BEKAERT BRADFORD UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
-37.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£14m
-49.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
111
-5.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.4m
-41.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £46,807,388 | £46,965,900 | £36,869,213 | -21.5% | |
| Operating profit | £5,933,470 | £10,324,037 | £5,679,797 | -45% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,144,685 | £10,901,354 | £6,406,215 | -41.2% | |
| Net profit | £6,029,114 | £10,738,033 | £6,312,662 | -41.2% | |
| Cash | £1,847,602 | £3,486,400 | £2,168,680 | -37.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,301,508 | £29,099,273 | £15,315,703 | -47.4% | |
| Net assets | £17,165,103 | £27,903,136 | £14,215,798 | -49.1% | |
| Equity | £17,165,103 | £27,903,136 | £14,215,798 | -49.1% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 118 | 111 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | £6,299,782 | £6,695,897 | £5,361,576 | -19.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | 0% |
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 | 12.7% | 22.0% | 15.4% | |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 22.9% | 17.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.4% | 35.5% | 37.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 26.1% | 38.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 3.59x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 66.89x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BEKAERT BRADFORD UK LIMITED 2017-10-02 → present
- COLD DRAWN PRODUCTS LIMITED 2006-10-10 → 2017-10-02
- BARNARDS,LIMITED 1907-12-03 → 2006-10-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period up to 30 September 2027. Thus, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEKAERT BRADFORD UK LIMITED · parent
- Netlon Sentinel Limited 50%
- Rylands-Whitecross Limited 100%
- Twil Company 100%
Significant events
- “The company paid a dividend of £20 million to NVB Bekaert SA during the year (2024: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Jordan Alan | Secretary | 2025-10-31 | — | — |
| RENTMEESTERS, Raf | Director | 2026-03-12 | Oct 1980 | Belgian |
| SIMO, Branislav | Director | 2025-04-24 | Feb 1983 | Slovak |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKINGHAM, John Alan | Secretary | 2002-05-31 | 2006-03-30 |
| COTTON, Carol | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | 2023-11-21 |
| CRAZE, Diane | Secretary | 1993-07-01 | 1997-06-06 |
| FRANCE, Robin Geoffrey | Secretary | 1997-06-06 | 1999-08-31 |
| FRANCE, Robin Geoffrey, Dr | Secretary | — | 1993-07-01 |
| RAWLINSON, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2006-03-30 | 2006-06-21 |
| SAMPSON, Christopher Vaughan | Secretary | 1999-08-31 | 2002-05-31 |
| SMITH, David Charles | Secretary | 2006-06-21 | 2019-04-01 |
| TYDEMAN-WHITE, Dominic Gerald | Secretary | 2024-04-05 | 2025-10-31 |
| BERTEN, Dominiek Jozef Cornelius | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-06-21 |
| BOELENS, Jan | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2023-11-21 |
| BUCKINGHAM, John Alan | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2006-03-30 |
| CLUYDTS, Bruno Rene Marta Albert | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2015-03-06 |
| DERAEVE, Koen Andre Jozef, De Heer | Director | 2015-03-06 | 2017-11-01 |
| FARRIS, Roger Edward | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| FRANCE, Robin Geoffrey | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| HAWKES, Derek Richard | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2005-03-01 |
| LONCKE, Carlos Rene Alberik | Director | 2006-06-21 | 2010-12-01 |
| MEDEIROS, Joseph Martin Kanda | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2025-04-24 |
| MOYSON, Dirk | Director | 2023-11-21 | 2026-03-12 |
| PICEU, Serge | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| PURSHOUSE, Neil Derwent | Director | 2006-06-21 | 2011-03-01 |
| PURSHOUSE, Neil Derwent | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1993-09-13 |
| SAMPSON, Christopher Vaughan | Director | 1999-08-31 | 2002-05-31 |
| SIMO, Branislav | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| VAN RIET, Piet | Director | 2014-07-08 | 2019-03-01 |
| VANDEVELDE, Michel | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2015-03-06 |
| VANKEMMELBEKE, Luc Kurt | Director | 2015-03-06 | 2017-11-01 |
| VELGE, Henri Jean Dieudonne | Director | 2006-06-21 | 2014-07-08 |
| YOUNG, David | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nv Bekaert Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.