BEAVERBROOKS THE JEWELLERS LTD
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Cash
£12m
+73.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£101m
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,117
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.6m
+1,545.3% highest 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 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £228,649,000 | £217,308,000 | £217,048,000 | -0.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,596,000 | £1,001,000 | £5,982,000 | +497.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,099,000 | £340,000 | £5,594,000 | +1,545.3% | |
| Net profit | £6,000 | -£798,000 | £3,632,000 | +555.1% | |
| Cash | £2,319,000 | £6,920,000 | £11,976,000 | +73.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,076,000 | £103,493,000 | £107,513,000 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £99,083,000 | £97,867,000 | £101,283,000 | +3.5% | |
| Equity | £99,083,000 | £97,867,000 | £101,283,000 | +3.5% | |
| Average employees | 1,176 | 1,171 | 1,117 | -4.6% | |
| Wages | £37,494,000 | £36,419,000 | £38,080,000 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,765,000 | £3,183,000 | £2,854,000 | -10.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,000 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £4,074,000 | £2,110,000 | £2,110,000 | 0% |
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 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 0.5% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -0.4% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | 1.0% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.3% | 25.1% | 24.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.23x | 3.16x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | 1.36x | 11.08x |
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
- BEAVERBROOKS THE JEWELLERS LTD 1999-01-13 → present
- ADLESTONES (JEWELLERS) LIMITED 1936-12-11 → 1999-01-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEAVERBROOKS THE JEWELLERS LTD · parent
- Adlestones (Jewellers) Limited 100%
- Whittles (Jewellers) Limited 100%
- Lyons Jewellers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Exceptional income in the year was as the result of the settlement of a loss of profit insurance claim in respect of previous years, the outcome of which was uncertain until this year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STURZAKER, Andrew James | Secretary | 2025-10-10 | — | — |
| ADLESTONE, Mark Isaac | Director | — | Jan 1959 | British |
| BLACKBURN, Anna | Director | 2018-01-09 | May 1975 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Anna | Secretary | 2024-06-11 | 2025-10-10 |
| GRAHAM, Susan Judith | Secretary | 2015-09-11 | 2024-06-11 |
| NICHOLSON, Brian William | Secretary | — | 2005-09-13 |
| SEXTON, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2005-09-14 | 2015-09-11 |
| ADLESTONE, Gerald David | Director | — | 2023-12-04 |
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | — | 2019-03-01 |
| BROWN, Daniel | Director | 2006-08-03 | 2014-01-27 |
| NICHOLSON, Brian William | Director | 2000-08-07 | 2005-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Adlestone | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2026-02-09 | Active |
| Steven James Appleton | Individual | Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2026-01-16 | Active |
| Mr Allan William Beardsworth | Individual | Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2026-01-16 | Active |
| Mr Mark Isaac Adlestone | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2019-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Gerald David Adlestone | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-16 |
| Mr Andrew Brown | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-07-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.