ALFRED BAGNALL & SONS (SUPPORT SERVICES) LIMITED
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Cash
£111k
+10,977.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£904k
+55.1% vs 2024
Employees
35
+12.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£325k
+7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,460,984 | £3,186,264 | -7.9% | |
| Operating profit | £301,505 | £325,411 | +7.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £302,500 | £324,896 | +7.4% | |
| Net profit | £82,860 | £321,224 | +287.7% | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £110,772 | +10,977.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,114,860 | £5,289,384 | +28.5% | |
| Net assets | £582,860 | £904,084 | +55.1% | |
| Equity | £582,860 | £904,084 | +55.1% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 35 | +12.9% | |
| 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. 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.6% | 89.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.02x | 2.51x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- ALFRED BAGNALL & SONS (SUPPORT SERVICES) LIMITED 2023-12-12 → present
- ALFRED BAGNALL & SONS (ADMINISTRATION) LIMITED 1972-02-11 → 2023-12-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future based on the forecasts prepared. The directors have identified no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast doubt over the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company and wider Group are party to a Composite Accounting Agreement, providing a guarantee to Barclays Bank authorising them to set-off interest and credit balances within the Composite Accounting System.”
- “The Company and wider Group have a debenture held with Barclays Bank PLC. The guarantee is secured by a charge on the Company's assets.”
- “Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements: Acquisition of tangible fixed assets: 2025: 86,606; 2024: 45,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPING, Maxine Rachel | Secretary | 2023-06-05 | — | — |
| BAGNALL, Stephen John | Director | 2023-08-11 | Jan 1968 | British |
| CURRY, Paul James | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| DYSON, Oliver James | Director | 2026-06-30 | Apr 1994 | British |
| JOBES, Elspeth Helen | Director | 2018-06-11 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGNALL, John Keith | Secretary | — | 1992-10-06 |
| KIRKHAM, John Charles | Secretary | 1992-10-06 | 2023-06-05 |
| BAGNALL, Alfred Studley | Director | — | 1992-09-11 |
| BAGNALL, John Keith | Director | — | 2004-02-02 |
| DAVENPORT, Michael Graham | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2026-05-13 |
| KIRKHAM, John Charles | Director | 1992-10-06 | 2023-08-11 |
| MACNAMARA, John | Director | — | 2001-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Bagnall & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-12 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-07-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.