BRADBURY & SON (BUXTON) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-05-02

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-28 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-16.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£6M

+24% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

161

+6.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2M

+260.2% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

BRADBURY & SON (BUXTON) LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=819

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-02

Metric	2019-05-02	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2022-04-30	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-05-03	2025-05-02
Turnover	—	—	£60,630,114	—	£67,960,852	—	£63,918,295	—	£64,925,465	£69,218,203
Operating profit	—	—	£450,526	—	£1,185,225	—	£1,176,311	—	£1,387,019	£1,783,056
Profit before tax	—	—	£176,877	—	£815,716	—	£1,157,109	—	£443,248	£1,596,767
Net profit	—	—	£169,963	—	£503,466	—	£798,473	—	£362,773	£1,302,325
Cash	—	—	£1,136,788	—	£1,006,525	—	£1,562,739	—	£1,283,797	£1,071,937
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£3,652,843	—	£4,287,100	—	£5,396,890	—	£5,768,370	£7,325,662
Net assets	—	—	£2,755,955	—	£3,259,421	—	£4,207,921	—	£4,720,721	£5,853,150
Equity	£3,001,719	£2,585,992	£2,755,955	£2,755,955	£3,259,421	£3,259,421	£4,207,921	£4,207,921	£4,720,721	£5,853,150
Average employees	—	—	161	—	161	—	150	—	151	161
Wages	—	—	£5,191,791	—	£5,296,253	—	£5,151,855	—	£5,846,831	£6,907,696
Directors' remuneration	—	—	£579,981	—	£582,684	—	£629,469	—	£563,138	£648,059

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-02 vs 2024-05-03

Turnover

+6.6%

£64,925,465 £69,218,203

highest in 5 filed years
Cash

-16.5%

£1,283,797 £1,071,937
Net assets

+24%

£4,720,721 £5,853,150

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

+6.6%

151 161
Operating profit

+28.6%

£1,387,019 £1,783,056

highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax

+260.2%

£443,248 £1,596,767

highest in 5 filed years
Wages

+18.1%

£5,846,831 £6,907,696

highest in 5 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2019-05-02	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2022-04-30	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-05-03	2025-05-02
Operating margin	—	—	0.7%	—	1.7%	—	1.8%	—	2.1%	2.6%
Net margin	—	—	0.3%	—	0.7%	—	1.2%	—	0.6%	1.9%
Return on capital employed	—	—	12.3%	—	27.6%	—	21.8%	—	24.0%	24.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.01x	1.06x
Interest cover	—	—	2.22x	—	4.95x	—	3.62x	—	3.15x	3.98x

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: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Directors consider that, based upon the information available, financial projections and the existence of debt facilities available, the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (being at least 12 months from the approval of these accounts) and consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

BRADBURY & SON (BUXTON) LIMITED · parent
1. Northumberland Cheese Company Limited 85%
2. Bradbury Cheese (EU) Limited 100% · Donegal Ireland

Significant events

“During October 24 Bradburys completed the installation of a 30 month development project with a major international business, to be at the forefront of plastic reduction, the biggest investment since 2016.”
“On the 24 February 2025, Bradburys Cheese Pty Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, was struck off.”

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

People

5 active · 16 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
PAUL, George	Secretary	1994-08-12	—	British
CHISNALL, Christopher James	Director	2008-01-01	Jul 1976	British
DILLON, Stephen	Director	2013-09-01	Sep 1977	British
PAUL, George	Director	1994-08-12	Jan 1949	British
PAUL, Richard John	Director	1998-01-01	Apr 1970	British

Show 16 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MARSDEN, Joan Evelyn	Secretary	—	1994-08-12
CARTER, Peter James	Director	2021-09-01	2022-04-30
ELMITT, Richard	Director	2009-08-01	2010-12-31
JACKSON HANSTOCK, Michelle	Director	2013-09-01	2025-03-31
MARSDEN, Alan Philip	Director	—	2008-04-25
MARSDEN, Joan Evelyn	Director	—	1994-08-12
MOSTYN JONES, Richard	Director	2011-04-01	2018-05-11
MURRELL, Brian Leonard	Director	2008-07-01	2021-07-31
OWENS, Brian	Director	2022-05-09	2025-04-30
OWENS, Brian	Director	2018-07-23	2021-07-31
PAUL, Marilyn	Director	1994-08-12	2017-10-12
PRITCHARD, Steven John	Director	2015-06-22	2019-05-31
SEDMAN, John Michael	Director	2011-10-03	2013-04-23
SEDMON, John Michael	Director	2011-10-03	2011-10-03
WHITE, Steve	Director	2011-09-20	2011-09-20
WHITTAKER, Marc David	Director	2003-11-05	2010-08-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
G. & M. Paul Limited	Corporate entity	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 156 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-08-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-10-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-08-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-08-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-08-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-07-06	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-10-13	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

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

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

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