BUMBLE HOLE EGGS LIMITED
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Cash
£744k
-86.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
-29.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£153k
+110.9% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £33,027,359 | £27,527,929 | £31,762,357 | +15.4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,243,036 | -£946,341 | £221,996 | +123.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,417,552 | -£1,405,619 | £153,159 | +110.9% | |
| Net profit | £2,469,506 | -£969,249 | £175,874 | +118.1% | |
| Cash | £4,527,133 | £5,658,350 | £744,232 | -86.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,158,495 | £19,658,944 | £14,159,781 | -28% | |
| Net assets | £16,990,270 | £17,779,519 | £12,559,645 | -29.4% | |
| Equity | £16,990,270 | £17,779,519 | £12,559,645 | -29.4% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 71 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,938,668 | £2,129,263 | £2,150,850 | +1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £235,498 | £290,353 | £160,835 | -44.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £123,406 | £125,662 | — | — |
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 | 9.8% | -3.4% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | -3.5% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | -4.8% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.0% | 9.6% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.20x | 3.34x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | -4.01x | — |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as the directors believe that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future due to the continued financial support of its ultimate parent company, Hardeman Egg Group B.V.”
Group structure
- BUMBLE HOLE EGGS LIMITED · parent
- Bumble Hole Foods Ltd 100%
- UK Egg Centre Ltd 36.2%
Significant events
- “The acquisition by the Hardeman Group in May 2025 has significantly strengthened the Company's strategic position by providing greater security of egg supply, enhanced purchasing power and access to wider technical expertise.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Simon | Director | 2025-05-08 | Feb 1966 | British |
| HARDEMAN EGG GROUP B.V. | Corporate Director | 2025-05-08 | — | — |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEWSTON, Maureen Joan | Secretary | — | 2020-01-01 |
| JONES, Sharon Maria | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2025-05-08 |
| HEWSTON, Andrew William | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2025-05-08 |
| HEWSTON, David William | Director | — | 2020-01-01 |
| HEWSTON, Maureen Joan | Director | — | 2025-05-08 |
| JONES, Sharon Maria | Director | 2003-04-10 | 2025-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrik Arend Hardeman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-08 | Active |
| Valerie Joy Hall | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-22 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Mrs Maureen Joan Hewston | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-25 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Christopher Hamlyn | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Mr David William Hewston | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-25 |
| Mr Andrew William Hewston | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-25 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-25 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-11-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.