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Manufacture of office and shop furniture · Newport, South Wales

F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment)

F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) Limited

Loss-makingActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only65 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Newport, classed under “Manufacture of office and shop furniture” and 1 other activity.

Headline figures

FY to Jul 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

−£1.62m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202120222023*20242025
Profit after tax−£1.62m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 7 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-31

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Graeme Robert Matthews as a director on 27 July 2026
  2. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Christopher Miller as a director on 27 July 2026
  3. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Emily Elizabeth Jones as a director on 27 May 2026
  4. Ownership
    Cessation of Richard David Costin as a person with significant control on 8 May 2026
  5. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Richard David Costin as a director on 8 May 2026
  6. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 July 2025
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Miss Emily Elizabeth Jones as a director on 25 March 2026
  8. Directors
    Appointment of Mr John Robert Redmond as a director on 24 March 2026
  9. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Paul Ostrolenk as a director on 24 March 2026
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Lee Thomas Reeves as a director on 20 November 2025
  11. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 July 2024
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Philip Roy Ashdown as a secretary on 31 October 2024
  13. 27 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Robin Bayliss as a director on 30 July 2024
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Nigel Howells as a director on 3 July 2024
    3. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 July 2023
    4. Charges
      Registration of charge 006933970013, created on 27 February 2024
    5. Charges
      Registration of charge 006933970012, created on 26 January 2024
    6. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 006933970010 in full
    7. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 5 in full
    8. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 6 in full
    9. Ownership
      Change of details for Bisley Office Equipment Limited as a person with significant control on 6 April 2016
    10. Ownership
      Notification of Bisley Office Equipment Limited as a person with significant control on 6 April 2016
    11. Charges
      Registration of charge 006933970011, created on 10 January 2024
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Paul Alan Crutcher as a director on 21 August 2023
    13. Ownership
      Cessation of Anthony Charles Brown as a person with significant control on 4 April 2023
    14. Ownership
      Notification of Richard David Costin as a person with significant control on 4 April 2023
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Anthony Charles Brown as a director on 4 April 2023
    16. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 July 2022
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Marco Pierleoni as a director on 1 March 2023
    18. Directors
      Termination of appointment of David William Botterill as a director on 1 March 2023
    19. Directors
      Termination of appointment of John Redmond as a director on 30 January 2023
    20. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Paul Ostrolenk as a director on 31 January 2023
    21. Charges
      Registration of charge 006933970010, created on 23 September 2022
    22. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 July 2021
    23. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 July 2020
    24. Address
      Registered office address changed from Caswell Way Caswell Way Reevesland Industrial Estate Newport South Wales NP19 4PW United Kingdom to Caswell Way Reevesland Industrial Esta…
    25. Directors
      Termination of appointment of David Appleby as a director on 23 October 2020
    26. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Helen Owen as a director on 5 September 2020
    27. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 July 2019

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) do?

Private limited company registered in Newport, classed under “Manufacture of office and shop furniture” and 1 other activity.

›How much turnover does F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) make?

Answered in the full report

›Is F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £1.62m in the year to 31 July 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment)?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment)?

Its directors are Nigel Howells, Graeme Robert Matthews, Christopher Miller, Paul Ostrolenk, Marco Pierleoni and 2 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) based?

Its registered office is Caswell Way, Reevesland Industrial Estate, Newport, South Wales, NP19 4PW, in Newport, South Wales.

›When was F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) founded?

F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) Limited was incorporated on 23 May 1961.

›Is F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) still trading?

The register lists F.C. Brown (Steel Equipment) Limited as active.

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