FRANCOIS OFFSHORE CATERING LIMITED
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Cash
£925k
-74.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£204k
-110.2% vs 2024
Employees
8
+14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.6m
-272.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,965,000 | £18,000,000 | +0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £6,000 | -£977,000 | -16,383.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£442,000 | -£1,648,000 | -272.9% | |
| Net profit | -£288,000 | -£2,197,000 | -662.8% | |
| Cash | £3,656,000 | £925,000 | -74.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,993,000 | -£204,000 | -110.2% | |
| Net assets | £1,993,000 | -£204,000 | -110.2% | |
| Equity | £1,993,000 | -£204,000 | -110.2% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 8 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £542,000 | £610,000 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £87,000 | £68,000 | -21.8% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | -5.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.6% | -12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | -0.31x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes, show that the company should be able to operate within its current level of funding facilities. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date these accounts are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FRANCOIS OFFSHORE CATERING LIMITED · parent
- Francois Offshore Catering PTE Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIERNEY, Michael | Secretary | 2026-01-07 | — | — |
| GUPTA, Manisha | Director | 2026-03-24 | Feb 1983 | British |
| RAPSON, Hugh Innes | Director | 2020-08-18 | Jul 1966 | Scottish |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAIRNEY, Ronald John | Secretary | 2020-01-21 | 2022-05-13 |
| COWAN, Jonathan | Secretary | 2022-05-13 | 2024-01-04 |
| GRAY, Douglas | Secretary | 2019-05-24 | 2020-01-21 |
| MCCALLUM, Gael Edgar | Secretary | 2024-03-14 | 2024-08-13 |
| STEWART, Ronald | Secretary | 2024-10-22 | 2026-01-07 |
| FULLERTON, Philip William Boyd | Director | 2020-02-14 | 2021-03-09 |
| GRAY, Douglas Alexander | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2020-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nmg Marine Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-10-07 | Active |
| Northern Marine Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.