C & W BERRY LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
+35.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£37m
+3.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
244
-1.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.5m
+5.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £69,442,299 | £61,528,712 | £66,687,106 | +8.4% | |
| Operating profit | £5,850,530 | £2,322,357 | £2,640,609 | +13.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,223,143 | £3,360,449 | £3,548,248 | +5.6% | |
| Net profit | £4,807,490 | £2,507,611 | £2,648,485 | +5.6% | |
| Cash | £10,269,488 | £11,765,662 | £15,916,874 | +35.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,500,731 | £36,591,542 | £37,784,227 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £35,062,131 | £36,069,742 | £37,218,227 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £35,062,131 | £36,069,742 | £37,218,227 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 248 | 248 | 244 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £8,480,739 | £9,003,392 | £9,346,405 | +3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £162,918 | £121,395 | £57,185 | -52.9% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 3.8% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 4.1% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 6.3% | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.53x | 9.95x | 4.30x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Whitehead & Aldrich
- 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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHAM, Gary William | Secretary | 2000-04-14 | — | British |
| BERRY, David John | Director | — | Sep 1966 | British |
| BOND, Jason Robert | Director | 2026-01-02 | Feb 1971 | British |
| LAMBERT, Martin | Director | 2012-09-14 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR-BERRY, Susan Louise | Secretary | — | 2000-04-14 |
| BERRY, Colin | Director | — | 2019-05-10 |
| BERRY, Susan Louise | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2020-12-22 |
| BERRY, Susan Louise | Director | 2000-04-14 | 2012-10-31 |
| BERRY, Walter | Director | — | 2012-04-17 |
| HIGHAM, Gary William | Director | 2000-04-14 | 2024-10-23 |
| HUNT, Ian Richard | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2022-05-28 |
| JONES, Peter | Director | — | 2024-04-05 |
| PARKER, Graham Charnley | Director | — | 2019-08-12 |
| WRIGHT, Alan | Director | — | 2000-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W.B.G Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.