FRONTBENCH LIMITED
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Cash
£10M
-8.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£35M
+7.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
418
+2.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4M
+38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £35,686,706 | £41,994,305 | +17.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £2,098,698 | £2,921,940 | +39.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £2,452,761 | £3,389,146 | +38.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,807,300 | £2,423,547 | +34.1% | |
| Cash | £26,752 | £39,875 | £799,057 | £428,453 | £11,254,440 | £10,336,682 | -8.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,904,176 | £3,084,052 | £5,078,441 | £5,777,459 | £34,008,398 | £36,762,576 | +8.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,873,272 | £3,053,148 | £4,925,384 | £5,450,421 | £32,128,007 | £34,551,554 | +7.5% | |
| Equity | £2,873,272 | £3,053,148 | £4,925,384 | £5,450,421 | £32,128,007 | £34,551,554 | +7.5% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 408 | 418 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £12,227,190 | £13,658,360 | +11.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £91,578 | £92,299 | +0.8% |
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 5.9% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 6.2% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 14.4% | 15.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.43x | 5.71x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on this, the directors consider that the Company and Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. They therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- FRONTBENCH LIMITED · parent
- Place UK Limited 100%
- Phaseolus Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2025 the subsidiary company R. & J.M. Place Limited distributed by dividend in specie land and property and an investment asset with a combined book value of £4.8m, together with a cash dividend of £8.9m, to the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOFF, William Thomas Noel Patrick | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jul 1944 | British |
| PLACE, Catrina Anne Harding | Director | 2011-09-02 | May 1964 | British |
| PLACE, Timothy Margetson | Director | 2008-05-28 | Nov 1963 | British |
| WOOLSTON, Jonathan David | Director | 2025-02-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy Margetson Place | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-18 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.