BARTLETT & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£11M
+38.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.3M
+24.7% vs 2024
Employees
148
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+261.3% 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 Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,510,000 | £10,333,000 | £10,771,000 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£470,000 | -£891,000 | £418,000 | +146.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£295,000 | -£644,000 | £1,039,000 | +261.3% | |
| Net profit | -£231,000 | -£353,000 | £1,010,000 | +386.1% | |
| Cash | £7,316,000 | £7,812,000 | £10,837,000 | +38.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,991,000 | £4,478,000 | £6,085,000 | +35.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,685,000 | £4,287,000 | £5,346,000 | +24.7% | |
| Equity | £5,685,000 | £4,287,000 | £5,346,000 | +24.7% | |
| Average employees | 128 | 143 | 148 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £8,102,000 | £9,320,000 | £8,178,000 | -12.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,091,000 | £2,089,000 | £393,000 | -81.2% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.9% | -8.6% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -3.4% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.8% | -19.9% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.4% | 68.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.18x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | -4.90x | -6.36x | 2.96x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BARTLETT & COMPANY LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- BARTLETT LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1981-12-31
- BARTLETT & CO.(NORTHERN)LIMITED 1940-12-05 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making these enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the future Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts”
Group structure
- BARTLETT & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Bartlett & Company GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 March 2025, Bartlett Underwriting Limited (company no 16324599) was incorporated Subsequent to the reporting date, on 1 January 2026, Bartlett Underwriting Limited commenced trading Following the restructure of the scheme, the scheme - previously managed by the Schemes division of Bartlett & Company Limited is in the process of transitioning to Bartlett Underwriting Limited Policies in run-off will remain within Bartlett & Company Limited until renewal”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAULKNER, Jonathan Charles | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| BARTLETT, Andrew | Director | 2012-09-07 | Feb 1979 | British |
| BARTLETT, Richard Frederick | Director | 2013-07-15 | Sep 1980 | British |
| FAULKNER, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2025-04-01 | Feb 1994 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Richard James | Director | 2026-04-08 | Jul 1983 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANSOME, John Howard | Secretary | — | 2025-03-31 |
| BARTLETT, Fred | Director | — | 1996-06-12 |
| BARTLETT, Frederick Michael | Director | — | 2018-03-19 |
| BRIGGS, Michael Joseph | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2020-10-01 |
| ELLIS, Michael Paul | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2010-04-30 |
| GLOVER, Alan | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| HALL, David Alan | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2005-04-08 |
| HELYAR, Ian | Director | 1995-01-02 | 2015-04-30 |
| HOLMES, Andrew Martin | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2009-01-14 |
| HOLT, Peter Alexander | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| KEMP, Tallis Alexis | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2012-08-29 |
| LITTON, Roger Anthony, Dr | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| MASON, Ian Winford | Director | — | 2007-10-31 |
| MICHEL, Lynda Mary | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2013-01-31 |
| RANSOME, John Howard | Director | 2019-12-04 | 2025-03-31 |
| REES, Terence Granville | Director | — | 2002-07-26 |
| RIDDICK, Stephen Peter | Director | — | 2010-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Ian Andrew | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2021-10-07 |
| ROWLANDS, Simon Howard | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2010-06-23 |
| SHAW, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| SIMPSON, Robert James | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-03-14 |
| SPARK, Karen | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2013-01-11 |
| STUBBS, Nicholas John | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2021-10-07 |
| WALL, Derek | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1998-07-10 |
| WORRALL, David | Director | — | 1994-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett Group (Subsidiaries) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-22 | Active |
| Mr Frederick Michael Bartlett | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.