BDM LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
-28.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£22m
-1% vs 2024
Employees
146
+5.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£312k
-118.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,668,329 | £12,689,497 | £16,199,235 | £19,756,012 | £17,834,974 | -9.7% | |
| Operating profit | £761,909 | £802,743 | £925,695 | £1,378,962 | -£636,872 | -146.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,013,111 | £5,054,370 | £1,265,767 | £1,725,957 | -£312,076 | -118.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,066,133 | £4,166,649 | £968,381 | £1,229,496 | -£224,580 | -118.3% | |
| Cash | £3,123,245 | £3,823,656 | £4,912,515 | £4,216,782 | £3,018,472 | -28.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,750,106 | £19,761,118 | £20,842,826 | £22,258,523 | £24,542,331 | +10.3% | |
| Net assets | £16,180,106 | £19,675,504 | £20,585,885 | £21,815,381 | £21,590,801 | -1% | |
| Equity | £16,180,106 | £19,675,504 | £20,585,885 | £21,815,381 | £21,590,801 | -1% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 119 | 122 | 138 | 146 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £3,250,554 | £3,722,455 | £4,170,362 | £5,117,001 | £5,714,177 | +11.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £228,043 | £261,928 | £320,532 | £626,703 | £649,282 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £28,050 | £79,491 | £62,381 | -21.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £232,952 | £283,631 | £322,098 | +13.6% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 7.0% | -3.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 32.8% | 6.0% | 6.2% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 6.2% | -2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.8% | 17.9% | 25.6% | 32.2% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.77x | 3.00x | 8.36x | |
| Interest cover | 11.72x | 13.16x | — | — | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BDM LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2007-01-05 → present
- BRIDGEWATER DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1984-07-16 → 2007-01-05
- WALKDROP LIMITED 1981-05-21 → 1984-07-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future... Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Significant events
- “Opening of a second warehouse to greatly increase capacity to meet rising demand in 2025.”
- “On 16 May 2026, a Deed of Termination was executed in respect of the Kesslers Group Pension Plan, fully winding up the scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCREEN, Darren | Secretary | 2019-12-31 | — | — |
| FARMER, Sean | Director | 2018-08-01 | Apr 1985 | British |
| GLATTER, Robert, Mr. | Director | 2005-09-07 | Mar 1937 | British |
| JOHN, Robert Llewellyn | Director | 2019-03-21 | Sep 1948 | British |
| KESSLER, Charles Julian | Director | — | Mar 1956 | British |
| KESSLER, Edward David | Director | 2019-03-21 | May 1963 | British |
| LIPSCOMB, Paul Andrew | Director | 2016-03-04 | Mar 1965 | British |
| SCREEN, Darren | Director | 2019-12-31 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCHRANE, William Andrew | Secretary | — | 2019-12-31 |
| ANDERSON, John Spence | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| COCHRANE, William Andrew | Director | — | 2005-05-20 |
| KESSLER, George Bernard | Director | — | 2018-10-31 |
| KESSLER, William | Director | 2011-10-12 | 2019-07-30 |
| KESSLER, William | Director | — | 2005-05-20 |
| MCDONALD, Alasdair Barry | Director | 2005-01-05 | 2025-09-01 |
| WATSON, Arthur Edward | Director | — | 2008-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bdm Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-18 | Active |
| Kessler Conduit Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-14 | Ceased 2018-12-18 |
| Kesslers Investment Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.