BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Cash
£6.5m
-47.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28m
-17.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
880
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.2m
-9.8% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £222,208,000 | £219,476,000 | £225,961,000 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £8,325,000 | £7,059,000 | £6,337,000 | -10.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,050,000 | £6,859,000 | £6,186,000 | -9.8% | |
| Net profit | £6,499,000 | £6,280,000 | £4,967,000 | -20.9% | |
| Cash | £12,384,000 | £12,329,000 | £6,487,000 | -47.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,607,000 | £36,502,000 | £29,346,000 | -19.6% | |
| Net assets | £38,471,000 | £33,751,000 | £27,718,000 | -17.9% | |
| Equity | £38,471,000 | £33,751,000 | £27,718,000 | -17.9% | |
| Average employees | 888 | 857 | 880 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £28,442,000 | £28,763,000 | £30,910,000 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £798,000 | £527,000 | £730,000 | +38.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £62,000 | £64,000 | £67,000 | +4.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £499,000 | £324,000 | £451,000 | +39.2% |
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 | 3.7% | 3.2% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.8% | 53.1% | 55.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 1.66x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 30.27x | 33.30x | 41.97x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- R.J.LUFF LIMITED 1933-08-23 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months.”
Significant events
- “The Company continues to progress against its ESG related goals; subject to the effect of industry and business-specific developments. For example, in 2025 more detailed data on supply chain embodied carbon allowed it to better identify associated risks, whilst improved waste data supported focused activity to reduce both cost and volume.”
- “During the year the business committed to supporting the logical evolution from the product data standardisation project we led, becoming a founding shareholder of Data Yard, the industry data pool for construction product data.”
- “Voluntary leavers metrics continued to reduce; falling from 12.9% in 2024 to 10.0% in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEY, John Graham | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1954 | British |
| HARWOOD, Lee Brian | Director | 2017-03-22 | Dec 1975 | British |
| YOUNG, David Andrew Walsh | Director | 2015-04-30 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERSUCH, Kevin John | Secretary | — | 2008-10-31 |
| HAUGHTON, Adrian Paul, Mr. | Secretary | 2008-10-31 | 2017-12-31 |
| ADAMS, George Miles Bramston | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-12-06 |
| ATHERSUCH, Kevin John | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| BAGGARLEY, Richard John | Director | 1998-03-01 | 1998-04-22 |
| BRADFORD, Peter Stanley | Director | — | 2006-08-22 |
| BRADFORD, Stephen Paul Job | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| BRIANT, Nicholas Adrian, Mr. | Director | 2015-03-05 | 2018-06-30 |
| CHURCH, Ian Stanton, Mr. | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2019-03-19 |
| CLARKE, Joseph Frederick | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| DAVID, Michael John | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| EBURNE, Mark Andrew | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2019-03-19 |
| GAMBLE, Andrew | Director | 1994-05-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| HAUGHTON, Adrian Paul, Mr. | Director | 2006-08-30 | 2017-12-31 |
| HOOLE, Peter | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2016-01-14 |
| KING, Gordon | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Rachel Marie | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-04-07 |
| LOVE, Simon Paul | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2003-01-01 |
| MERRIAM, Andrew William Kennedy | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2015-02-26 |
| MOYLE, Kingsley John | Director | 2019-05-21 | 2019-11-12 |
| SLADE, Peter David | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2011-01-07 |
| SMITH, Dennis James | Director | 1999-01-11 | 2014-04-08 |
| TIDMARSH, Michael John | Director | — | 2011-08-04 |
| WEBB, Ian John | Director | 2017-12-31 | 2018-07-09 |
| WOZENCROFT, Brian Charles William | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2003-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford And Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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.