BROOKRIDGE TIMBER LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6M
+12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+3.4% vs 2024
Employees
61
-9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£103K
+131.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,341,081 | £10,872,621 | +16.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£172,891 | £237,680 | +237.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£329,514 | £103,452 | +131.4% | |
| Net profit | -£238,014 | £59,757 | +125.1% | |
| Cash | £1,394,453 | £1,570,723 | +12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,801,523 | £8,026,623 | +2.9% | |
| Net assets | £4,798,191 | £4,962,632 | +3.4% | |
| Equity | £4,798,191 | £4,962,632 | +3.4% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 61 | -9% | |
| Wages | £1,797,537 | £1,779,334 | -1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £237,671 | £183,311 | -22.9% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.2% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.09x | 2.67x | |
| Interest cover | -0.92x | 1.48x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the group's cash flow forecasts to August 2027 and positive relationship with the bank, the directors are satisfied that the group has adequate resources available to discharge its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- BROOKRIDGE TIMBER LIMITED · parent
- Brookridge (Timber Products) Limited 100%
- Blackdown Buildings Limited 100%
- Ecowood Pellets Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, one of the two long-serving directors, who had moved to part-time working arrangements in 2020, exited the Company. The second director resigned subsequent to the year end.”
- “On 9 June 2025 the company undertook a purchase of own shares in respect of 1,888 £1 A ordinary shares in issue for total consideration of £41,000. The shares were immediately cancelled upon their repurchase.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, James Hunter | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1988 | British |
| KINGDON, Kevin | Director | 2020-04-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE, Royston David | Secretary | — | 1993-12-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Malcolm | Secretary | 1999-06-24 | 2021-02-10 |
| LUCKHAM, Philip John | Secretary | 1995-10-01 | 1999-06-11 |
| STALEY, Christopher Charles | Secretary | 1993-11-29 | 1995-09-30 |
| ANDERSON, Jeremy Norman | Director | 1995-10-01 | 1999-06-11 |
| BROOKE, David Arthur | Director | — | 1996-10-01 |
| BROOKE, Royston David | Director | — | 1993-11-29 |
| JANDRELL, Christopher Anthony | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2024-04-15 |
| LUCKHAM, Philip John | Director | 1997-10-14 | 1999-06-11 |
| LUSH, Neil | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2024-04-15 |
| STALEY, Christopher Charles | Director | 1993-11-29 | 1995-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Royston David Brooke | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-07-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.