FINDONY LIMITED
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Cash
£4M
-6.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
+15% vs 2023
Employees
134
+13.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7.1M
+24.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,405,679 | £37,395,145 | +27.2% | |
| Operating profit | £5,433,992 | £6,837,499 | +25.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,677,649 | £7,060,440 | +24.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £4,312,311 | £4,039,619 | -6.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,381,845 | £35,541,582 | +17% | |
| Net assets | £25,859,138 | £29,746,251 | +15% | |
| Equity | £25,859,138 | £29,746,251 | +15% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 134 | +13.6% | |
| Wages | £3,644,518 | £4,724,780 | +29.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £329,644 | £437,345 | +32.7% |
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 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.5% | 18.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.9% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | 6.43x | 8.47x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- FINDONY LIMITED 2007-03-12 → present
- SIMON HOWIE LIMITED 2003-04-30 → 2007-03-12
- SIMON HOWIE BUTCHERS LIMITED 1996-11-28 → 2003-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gillespie Inverarity & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.”
Group structure
- FINDONY LIMITED · parent
- Simon Howie Butchers Limited 75%
- Rossco Logistics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 was a very good year for the business, notwithstanding the usual challenges of rising raw material costs, coupled with labour rate increases. The figures are slightly flattered by the 13 month year, but we are happy with the results generally.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMOND, Bruce Alexander | Secretary | 2016-10-01 | — | — |
| HOWIE, Simon Macpherson | Director | 1996-11-28 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWPER, David Murray | Secretary | 2003-12-19 | 2016-10-01 |
| HOWIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 1996-11-28 | 2003-12-19 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-28 | 1996-11-28 |
| BUSSEY, Colin John | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2002-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Interest Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mr Simon Macpherson Howie | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.