BEN BENNETT JR LIMITED
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Cash
£4M
+16.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+10.6% vs 2024
Employees
60
-6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9M
+10.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,461,392 | £11,867,538 | -4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,276,870 | £1,437,659 | +12.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,738,772 | £1,928,146 | +10.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,311,118 | £1,457,993 | +11.2% | |
| Cash | £3,414,003 | £3,963,364 | +16.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,583,627 | £17,235,620 | +10.6% | |
| Net assets | £13,709,627 | £15,167,620 | +10.6% | |
| Equity | £13,709,627 | £15,167,620 | +10.6% | |
| Average employees | 64 | 60 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £3,092,818 | £3,223,617 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £587,835 | £602,099 | +2.4% |
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 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 8.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.39x | 4.72x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- BEN BENNETT JR LIMITED · parent
- Super Limes Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Capital expenditure was higher in 2025 compared to 2024 due to significant investment in our mobile equipment. All investment was funded by free cashflow and the company continues to be debt free.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINGFIELD, Ian | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | — | — |
| BARKS, David | Director | 2016-10-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| BENNETT, Jane | Director | — | Nov 1966 | British |
| BENNETT, Norma | Director | 1995-08-18 | Jun 1938 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDELL, Philip Jonathan | Secretary | — | 2019-04-30 |
| BENNETT, Benjamin James | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2025-05-09 |
| BENNETT, Benjamin | Director | — | 2011-04-05 |
| BENNETT JR, Benjamin | Director | — | 2021-10-20 |
| RAWSON, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| UDELL, Philip Jonathan | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2019-07-31 |
| UDELL, Philip | Director | — | 2002-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Barks | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2025-11-17 | Active |
| Mrs Norma Bennett | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-10 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
| Mr Benjamin Bennett Jr | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2025-09-10 |
| Mrs Jane Bennett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 25–50%, Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.