FERN FIBRE TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£173m
-319.8% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£251m
-45,076.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£348,000 | -£5,000 | +98.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £557,000 | -£250,521,000 | -45,076.8% | |
| Net profit | £341,000 | -£251,375,000 | -73,817% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £940,662,000 | £875,904,000 | -6.9% | |
| Net assets | £78,602,000 | -£172,773,000 | -319.8% | |
| Equity | £78,602,000 | -£172,773,000 | -319.8% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.7% | 119.7% | |
| Interest cover | -0.01x | -0.00x |
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
- FERN FIBRE TRADING LIMITED 2023-03-30 → present
- SWISH TRADING LIMITED 2019-12-12 → 2023-03-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that it is reasonable to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis to at least 30 June 2027, which is more than 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FERN FIBRE TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Fern Networks Limited 100%
- Fern Services Limited 100%
- Jurassic Fibre Holdings Limited 100%
- Swish Fibre Limited 100%
- Allpoints Fibre Limited 100%
- Allpoints Fibre Networks Limited (formerly Giganet Limited) 100%
- Jurassic Fibre Limited 100%
- Swish Fibre Services Limited 100%
- Swish Fibre Networks Limited 100%
- Swish Fibre Yorkshire Limited 100%
- SFP Fibre Limited 100%
- M 12 Solutions Limited 100%
- Cuckoo Fibre Limited 100%
- Cuckoo Internet Ltd 100%
- Giganet Fibre Ltd 100%
- Brillband Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the balance sheet date, a subsidiary of the Company completed contracts for the sale of its retail customer base to a third party, the details of which are deemed to be commercially sensitive during the immediate post sale period and therefore are not disclosed at this time.”
- “The investment held in the subsidiary was fully impaired at the balance sheet date, and it is expected that the unsecured loan within amounts owed by group undertakings will be impaired in financial year 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-11-25 | — | — |
| BURLINGTON, Isobel Mary | Director | 2026-02-10 | Oct 1983 | British |
| DUNLOP, Adam Charles | Director | 2025-05-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
| HERAGHTY, Mark Stephen | Director | 2020-02-12 | Oct 1963 | Irish |
| THOMPSON, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2026-04-21 | Dec 1984 | British |
| WALKER, Mark John | Director | 2026-06-08 | May 1977 | British |
| YHARRASSARRY, Brice Paul Jacques | Director | 2025-07-17 | May 1966 | French |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWETT, John Julian | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2025-05-01 |
| DIGGES, Jonathan Charles Nigel | Director | 2024-11-21 | 2026-04-20 |
| DIGGES, Jonathan Charles Nigel | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2023-03-22 |
| FINNEGAN, Jarlath Martin | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2025-06-30 |
| GOULDEN, Andrew | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2025-07-17 |
| HELLINGS, Paul Robert | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2024-10-01 |
| KELLY, Ronan Aidan, Mr | Director | 2025-07-29 | 2026-04-24 |
| LATHAM, Paul Stephen | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2023-02-07 |
| MCGREGOR, Graham Rex | Director | 2023-07-27 | 2025-06-30 |
| SKINNER, Robert James | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2025-12-12 |
| YHARRASSARRY, Brice Paul Jacques | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2023-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Fibre Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.