BREEDON TRADING LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange-listed Breedon Group plc, the company quarries stone, sand, and gravel, and provides road construction services.
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Cash
£33m
+18.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£464m
+9.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,554
-1.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£59m
-3.7% lowest in 3 filed years
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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 | £985,991,000 | £931,199,000 | £902,210,000 | -3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £74,904,000 | £69,904,000 | £62,261,000 | -10.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £63,633,000 | £60,929,000 | £58,648,000 | -3.7% | |
| Net profit | £49,243,000 | £46,413,000 | £45,848,000 | -1.2% | |
| Cash | £4,440,000 | £27,682,000 | £32,912,000 | +18.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £596,745,000 | £630,327,000 | £666,383,000 | +5.7% | |
| Net assets | £375,549,000 | £422,225,000 | £463,613,000 | +9.8% | |
| Equity | £375,549,000 | £422,225,000 | £463,613,000 | +9.8% | |
| Average employees | 2,659 | 2,601 | 2,554 | -1.8% | |
| Wages | £110,641,000 | £112,444,000 | £112,699,000 | +0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,359,000 | £1,493,000 | £1,395,000 | -6.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £24,000 | £25,000 | £29,000 | +16% | |
| Highest paid director | £796,000 | £690,000 | £680,000 | -1.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 7.5% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 11.1% | 9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.1% | 50.3% | 46.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.93x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 5.47x | 5.74x | 6.59x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- BREEDON TRADING LIMITED 2021-04-01 → present
- BREEDON SOUTHERN LIMITED 2016-08-01 → 2021-04-01
- BREEDON AGGREGATES ENGLAND LIMITED 2010-09-06 → 2016-08-01
- ENNSTONE JOHNSTON LIMITED 2004-12-22 → 2010-09-06
- JOHNSTON ROADSTONE LIMITED 1983-01-01 → 2004-12-22
- JOHNSTON BROTHERS (SHROPSHIRE) LIMITED 1919-06-30 → 1983-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic.”
Group structure
- BREEDON TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Alfred McAlpine Slate Penrhyn Limited 100%
- Alliance Recycling (UK) Ltd 80%
- Breedon Southern Limited 100%
- Berwyn Granite Quarries Limited 100%
- City Mini Mix (Notts) Limited 100%
- Cocklebank Conservations Limited 100%
- Cwmorthin Slate Quarry 1994 Company Limited 100%
- EJCC Limited 100%
- Humberside Aggregates Limited 100%
- Huntsman's Quarries Limited 100%
- Nottingham Ready Mix Limited 100%
- Pro Mini Mix Concrete, Mortars and Screeds Limited 100%
- Staffs Concrete Limited 100%
- The Cwt-Y-Bugail Slate Quarries, Limited 100%
- The Waveney Asphalt Company Limited 100%
- Welsh Slate Limited 100%
- Breedon Surfacing Solutions Limited 100%
- Roadway Civil Engineering & Surfacing Ltd 100%
- UK Stone Direct Limited 100%
- Breedon Brick Limited 100%
- Lagan Materials Limited 100%
- Flemings' Fireclays Limited 100%
- Lagan Asphalt Limited 100%
- Glencarne Bricks Limited 100%
- Glenfarne Clayware Limited 100%
- Kingscourt Clay Products Limited 100%
- Kingscourt Bricks Limited 100%
- Lagan Cement Products Limited 100%
- Lagan Cement Limited 100%
- ALBA Traffic Management Limited 75%
- Breedon Facilities Management Limited 100%
- Breedon Bow Highways Limited 100%
- Thomas Bow Limited 80%
- RT Mycock & Sons Limited 100%
- Severn Sands (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Severn Sands Limited 100%
- City Asphalt Limited 80%
- Minster Surfacing Limited 80%
- Broome Bros. (Doncaster) Limited 100%
- Eco-Asphalt Supplies Limited 100%
- Phoenix Surfacing Limited 80%
- Kettering Bituminous Products Limited 80%
- Tor Multimix Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Completed two acquisitions in the year, acquiring 100% of the ordinary share capital of Tor Multimix Limited and the trade and assets of Hardcrete Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERTON-HAM, James West | Secretary | 2022-03-01 | — | — |
| ATHERTON-HAM, James West | Director | 2022-03-01 | Nov 1970 | British |
| BROTHERTON, James Edward | Director | 2021-03-16 | Aug 1969 | British |
| HALUCH, James Stefan | Director | 2021-03-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| PEARCE, Michael Paul | Director | 2018-03-06 | Jun 1964 | British |
| RIX, Darren Peter | Director | 2025-08-31 | Aug 1983 | British |
| WOOD, Robert | Director | 2014-03-10 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALKNER, John Holmes | Secretary | — | 2002-06-30 |
| GIBBINS, Malcolm | Secretary | 2005-07-29 | 2006-11-30 |
| GIBBINS, Malcolm | Secretary | 2005-06-05 | 2005-07-25 |
| JOHNSTON, James Edmund Mitchell | Secretary | 2002-06-30 | 2005-06-05 |
| MCDONALD, Ross Edward | Secretary | 2006-11-30 | 2022-03-01 |
| ALLSOP, Anthony John | Director | 2005-06-05 | 2007-07-17 |
| BARLOW, John | Director | 2004-12-22 | 2006-05-18 |
| BENNETT, Patrick George | Director | — | 1991-07-31 |
| BILLINGHAM, Timothy John | Director | 2007-08-24 | 2016-12-01 |
| BINNIE, Robert Barr | Director | — | 2005-06-05 |
| BROOKES, Harold Graham | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| FOLDES, John Henry Roger | Director | 2009-10-21 | 2010-09-30 |
| GIBBINS, Malcolm | Director | 2005-07-29 | 2005-09-12 |
| GREEN, James Richard | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2008-05-01 |
| HALL, Timothy Conrad Langston | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2017-12-11 |
| HOLDING, Daniel Robert | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2009-10-01 |
| HUGHES, Alun | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| JAMES, Philip Hugh | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| JOHNSTON, John Michael Stuart | Director | — | 2004-12-22 |
| JOHNSTON, William Graham Stuart | Director | — | 1994-10-04 |
| JORDAN, Marcus Rupert Hamson | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2004-04-23 |
| KENNEDY, Ciaran Anthony | Director | 2006-05-18 | 2010-09-30 |
| LYON, Elizabeth Helen | Director | 2022-01-04 | 2023-01-03 |
| LYON, Elizabeth Helen | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| MAKEPEACE, Graeme Mark | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2022-01-04 |
| MCCLELLAND, David Andrew | Director | 2004-10-18 | 2004-12-03 |
| MCCULLOCH, John Michael | Director | 2006-04-08 | 2008-08-01 |
| MCDONALD, Ross Edward | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2022-03-01 |
| MCLEOD, Colin Vaughan | Director | 2004-12-22 | 2009-09-23 |
| PANDYA, Kashyap | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2004-12-22 |
| PEARSON, Matthew Ian | Director | 2023-01-03 | 2025-08-31 |
| PETERS, Ian Alan Duncan | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2014-03-10 |
| REED, Edmund Michael | Director | 2005-06-05 | 2007-09-30 |
| SPURR, William | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2008-11-18 |
| SUTTON, Stephen | Director | — | 2005-06-05 |
| WARD, Patrick Robert | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2021-03-31 |
| WARNER, Sara Meredith Suzanne | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2010-01-29 |
| WILLIAMS, David Richard | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2007-08-24 |
| WRAIGHT, Trevor | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2007-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breedon Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-29 | Active |
| Breedon Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-09 | Ceased 2024-07-29 |
| Breedon Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.