FERN-HOWARD LIMITED
Company number 03202749 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Fern-Howard Limited presents a high-risk investment profile characterized by deep balance sheet insolvency, a material going concern uncertainty flagged by its auditor, and a sustained multi-year revenue decline of approximately 65% since 2021. The company's continued operation is entirely contingent upon financial support from related parties and group undertakings, without which it would likely be unable to meet its obligations. While the underlying trading activity remains profitable with reasonable margins, the structural financial weakness and dependence on external support represent fundamental risks that cannot be mitigated without a significant recapitalization or restructuring.
Shareholders' funds
-£6,496,001
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-05-23
- Employees
- 5 (2025 accounts · was 4 in 2024)
- Registered office
- B1/H Denbigh Business Park, Building B First Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, MK1 1DX
- Postcode
- MK1 1DX
- Capital
- 2,769,252 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-04
- Next due by
- 2027-05-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 27400 Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
Officers 2 current · 17 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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SCOTTLAMP LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- fernhoward.co.uk
- Phone
- 01420470400
Fern-Howard is a market-leading manufacturer of energy efficient lighting. We strive to create lighting solutions that are technologically advanced yet simple to specify, install and use.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SCOTT-MARSTON LIMITED | 2002-01-11 |
| HWP SHELFCO 102 LIMITED | 1996-09-05 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 NEWMAN LANE, ALTON, HAMPSHIRE, GU34 2QR | 2020-07-01 |
| UNIT 1 OLD STATION WAY, BORDON, HAMPSHIRE, GU35 9HH, ENGLAND | 2011-04-27 |
| UNIT 1 OLD STATION WAY, BORDON, HAMPSHIRE, GU35 9HH | 2008-06-11 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 11/06/2008 FROM, UNIT 1 OLD STATION WAY, BORDON, HAMPSHIRE, GU35 9HH | 2008-06-11 |
| 22 KINGS PARK ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 2UF | 1997-02-26 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 16 similar companies in MK, trading since 1996
Competitors Milton Keynes
This company ranks 12 among manufacture of electric lighting equipment in Milton Keynes.
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.