STAPLES BROTHERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
Cash
£29K
-68.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£50M
+17.2% vs 2024
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£23M
+51.4% 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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-05 | 2021-04-05 | 2022-04-05 | 2023-04-05 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £60,033,435 | £77,561,942 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £15,306,708 | £23,462,574 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £15,299,030 | £23,162,095 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £11,287,222 | £17,008,775 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £92,477 | £29,169 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £49,184,717 | £60,022,975 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £42,805,864 | £50,163,596 | |
| Equity | £32,211,140 | £37,735,809 | £39,243,393 | £40,021,209 | £42,805,864 | £50,163,596 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-04-05 vs 2024-04-05
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Turnover
+29.2%
£60,033,435 £77,561,942
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Cash
-68.5%
£92,477 £29,169
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Net assets
+17.2%
£42,805,864 £50,163,596
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Employees
0%
2 2
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Operating profit
+53.3%
£15,306,708 £23,462,574
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Profit before tax
+51.4%
£15,299,030 £23,162,095
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 | Trend | 2020-04-05 | 2021-04-05 | 2022-04-05 | 2023-04-05 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 25.5% | 30.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 18.8% | 21.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 31.1% | 39.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.63x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 231.72x | 65.84x |
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
- Dexter & Sharpe Audit Services Ltd
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In the past two years there has been significant investment in an upgrade to the anaerobic digester. In August 2025, the improved plant will be brought online and the extra gas and electricity generated will bring in extra income and thus begin to show a return on the investment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| READ, George | Secretary | 1997-05-09 | — | British |
| JOBLING-PURSER, Ben | Director | 2025-11-14 | Oct 1984 | British |
| READ, George | Director | 1992-10-21 | Apr 1970 | British |
| READ, Vernon Edward | Director | — | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| READ, Vernon Edward | Secretary | 1992-04-05 | 1997-05-09 |
| STAPLES, Dorothy May | Secretary | — | 1992-04-05 |
| READ, Janet | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2014-04-02 |
| READ, Janet | Director | — | 1997-05-09 |
| STAPLES, Dorothy May | Director | — | 1992-04-05 |
| STAPLES, William Edward | Director | — | 1992-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vectis Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-17 | Active |
| S Farms Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-24 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
| Mr Vernon Edward Read | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-09 |
| Mr George Read | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-09 |
| Janet Read | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-04-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.