B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£50k
-84.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.1m
+0.5% vs 2025
Employees
135
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
+31,881.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,010,347 | £17,328,593 | £17,771,785 | +2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £640,024 | £81,369 | £1,809,070 | +2,123.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £569,195 | £5,362 | £1,714,830 | +31,881.2% | |
| Net profit | £669,195 | £11,638 | £1,561,756 | +13,319.5% | |
| Cash | £167,280 | £334,708 | £50,380 | -84.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,354,761 | £4,442,871 | £4,885,521 | +10% | |
| Net assets | £4,354,761 | £4,051,204 | £4,070,750 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £4,354,761 | £4,051,204 | £4,070,750 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 133 | 128 | 135 | +5.5% | |
| Wages | £4,740,287 | £5,163,910 | £4,597,149 | -11% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £773,192 | £1,084,394 | £342,307 | -68.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £36,000 | £36,000 | £52,761 | +46.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £659,065 | £847,473 | £150,000 | -82.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 0.5% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 0.1% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | 1.8% | 37.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.2% | 44.3% | 56.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 2.16x | 1.76x | |
| Interest cover | 9.04x | 1.07x | 19.15x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- PARDENE LIMITED 1981-09-11 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- bk plus Audit Limited
- 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 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.”
Group structure
- B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Window Wipers Technology Inc 100%
- Monitor Marine Limited 100%
Significant events
- “J Eddy, who was a shareholder and remains a director of the Company, disposed of his entire shareholding. The consideration for the disposal comprised an amount payable upfront, with the remaining balance deferred. In respect of the deferred consideration, a debenture was granted by the Company by providing security over the Company's property.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDDY, Jonathan Phillip | Secretary | 2018-11-27 | — | — |
| EDDY, Andrew Charles George | Director | — | Mar 1951 | British |
| EDDY, Edward | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| EDDY, Jonathan Phillip | Director | — | Sep 1954 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGNALL, Craig Michael | Secretary | 2012-10-15 | 2018-11-27 |
| DALTON, Neil Geoffrey | Secretary | 2009-02-01 | 2012-12-18 |
| EDDY, Jonathan Phillip | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2009-02-01 |
| O`CONNOR, Elizabeth Ruth | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2005-12-19 |
| PERRY, Geoffrey Cochrane | Secretary | — | 1999-02-26 |
| EDDY, Dorothy Brenda | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| PERRY, Geoffrey Cochrane | Director | — | 1999-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Hepworth And Company Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Philip Eddy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Andrew Charles George Eddy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.