E.H.BOOTH & CO.,LIMITED
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Cash
£7.3m
+1.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£21m
-18.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
3,062
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.9m
-355.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £318,659,000 | £322,973,000 | £324,805,000 | +0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,152,000 | £3,990,000 | £1,004,000 | -74.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,565,000 | -£846,000 | -£3,855,000 | -355.7% | |
| Net profit | -£1,738,000 | -£1,393,000 | -£3,457,000 | -148.2% | |
| Cash | £8,258,000 | £7,254,000 | £7,345,000 | +1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,823,000 | £95,389,000 | £91,716,000 | -3.9% | |
| Net assets | £27,483,000 | £25,491,000 | £20,774,000 | -18.5% | |
| Equity | £27,483,000 | £25,491,000 | £20,774,000 | -18.5% | |
| Average employees | 3,242 | 3,208 | 3,062 | -4.6% | |
| Wages | £52,975,000 | £55,517,000 | £56,514,000 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,066,000 | £978,000 | £1,037,000 | +6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,000 | £29,000 | £51,000 | +75.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £402,000 | £424,000 | £394,000 | -7.1% |
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 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -0.4% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 4.2% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.1% | 80.8% | 83.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.83x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | 0.66x | 0.81x | 0.20x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, the directors have an expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Thus, they continue to consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- E.H.BOOTH & CO.,LIMITED · parent
- Booths Riversway Limited 100%
- Booths (Lytham) Limited 100%
- E.H. Booth (SLP) General Partner Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, David Graham | Director | — | Mar 1962 | British |
| BOOTH, Edwin John | Director | — | Jul 1955 | British |
| BOOTH, Emma Louise | Director | 2025-09-24 | Sep 1993 | British |
| FAITH, Ross Anthony | Director | 2017-07-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| MCDONALD, Damien Patrick | Director | 2026-01-13 | May 1973 | British |
| MURRAY, Nigel Russell | Director | 2017-07-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN, Roy | Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 2002-01-16 |
| STANDING, Neil | Secretary | — | 1998-04-20 |
| VANDERMEER, John Adrian | Secretary | 2002-01-16 | 2020-03-31 |
| BOOTH, Henry Michael | Director | — | 2012-05-21 |
| BOOTH, John Graham | Director | — | 2000-02-24 |
| BOOTH, Simon Kenyon | Director | — | 2019-09-18 |
| DEE, Chris John | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2017-05-12 |
| ROBERTS, Kevin John | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2026-06-07 |
| ROTHWELL, Matthew | Director | 2016-08-24 | 2017-07-01 |
| STANDING, Neil | Director | — | 2000-09-13 |
| VANDERMEER, John Adrian | Director | 2001-04-11 | 2016-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.