BDM LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-14.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£22M

+6% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

138

+13.1% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+36.4% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

BDM LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£11,668,329	—	£12,689,497	—	£16,199,235	£19,756,012
Operating profit	—	£761,909	—	£802,743	—	£925,695	£1,378,962
Profit before tax	—	£1,013,111	—	£5,054,370	—	£1,265,767	£1,725,957
Net profit	—	£1,066,133	—	£4,166,649	—	£968,381	£1,229,496
Cash	—	£3,123,245	—	£3,823,656	—	£4,912,515	£4,216,782
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£19,750,106	—	£19,761,118	—	£20,842,826	£22,258,523
Net assets	—	£16,180,106	—	£19,675,504	—	£20,585,885	£21,815,381
Equity	£13,660,877	£16,180,106	£16,180,106	£19,675,504	£19,675,504	£20,585,885	£21,815,381
Average employees	—	111	—	119	—	122	138
Wages	—	£3,250,554	—	£3,722,455	—	£4,170,362	£5,117,001
Directors' remuneration	—	£228,043	—	£261,928	—	£320,532	£626,703

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+22%

£16,199,235 £19,756,012

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

-14.2%

£4,912,515 £4,216,782
Net assets

+6%

£20,585,885 £21,815,381

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

+13.1%

122 138

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+49%

£925,695 £1,378,962

highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

+36.4%

£1,265,767 £1,725,957
Wages

+22.7%

£4,170,362 £5,117,001

highest in 4 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	6.5%	—	6.3%	—	5.7%	7.0%
Net margin	—	9.1%	—	32.8%	—	6.0%	6.2%
Return on capital employed	—	3.9%	—	4.1%	—	4.4%	6.2%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	3.77x	3.00x
Interest cover	—	11.72x	—	—	—	276.41x	188.28x

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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”

Significant events

“On 7 March 2025, the company entered into an operating lease agreement for additional trading premises. The lease has a term of 20 years with annual lease payments of £1.1m.”
“In 2022 Kessler Group Limited started the process of buying out the pension scheme. It has purchased an insurance policy which transfers all of the scheme assets and liabilities to the insurance company such that the company has no ongoing liability. The process is expected to complete in 2025.”

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 153 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-03-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-01-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-01-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-09-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2020-02-04	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2020-02-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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