craggs | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-28 | Ceased 2021-11-29 |
| K C Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-12-16 |
| Christopher Brabant Craggs | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2021-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | RP04PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing change details of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | RP04PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.