BRITISH AND FOREIGN WHARF COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
£7.4m
+151.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£39m
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
37
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2m
+30.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,429,615 | £3,694,305 | £3,394,204 | -8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £869,903 | £1,191,292 | £1,909,928 | +60.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,045,747 | £1,567,502 | £2,043,677 | +30.4% | |
| Net profit | £796,589 | £1,026,947 | £1,519,647 | +48% | |
| Cash | £5,704,167 | £2,932,206 | £7,385,311 | +151.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,542,563 | £41,949,753 | £43,109,230 | +2.8% | |
| Net assets | £36,169,864 | £38,159,485 | £39,340,842 | +3.1% | |
| Equity | £36,169,864 | £38,159,485 | £39,340,842 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 36 | 37 | 37 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,243,110 | £1,294,432 | £1,332,785 | +3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £115,173 | £122,548 | £157,220 | +28.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.4% | 32.2% | 56.3% | |
| Net margin | 23.2% | 27.8% | 44.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 2.8% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 13.0% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.56x | 6.38x | 4.74x |
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
- Collards, Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BRITISH AND FOREIGN WHARF COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Stocksigns Limited 100%
- Messagemaker Displays Limited 100%
- Burnham Signs Limited 100%
- Pocock Brothers Limited 100%
- Garnier Limited 100%
- Messagemaker Limited 100%
- First Call Signs Limited 100%
- B&F Wharf Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The bank balance has increased during the year to £7.4m as the group sold a freehold property in Southwark.”
- “Prior to 31 December 2024 the Group agreed to buy, through its newly incorporated subsidiary B & F Wharf Developments Limited, additional freehold land in Southwark for £6.4m plus costs totalling £6,709,500. The purchase completed on 10 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TODD, Jana | Secretary | 2022-08-16 | — | — |
| BOOTH, Ralph | Director | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| LEATHERS, Jeremy Baxter | Director | — | Apr 1946 | British |
| LEATHERS, Tara Charlotte | Director | 2008-01-31 | Jun 1972 | British |
| PITT, George Stanhope | Director | — | Oct 1946 | British |
| PITT, Nicola Naomi | Director | 2008-01-31 | Mar 1977 | British |
| WARD, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 2022-08-16 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Ewan | Secretary | 2020-06-16 | 2020-10-04 |
| DALY, John Malachy | Secretary | 2009-04-20 | 2012-07-31 |
| DOREY, Jennifer | Secretary | 2020-10-05 | 2021-03-31 |
| DRING, David James | Secretary | 2012-07-31 | 2020-06-16 |
| DUKE, Thomas Robert Matthew | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| EDGAR, Gillian Margaret | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | 2022-02-04 |
| OCONNOR, Ann | Secretary | 2003-02-27 | 2007-05-17 |
| WEEKES, Ernest Arthur | Secretary | 1992-03-31 | 2003-02-27 |
| WILD, Alan Rashleigh | Secretary | 2007-05-17 | 2009-04-20 |
| BICKERTON, Richard Henry Cheetham | Director | 1998-08-17 | 2018-06-30 |
| DRING, David James | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2020-06-16 |
| PITT, Lesley Henrietta | Director | 1997-02-21 | 1997-03-10 |
| PITT, Richard William | Director | 1997-02-21 | 1997-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Stanhope Pitt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-23 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.