BOODLE & DUNTHORNE LIMITED
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Cash
£18m
+10.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£101m
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
132
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15m
-18.4% vs 2024
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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £104,926,282 | £124,464,439 | +18.6% | |
| Operating profit | £17,709,625 | £13,295,281 | -24.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £18,077,790 | £14,744,301 | -18.4% | |
| Net profit | £13,166,104 | £10,166,131 | -22.8% | |
| Cash | £16,493,082 | £18,296,154 | +10.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £99,920,377 | £101,923,388 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £98,534,701 | £100,811,751 | +2.3% | |
| Equity | £98,534,701 | £100,811,751 | +2.3% | |
| Average employees | 132 | 132 | 0% | |
| Wages | £9,802,486 | £19,733,758 | +101.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £538,512 | £8,843,969 | +1,542.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £142,153 | £70,304 | -50.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £120,000 | £2,854,610 | +2,278.8% |
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 | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.9% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.5% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.7% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.1% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.36x | 4.36x | |
| Interest cover | 74.53x | — |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Expansion plans on Bond Street.”
- “Boodles has a strong liquidity position with in the region of £18m in the bank at the time of writing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAINWRIGHT, Michael John | Secretary | — | — | British |
| AMOS, James Benedict | Director | 2008-07-14 | Nov 1977 | British |
| AMOS, Laura Nancy | Director | 2023-03-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2002-11-30 | May 1960 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, George | Director | 2025-02-01 | Nov 1995 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Honour | Director | 2024-08-01 | Nov 1995 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan Anthony | Director | 2008-07-14 | Feb 1977 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Kirstie | Director | 2023-03-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Michael John | Director | — | Nov 1957 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Nicholas Anthony | Director | — | Jun 1948 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAINWRIGHT, Diana Clare | Director | — | 2003-02-28 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Frances Jean | Director | — | 2020-04-05 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Harold Anthony | Director | — | 1992-08-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael John Wainwright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-11 |
| Mr Jonathan Anthony Wainwright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Anthony Wainwright | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-03-11 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.