K.F.BARTLETT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£873K
-11.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£2M
-21.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
76
-1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£230K
-70% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,620,294 | £9,202,138 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £759,072 | £220,619 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £765,384 | £229,526 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £584,202 | £169,874 | |
| Cash | £1,334,465 | £1,648,289 | £989,974 | £872,581 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,583,639 | £3,749,830 | £2,786,840 | £2,220,896 | |
| Net assets | £3,371,723 | £3,582,323 | £2,617,867 | £2,048,825 | |
| Equity | — | — | £2,617,867 | £2,048,825 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 75 | 77 | 76 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,981,688 | £3,085,810 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £353,624 | £358,971 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-13.4%
£10,620,294 £9,202,138
-
Cash
-11.9%
£989,974 £872,581
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-21.7%
£2,617,867 £2,048,825
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-1.3%
77 76
-
Operating profit
-70.9%
£759,072 £220,619
-
Profit before tax
-70%
£765,384 £229,526
-
Wages
+3.5%
£2,981,688 £3,085,810
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.1% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 5.5% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 27.2% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.70x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4312.91x | — |
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
- Redwoods Statutory Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, management takes into account all available information about the future, which is at least, but is not limited to, twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Decision to open a new branch in Plymouth and seek a buyer for the South Brent branch. The closure of the South Brent branch resulted in three redundancies, stock write-offs, and site clearing, which impacted profitability for 2024.”
- “The company increased the number of apprentices employed to 11 in 2024, compared to 8 in 2023, as part of its commitment to staff training and development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Nicola Ann | Secretary | 1996-03-22 | — | British |
| BRANCH, Steven | Director | 2022-04-06 | Dec 1974 | British |
| DICKINSON, Tony Dean | Director | 2025-02-12 | Dec 1982 | British |
| PEDRICK, Daniel Terence | Director | 2016-05-19 | Jan 1973 | British |
| PONSFORD, Paul Andrew | Director | 2022-04-06 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Kenneth | Secretary | — | 1996-03-22 |
| BARTLETT, David | Director | — | 2023-05-30 |
| BARTLETT, Ian Scott | Director | 2010-08-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| BARTLETT, Kenneth | Director | — | 2013-11-25 |
| BARTLETT, Marie | Director | — | 2023-03-06 |
| BARTLETT, Paul Anthony | Director | 1993-09-27 | 2023-03-06 |
| BARTLETT, Roy William | Director | — | 2023-03-06 |
| LAWRENCE, John Ivor | Director | — | 1998-09-10 |
| PEDRICK, Terry | Director | — | 2016-05-19 |
| PONSFORD, John | Director | 2010-08-07 | 2025-05-12 |
| WESTCOTT, Roger | Director | 2023-04-06 | 2023-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.F. Bartlett Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-03-06 | Active |
| David Bartlett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-06 |
| Paul Anthony Bartlett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.