FERROUS PROTECTION LTD
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Cash
£1.5k
-91.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£252k
-52.1% vs 2024
Employees
24
-27.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£296k
+59.9% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,574,426 | £3,523,231 | £4,556,300 | £5,757,428 | £4,130,827 | -28.3% | |
| Operating profit | £179,574 | £676,008 | £545,128 | -£627,257 | -£207,276 | +67% | |
| Profit before tax | £178,719 | £656,831 | £504,702 | -£737,986 | -£295,801 | +59.9% | |
| Net profit | £140,242 | £528,196 | £410,337 | -£551,557 | -£275,005 | +50.1% | |
| Cash | £7,294 | £314,810 | £48,706 | £17,400 | £1,500 | -91.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £140,342 | £814,326 | £1,450,746 | £783,200 | £363,147 | -53.6% | |
| Net assets | £140,342 | £668,538 | £1,078,875 | £527,318 | £252,413 | -52.1% | |
| Equity | £140,342 | £668,538 | £1,078,875 | £527,318 | £252,413 | -52.1% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 24 | -27.3% | |
| 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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 19.2% | 12.0% | -10.9% | -5.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 15.0% | 9.0% | -9.6% | -6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 128.0% | 83.0% | 37.6% | -80.1% | -57.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.5% | 49.3% | 61.7% | 80.9% | 87.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.66x | 0.98x | 0.80x | |
| Interest cover | — | 35.25x | 13.48x | -5.66x | -2.34x |
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
- FERROUS PROTECTION LTD 2021-09-28 → present
- FPL2021 LTD 2021-07-21 → 2021-09-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, based on the continued financial support by fellow group companies.”
Significant events
- “Until 24 February 2025, the ultimate parent company was Orange UK Holdings Limited. From 24 February 2025, the ultimate parent company is CorpAcq Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLWARD, Phillip Robert | Director | 2021-07-21 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SKELHORN, Daniel Alfred | Director | 2024-07-29 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNT, Roy | Secretary | 2021-07-21 | 2024-07-29 |
| DODD, Matthew James | Director | 2021-07-21 | 2026-03-27 |
| KING, John William | Director | 2021-07-21 | 2024-12-31 |
| MARSHALL, Dominic | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2025-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John William King | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-07-21 | Ceased 2024-09-12 |
| Qualitech Environmental Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.