James Fisher and Sons

Sea and coastal freight water transport · Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria

James Fisher and Sons

James Fisher and Sons Public Limited Company

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Loss-makingActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated100 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Barrow-In-Furness, classed under “Sea and coastal freight water transport” and 1 other activity.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

−£4.3m

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

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
£202320242025
Profit after tax−£4.3m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
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

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 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 2026-10-24

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Scott Brooker as a secretary on 15 June 2026
  2. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Ben Matthews as a secretary on 15 June 2026
  3. Filing
    Resolutions (and 10 more like it since 6 September 2018)
  4. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  5. Filing
    Auditor's resignation
  6. Charges
    Registration of charge 002114750117, created on 10 March 2026
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Ben Matthews as a secretary on 4 February 2026
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Helen Louise Afford as a secretary on 4 February 2026
  9. Directors
    Appointment of Ms Helen Louise Afford as a secretary on 7 January 2026
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Victoria Elizabeth Hames as a secretary on 7 January 2026
  11. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 10 June 2025 · GBP 12,755,374.25 (and 18 more like it since 26 April 2018)
  12. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  13. 27 earlier
    1. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Victoria Elizabeth Hames as a secretary on 23 January 2025
    2. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Bauer as a secretary on 23 January 2025
    3. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 002114750115 in full
    4. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 002114750114 in full
    5. Charges
      Registration of charge 002114750116, created on 18 September 2024
    6. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Bauer as a secretary on 1 August 2024
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Bauer as a director on 1 August 2024
    8. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Bauer as a director on 1 August 2024
    9. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Meirion Richard Morgan as a secretary on 1 August 2024
    10. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Aedamar Ita Comiskey as a director on 30 May 2024
    12. Address
      Register inspection address has been changed (and 2 more like it since 19 March 2021)
    13. Address
      Registered office address changed from Fisher House, P.O Box 4 Barrow in Furness Cumbria LA14 1HR to Fisher House Michaelson Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 1HR on 4 March 2024
    14. Directors
      Appointment of Shian Vanessa Jastram as a director on 1 March 2024
    15. Directors
      Appointment of Karen Veronica Hayzen-Smith as a director on 1 December 2023
    16. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Duncan Kennedy as a director on 1 December 2023
    17. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Jean Bernard Vernet on 27 October 2023
    18. Charges
      Registration of charge 002114750115, created on 6 July 2023
    19. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
    20. Charges
      Registration of charge 002114750114, created on 6 June 2023
    21. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 002114750113 in full
    22. Charges
      Registration of charge 002114750113, created on 6 February 2023
    23. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Meirion Richard Morgan as a secretary on 1 January 2023
    24. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Peter Alexander Speirs as a secretary on 31 December 2022
    25. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Jean Bernard Vernet as a director on 5 September 2022
    26. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Eoghan Pol O'lionaird as a director on 5 September 2022
    27. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Peter Alexander Speirs as a secretary on 1 September 2022

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 James Fisher and Sons do?

Public limited company registered in Barrow-In-Furness, classed under “Sea and coastal freight water transport” and 1 other activity. In its own words: “James Fisher and Sons plc is a leading provider of specialist services to the marine, oil and gas and other global, high assurance industries.”

›How much turnover does James Fisher and Sons make?

Answered in the full report

›Is James Fisher and Sons profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £4.3m in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns James Fisher and Sons?

Its directors are Scott Brooker, Justin Richard Atkinson, Inken Braunschmidt, Angus George Cockburn, Claire Louise Hawkings and 4 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is James Fisher and Sons based?

Its registered office is Fisher House, Michaelson Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1HR, in Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria.

›When was James Fisher and Sons founded?

James Fisher and Sons Public Limited Company was incorporated on 2 February 1926.

›Is James Fisher and Sons still trading?

The register lists James Fisher and Sons Public Limited Company as active.

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