FRESH APPROACH (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+27.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£3.8m
+14.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
65
-17.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£848k
+509.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £11,467,268 | £15,465,650 | £14,292,683 | -7.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£328,522 | £353,166 | £1,035,802 | +193.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£534,675 | £139,132 | £847,574 | +509.2% | |
| Net profit | -£657,717 | £855 | £629,765 | +73,556.7% | |
| Cash | £486,801 | £1,108,251 | £1,415,411 | +27.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £763,339 | £460,461 | £918,976 | +99.6% | |
| Net assets | -£4,437,000 | -£4,436,145 | -£3,806,380 | +14.2% | |
| Equity | -£4,437,000 | -£4,436,145 | -£3,806,380 | +14.2% | |
| Average employees | 81 | 79 | 65 | -17.7% | |
| Wages | £3,212,507 | £3,586,935 | £2,977,373 | -17% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £266,869 | £273,823 | £351,522 | +28.4% |
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 | -2.9% | 2.3% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | -5.7% | 0.0% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -43.0% | 76.7% | 112.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.08x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | -1.53x | 1.63x | 5.35x |
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
- FRESH APPROACH (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED 2014-06-30 → present
- OVAL (2279) LIMITED 2014-04-22 → 2014-06-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- 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 the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FRESH APPROACH (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Fresh Approach (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The outstanding loan notes totaling of £4,674,787 (2024 - £4,896,606) are presented in the balance sheet as being repayable in more than 1 year. The holders of these notes have confirmed that they will not require redemption of the loan notes for the foreseeable future and for a minimum of a rolling 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Adam | Director | 2026-03-19 | May 1973 | British |
| NORRIS, Steven | Director | 2026-03-19 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESBRODE, Damian Stuart | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2017-07-27 |
| COCKWILL, Karl Nicholas | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2025-11-17 |
| HARRIS, Lee | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2026-03-19 |
| HOWELLS, Patrick Mathias Rhys | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2019-11-27 |
| LEACH, Andrew William | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2018-03-28 |
| SOAR, Phil William | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2017-01-31 |
| WILDIG, Oliver James | Director | 2025-11-17 | 2026-03-19 |
| WILSON, Antony Peter | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2026-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight Centre Travel Group (European Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-19 | Active |
| Nvm Private Equity Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-23 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-04-23 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2026-04-14 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.