A.BILBROUGH & CO.LIMITED
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Cash
£362k
+100.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£936k
+82.3% vs 2024
Employees
98
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.5m
-5.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-20
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-20 | 2025-02-20 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,745,350 | £17,831,206 | +6.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,539,151 | £1,453,532 | -5.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,535,028 | £1,360,256 | -11.4% | |
| Cash | £180,567 | £362,287 | +100.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £504,994 | £615,741 | +21.9% | |
| Net assets | -£5,295,515 | -£935,759 | +82.3% | |
| Equity | — | -£935,759 | — | |
| Average employees | 100 | 98 | -2% | |
| Wages | £9,873,512 | £10,325,635 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,230,537 | £2,171,364 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £77,376 | £97,727 | +26.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £427,841 | £378,880 | -11.4% |
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 | 2024-02-20 | 2025-02-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.2% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 406.9% | 135.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.86x | 0.53x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern basis continues to be adopted in the preparation of these Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- A.BILBROUGH & CO.LIMITED · parent
- A Bilbrough & Co. (Europe) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 November 2023 the Company agreed a Recovery Plan with the Scheme Trustees under which the deficit is expected to be eliminated by 2027, provided the assumptions set out in the Statement of Funding Principles are met.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Anthony Graham | Secretary | 2019-10-31 | — | — |
| BARR, Ian Wylie, Mr. | Director | 2010-02-20 | Sep 1969 | British |
| BEAN, James Christopher Lewis | Director | 2024-11-04 | Oct 1977 | British |
| HAMMAN, Cassie Jacobus | Director | 2022-04-19 | Nov 1978 | British |
| JONES, Anthony Graham | Director | 2000-02-20 | Feb 1965 | British |
| PAUL, Iain | Director | 2008-02-20 | Dec 1973 | British |
| TOGGWILER, Reto | Director | 2014-02-20 | Dec 1970 | British,Swiss |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVIGDOR, Sharon Joy | Secretary | 2008-08-22 | 2016-06-02 |
| JONES, Anthony Graham | Secretary | 2016-06-02 | 2016-10-04 |
| JONES, Anthony Graham | Secretary | 1994-02-20 | 2002-07-24 |
| LYNCH, Mark Robert | Secretary | 2002-07-24 | 2008-08-22 |
| OSBORN, Denise Anne | Secretary | 2016-10-04 | 2019-10-31 |
| PRESTON-JONES, Geoffrey William | Secretary | — | 1994-02-20 |
| ATKINSON, Arthur Keith | Director | — | 1996-08-03 |
| EDMISTON, Malcolm Graham | Director | — | 2002-02-20 |
| FERGUSON, Ian Alastair Maitland | Director | — | 2012-03-09 |
| GAZE, Bryan Charles | Director | — | 2000-08-20 |
| GOOCH, Ian Edward | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2024-11-04 |
| HAWKES, John Arthur | Director | — | 1992-04-30 |
| HILL, Michael Dennis Mclean | Director | 1992-04-15 | 2014-03-21 |
| HINTON, Paul Stuart | Director | — | 2009-04-03 |
| JOHNSON, Lance Lewin | Director | — | 2007-02-20 |
| MOCATTA, Edward Charles Benjamin | Director | — | 1995-02-20 |
| MOLD, Charles Richard | Director | — | 1996-05-24 |
| ROBERTS, Stephen | Director | 2008-02-20 | 2024-04-07 |
| SAUL, Thomas James Bycroft | Director | 2000-02-20 | 2006-09-30 |
| SEDLMEYR, Josef | Director | 2023-10-17 | 2023-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Iain Paul | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-19 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Graham Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-19 | Active |
| London Steamship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-02-16 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-01 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-08-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-28 | SH30 | capital | Capital directors statement auditors report | |
| 2025-05-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.