BRIGHTWELL DOSING LIMITED
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Cash
£124k
-0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.6m
-7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
-73.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2m
-14.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,725,233 | £26,225,346 | £14,644,861 | -44.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,324,475 | -£1,691,234 | -£1,923,955 | -13.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,396,791 | -£1,772,871 | -£2,035,127 | -14.8% | |
| Net profit | -£1,396,791 | -£1,840,164 | -£647,040 | +64.8% | |
| Cash | £926,303 | £124,003 | £123,524 | -0.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,425,024 | £10,584,860 | £8,620,505 | -18.6% | |
| Net assets | £11,107,709 | £9,267,545 | £8,620,505 | -7% | |
| Equity | £11,107,709 | £9,267,545 | £8,620,505 | -7% | |
| Average employees | 187 | 160 | 43 | -73.1% | |
| Wages | £4,979,192 | £5,653,226 | £1,956,558 | -65.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £408,147 | £424,375 | £117,090 | -72.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £6,385 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £224,215 | £326,319 | £117,090 | -64.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.6% | -6.4% | -13.1% | |
| Net margin | -5.9% | -7.0% | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.7% | -16.0% | -22.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 60.9% | 63.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.05x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | -15.57x | -19.87x | -17.28x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- BRIGHTWELL DOSING LIMITED 2023-09-29 → present
- BRIGHTWELL DISPENSERS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2023-09-29
- SKINNER HEATING LIMITED 1979-09-26 → 1979-12-31
- SKINNER HEATING LIMITED 1960-06-10 → 1979-09-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- ACT Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, at the time of approving the financial statements the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Group structure
- BRIGHTWELL DOSING LIMITED · parent
- Brightwell S.L.U. 100%
Significant events
- “Effective January 2025, the dispensing division of Brightwell Dosing Ltd was transferred to the sister company, Hylab Dispensers Ltd. Equipment production has migrated to Spain over the last 12 months, necessitating some dual-running of operations during the transition.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWELLY, Matthew Robert | Director | 2019-02-18 | Sep 1983 | British |
| FOLIO, Stefano | Director | 2019-04-17 | Feb 1974 | Italian |
| PALMER, Nathan | Director | 2021-05-20 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKINNER, Teresa Anne | Secretary | — | 1995-12-01 |
| WOOLMER, Stephen Anthony | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 2021-06-23 |
| FOLIO, Alessandro | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2024-10-03 |
| PYBUS, Denise Ann | Director | — | 2011-04-01 |
| PYBUS, Neale Andrew | Director | — | 2019-04-17 |
| SALLOWS, Geoffrey | Director | 2010-03-19 | 2011-04-01 |
| SHIELDS, John David, Director | Director | 2010-03-19 | 2013-05-03 |
| SKINNER, Ronald | Director | — | 2014-04-22 |
| SKINNER, Teresa Anne | Director | — | 1998-02-28 |
| WOOLMER, Stephen Anthony | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2021-06-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightwell Dispensers Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.