BOYDEN & CO.LIMITED — The Accounts

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Cash

£708k

-11.7% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£3.3m

-0.6% vs 2024

Employees

+13.2% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£197k

-54.3% vs 2024

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

BOYDEN & CO.LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=14480

Accounts

5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£8,307,439	£11,163,622	£14,040,641	£16,021,129	£17,594,524	+9.8%
Operating profit	£20,873	£294,597	£396,746	£395,447	£181,850	-54%
Profit before tax	£23,320	£295,051	£423,735	£431,889	£197,463	-54.3%
Net profit	£18,097	£240,263	£323,517	£335,545	£130,673	-61.1%
Cash	£1,350,688	£1,156,393	£829,138	£802,239	£708,326	-11.7%
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,917,041	£3,151,584	£3,223,704	£3,413,022	£3,458,669	+1.3%
Net assets	£2,831,918	£3,072,181	£3,105,142	£3,288,829	£3,267,644	-0.6%
Equity	£2,831,918	£3,072,181	£3,105,142	£3,288,829	£3,267,644	-0.6%
Average employees	48	47	50	53	60	+13.2%
Wages	£1,543,804	£1,776,327	£2,194,081	£2,478,433	£2,748,846	+10.9%
Directors' remuneration	£324,000	£374,523	£571,916	£518,278	£487,558	-5.9%
Directors' pension contributions	£NaN	£NaN	£45,023	£50,022	£50,022	0%
Highest paid director	£NaN	£NaN	£197,733	£188,525	£178,525	-5.3%

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	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	0.3%	2.6%	2.8%	2.5%	1.0%
Net margin	0.2%	2.2%	2.3%	2.1%	0.7%
Return on capital employed	0.7%	9.3%	12.3%	11.6%	5.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	27.8%	27.2%	35.0%	36.0%	38.0%
Current ratio	—	—	2.65x	2.58x	2.41x

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: FLB Audit LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 6 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DITCH, Robert Anthony	Director	2026-01-02	May 1992	British
FREI, Margaret Eunice	Director	—	Dec 1930	British
LANCASTER, Peter	Director	2008-06-01	Feb 1964	British
WILLIAMSON, Andrew Paul	Director	2003-02-10	Nov 1957	British
WILLIAMSON, Joanne Elizabeth	Director	—	Dec 1959	British

Show 6 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FREI, John Michael	Secretary	—	2014-05-28
FREI, John Michael	Director	—	2014-05-28
MORRIS, Stephen John	Director	2005-06-03	2013-12-31
PEZET, Derek James	Director	1995-06-22	2008-03-28
TRIBE, Edward James	Director	—	1992-12-21
YEOELL, Russell Peter	Director	1996-07-01	2003-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Boyden Investments Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2018-05-30	Active
Mr Andrew Paul Williamson	Individual	Significant influence	2016-06-30	Ceased 2018-05-30
Mrs Joanne Elizabeth Williamson	Individual	Significant influence	2016-06-30	Ceased 2018-05-30

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 139 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-08-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-06-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-10-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-10-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-10-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-03-04	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2019-03-04	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2018-12-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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