HENRY BELL & CO (GRANTHAM) LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -3.2%

  £27,859,290 → £26,980,388

• Cash

  +41.6%

  £3,214,292 → £4,552,286

• Net assets

  +6.4%

  £5,684,637 → £6,047,791

• Employees

  -5.8%

  69 → 65

• Operating profit

  +137.2%

  £174,544 → £413,977

• Profit before tax

  +99.3%

  £243,709 → £485,705

• Wages

  +13.4%

  £1,876,226 → £2,128,004

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

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.

1. HENRY BELL & CO (GRANTHAM) LIMITED 1999-07-01 → present
2. ELLISACRE LIMITED 1981-06-10 → 1999-07-01

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the balance sheet date the company had a strong net current asset position. At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered the going concern position, and consider that this does indicate that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts.”

Group structure

1. HENRY BELL & CO (GRANTHAM) LIMITED · parent
   1. Universal Pet Care Limited 100% · England and Wales
   2. Henry Bell & Co (Grain Merchants) Limited 100% · England and Wales
   3. Leeway Seeds Limited 100% · England and Wales
   4. Supervite Pet Foods Limited 100% · England and Wales
   5. Top Dog Distribution Limited 100% · England and Wales
   6. Fish 1st (UK) Ltd 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

• “The decrease in turnover due to one of the company's major customers ceasing trading in the prior year.”
• “New products and technology are invested in on an ongoing basis to improve the efficiency and profitability of the business, demonstrated most recently by the launch of the own brand products, which have contributed to the ongoing positive financial performance.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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