CHARLES BENTLEY & SON LIMITED
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Cash
£259k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5.3m
Equity attributable
Employees
128
Average over period
Profit before tax
£245k
Period ending 2024-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,552,957 | — | |
| Operating profit | £467,149 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £245,088 | — | |
| Net profit | £177,907 | — | |
| Cash | £259,191 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,419,676 | — | |
| Net assets | £5,271,984 | — | |
| Equity | £5,271,984 | — | |
| Average employees | 128 | — | |
| Wages | £3,816,208 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £524,585 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £39,186 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £108,405 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | 2.09x |
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
- CHARLES BENTLEY & SON LIMITED 2005-09-15 → present
- F.A.B. HANDLES LIMITED 1979-01-16 → 2005-09-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Newby Castleman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CHARLES BENTLEY & SON LIMITED · parent
- MarXman Limited 100%
Significant events
- “loss of Homebase as a key customer”
- “online business achieved major success as a result of change in financial strategy with investment in stock and ensuring timely arrival of stock at the start of each season”
- “achieved further success in taking on additional customers and securing instore presence”
- “company continued to meet its Bank Covenants throughout the year ended 31 March 2026 and for Q1 2027”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Shirley Jayne | Secretary | 2004-11-24 | — | British |
| BENTLEY, Charles William | Director | — | Oct 1953 | British |
| BENTLEY, James Ryan | Director | 2015-04-01 | May 1983 | British |
| BENTLEY, Shirley Jayne | Director | 2007-11-29 | Dec 1957 | British |
| HARRIS, Robin | Director | 2024-10-02 | Jan 1965 | British |
| LAW, Steven | Director | 2022-01-05 | Aug 1980 | British |
| STEEL, Andrew John | Director | 2017-07-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
| STEEL, Naomi Fleur | Director | 2015-04-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Charles William | Secretary | — | 2004-11-24 |
| BENTLEY, Raymond | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| BENTLEY, Robert Glyn | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| POLLARD, Sadie Helen | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2024-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bentley Properties Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-12-05 | Active |
| Mr Steven Law | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-01-05 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Mr Andrew John Steel | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Mrs Sadie Helen Pollard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-06 | Ceased 2024-06-28 |
| Mr James Ryan Bentley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-05 |
| Mrs Naomi Steel | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Charles Bentley Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Shirley Bentley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Charles William Bentley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.