FWM LIMITED
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Cash
£933K
-15.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.3M
+9% vs 2024
Employees
73
-8.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,848,956 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £261,396 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £158,145 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £125,429 | — | — | -£225,801 | £189,159 | +183.8% | |
| Cash | £2,309,998 | £1,957,208 | £1,418,523 | £1,106,659 | £932,749 | -15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,844,032 | £3,676,327 | £3,562,009 | £3,016,378 | £3,126,319 | +3.6% | |
| Net assets | £4,613,345 | £2,216,763 | £2,324,017 | £2,098,216 | £2,287,375 | +9% | |
| Equity | £4,613,345 | £2,216,763 | £2,324,017 | £2,098,216 | £2,287,375 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 73 | -8.8% | |
| Wages | £911,128 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £89,474 | £83,593 | — | — | — |
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | — | — | — | — | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | — | — | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 51.8% | 44.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.78x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 2.53x | — | — | — | — |
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
- FWM LIMITED 1988-03-22 → present
- BIGSTAKE LIMITED 1988-02-22 → 1988-03-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Hall Morrice LLP
- 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 at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Freehold property was revalued by independent valuers, Shepherd Commercial, on 4 December 2024.”
- “The loan maturity date is 11 August 2025 and the loan was satisfied on that date.”
- “Preference shareholders were entitled to an annual fixed dividend of £88,000 however have agreed to permanently waive any right to receive any further dividends.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILNE, Fraser William | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MILNE, Fraser William | Director | — | Feb 1967 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Simon Oliver | Director | 2019-06-05 | Jan 1989 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLWOOD, Beverly Jane | Director | 1995-12-07 | 2003-11-25 |
| DOWDALL, Samantha Jane | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2019-08-12 |
| MILNE, Andrew | Director | 1990-12-13 | 2022-03-23 |
| MILNE, David Crosbie | Director | 2010-12-20 | 2011-06-02 |
| MILNE, David | Director | — | 1990-12-13 |
| ROBERTSON, Hugh Stanley | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2024-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Fraser William Milne | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-06-11 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.