BUSSEY & SABBERTON BROS.LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6m
+142% vs 2024
Net assets
£33m
-3.6% vs 2024
Employees
182
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.1m
-145.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £62,843,413 | £59,060,921 | £66,093,165 | +11.9% | |
| Operating profit | £568,275 | £2,193,252 | -£1,181,376 | -153.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £806,699 | £2,377,626 | -£1,085,100 | -145.6% | |
| Net profit | £506,998 | £1,975,318 | -£1,228,629 | -162.2% | |
| Cash | £8,043,340 | £3,151,438 | £7,625,348 | +142% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,419,267 | £35,442,942 | £34,046,616 | -3.9% | |
| Net assets | £32,086,862 | £33,818,508 | £32,589,879 | -3.6% | |
| Equity | £32,086,862 | £33,818,508 | £32,589,879 | -3.6% | |
| Average employees | 178 | 192 | 182 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | £6,304,437 | £6,234,813 | £6,406,421 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,744,220 | £1,124,765 | £1,235,754 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,769 | £12,718 | £17,591 | +38.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £748,281 | £416,600 | £423,641 | +1.7% |
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 | 0.9% | 3.7% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 3.3% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 6.2% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.6% | 31.4% | 38.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.00x | 1.79x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 80.93x | 39.29x | -24.65x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. They therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- BUSSEY & SABBERTON BROS.LIMITED · parent
- Dereham County Garage Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025 Busseys was awarded the Ford President's Award for Respectful and Inclusive Culture and also the BYD Customer Experience Award recognising our exceptional service and customer care provided by our Sales and Aftersales teams.”
- “In December 2025, the Company acquired premises adjacent to its existing vehicle preparation centre and this acquisition increases the Company's operational footprint and provides additional capacity to support the vehicle preparation function as vehicle sales volumes increase.”
- “We commenced sales of BYD vehicles from our Fakenham site in May 2026, building upon the success of our award-winning team incorporating the growing brand alongside our Ford service operation in Fakenham.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSSEY, David Charles | Director | — | Jun 1967 | British |
| BUSSEY, Paul Charles | Director | 1999-04-11 | Jun 1965 | British |
| HOULDSWORTH, Benedict Christian | Director | 2024-08-21 | Dec 1981 | British |
| SLATER, Scott Matthew | Director | 2016-01-04 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Terence Robert | Secretary | 2013-04-22 | 2016-12-31 |
| BUSSEY, Judith Molly | Secretary | — | 2013-04-22 |
| BAXTER, Alan Henry | Director | — | 1993-09-22 |
| BILTON, Margaret | Director | — | 2003-06-20 |
| BILTON, Sheldon Hadley | Director | — | 1996-08-02 |
| BOLTON, Terence Robert | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2013-04-22 |
| BUSSEY, Charles | Director | — | 2025-07-11 |
| COLLINS, Philip James | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| HARBORD, Timothy James | Director | 2013-04-22 | 2015-05-15 |
| STEDMAN, Trevor Francis | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2014-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charles Bussey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-11 |
| Mr David Charles Bussey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Paul Charles Bussey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-05-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-12-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-12-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.