FOSTER DENOVO LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
+74.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£45m
-4.8% vs 2024
Employees
419
+30.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.1m
-935% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £25,968,000 | £39,262,000 | £44,964,000 | +14.5% | |
| Operating profit | £387,000 | £742,000 | -£958,000 | -229.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £368,000 | -£103,000 | -£1,066,000 | -935% | |
| Net profit | -£591,000 | -£1,643,000 | -£2,287,000 | -39.2% | |
| Cash | £4,082,000 | £2,297,000 | £4,010,000 | +74.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,799,000 | £47,887,000 | £45,763,000 | -4.4% | |
| Net assets | £36,178,000 | £47,535,000 | £45,248,000 | -4.8% | |
| Equity | £36,178,000 | £47,535,000 | £45,248,000 | -4.8% | |
| Average employees | 242 | 321 | 419 | +30.5% | |
| Wages | £10,508,000 | £16,929,000 | £21,150,000 | +24.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £669,000 | £820,000 | £867,000 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £55,000 | £57,000 | £63,000 | +10.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £221,000 | £258,000 | £265,000 | +2.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.9% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | -4.2% | -5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 1.5% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.8% | 18.8% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.12x | 1.51x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | 5.38x | 0.84x | -4.46x |
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
- FOSTER DENOVO LIMITED 2007-08-07 → present
- FD HOLDINGS LTD 2006-10-18 → 2007-08-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the budgeted and projected results of the Group and projected cash flows in concluding that sufficient liquidity exists within the business to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the approval of this report.”
Significant events
- “During the first quarter of 2026, the Company acquired the business of two further self-employed advisers, for a total consideration of £1.392m in cash and deferred consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRETTELL, Jeremy Macduff | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jul 1961 | British |
| BROSCH, Roger Nicholas | Director | 2007-01-26 | Jul 1962 | British |
| CURRIE, David Scott | Director | 2017-10-03 | Aug 1969 | British |
| LOVETT, Helen Marie | Director | 2014-01-30 | Aug 1967 | British |
| PITMAN, Aimee Joan Geraldine | Director | 2025-02-01 | May 1966 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNNE, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2007-01-26 | 2018-01-30 |
| HORTON, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-10-18 | 2006-10-19 |
| BUTCHER, Craig Nicholas | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2009-02-01 |
| CARBY, Keith Arthur | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2017-09-28 |
| CLEARY, Michael Anthony | Director | 2007-10-03 | 2009-11-23 |
| DAVIES, Philip James | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| DUNNE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-01-30 |
| HORTON, Richard Paul | Director | 2018-09-06 | 2020-03-31 |
| IRVINE, Jacqui | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| JORDACHE, Andre Robert | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2022-01-31 |
| O'LEARY, Paul | Director | 2025-02-26 | 2025-10-10 |
| PAUL, Rosemarie | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2024-03-08 |
| SOPER, Akenyon James Scott | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2013-06-27 |
| TAYLOR, Alan | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2023-02-28 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-10-18 | 2006-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Denovo Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.