B.A.BUSH & SON LIMITED
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Cash
£121k
-9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
381
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£693k
-50.3% lowest 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 Consumer Discretionary 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 | £74,420,651 | £56,821,770 | £58,678,735 | +3.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,548,365 | £1,296,882 | £931,110 | -28.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,778,067 | £1,393,151 | £692,710 | -50.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,246,510 | £1,078,123 | £510,393 | -52.7% | |
| Cash | £454,003 | £133,368 | £121,389 | -9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,513,649 | £20,348,815 | £21,606,113 | +6.2% | |
| Net assets | £15,238,202 | £16,303,865 | £17,196,910 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £14,980,555 | £16,303,865 | £17,196,910 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | 341 | 375 | 381 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £10,507,255 | £12,321,447 | £12,785,775 | +3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £332,805 | £514,930 | £503,430 | -2.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £111,161 | £203,450 | £199,450 | -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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 2.3% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 6.4% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.8% | 54.4% | 54.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.40x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 3.67x | 2.69x | 1.95x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- B.A.BUSH & SON LIMITED · parent
- Endyke Tyres Limited 60%
- B A Bush (Tyres) Limited 50.1%
- Toby Clowes Tyres Limited 100%
- Allround Tyres Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSH, Benjamin Clifford | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | — | — |
| BUSH, Benjamin Clifford | Director | 2017-09-21 | Aug 1983 | British |
| BUSH, Nigel Arthur | Director | — | Oct 1956 | British |
| BUSH, Thomas Arthur | Director | 2017-09-21 | Mar 1986 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARNESS, Betty Mahala | Secretary | — | 2013-10-01 |
| HARNESS, Betty Mahala | Director | — | 2017-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nigel Arthur Bush | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-24 |
| Mr Simeon John Disley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David John Dawson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Elizabeth Bush | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-01 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-01 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.