BRENTWOOD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Operating under the Brentwood Radios brand, the company provides wireless telecommunications equipment and two-way radio systems.
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Cash
£813k
-35% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£3.3m
-15.3% vs 2024
Employees
74
-5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£578k
+46.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the group as a whole has incurred further losses in this post balance sheet period to the extent that resources available under existing banking facilities are fully utilised. The directors consider that the group will have access to appropriate funding based upon an anticipated increase in sales
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £19,941,890 | £10,953,675 | £10,539,703 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,597,057 | -£1,102,961 | -£585,184 | +46.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,562,306 | -£1,089,591 | -£578,065 | +46.9% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,947,289 | -£884,616 | -£489,844 | +44.6% | |
| Cash | £912,277 | £1,576,460 | £4,132,132 | £1,976,887 | £1,251,187 | £812,979 | -35% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,492,213 | £3,247,102 | £2,999,180 | £5,164,757 | £4,232,083 | £3,549,955 | -16.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,660,869 | £2,459,915 | £2,398,558 | £4,779,430 | £3,854,834 | £3,265,350 | -15.3% | |
| Equity | £1,660,869 | £2,459,915 | £2,398,558 | £4,779,430 | £3,854,834 | £3,265,350 | -15.3% | |
| Average employees | 36 | 36 | 33 | 71 | 78 | 74 | -5.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,487,972 | £3,201,193 | £3,081,912 | -3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £59,730 | £492,439 | £180,363 | -63.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £59,200 | £51,200 | £1,200 | -97.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £13,400 | £436,109 | — | — |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 13.0% | -10.1% | -5.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 9.8% | -8.1% | -4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 50.3% | -26.1% | -16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.7% | 43.2% | 68.8% | 43.1% | 49.4% | 51.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.85x | 1.58x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 47.97x | -24.96x | -26.13x |
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
- Rickard Luckin Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the group as a whole has incurred further losses in this post balance sheet period to the extent that resources available under existing banking facilities are fully utilised. The directors consider that the group will have access to appropriate funding based upon an anticipated increase in sales”
Group structure
- BRENTWOOD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- CapCom Land Sea and Air Communications Ltd 100%
- Radio Links Communications Ltd 100%
- Irish Radio Communications Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, amounts due from a related party of £32,064 were written off following the dissolution of the entity in June 2026. In addition, a trade creditor balance due to the same related party of £104,797 was written off.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARBORD, Tracy | Secretary | 2023-12-15 | — | — |
| GANDER, Angela | Director | 2012-08-14 | May 1968 | British |
| MILLER, Andrew Norman Peter | Director | 2012-08-14 | Jun 1970 | British |
| MILLER, James Eamonn | Director | 2004-01-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Bridget Mary | Secretary | — | 2016-04-14 |
| MILLER, Bridget Mary | Director | — | 2016-04-14 |
| MILLER, Norman Oliver | Director | — | 2016-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Norman Oliver Miller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-01 |
| Mr James Miller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.