BUTTRESS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8M
+18.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15M
+24.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
24
-14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8M
-43% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,738,725 | £19,535,027 | £19,109,436 | -2.2% | |
| Operating profit | £4,408,457 | £4,863,375 | £2,780,621 | -42.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,394,563 | £4,876,948 | £2,780,621 | -43% | |
| Net profit | £3,578,306 | £3,965,175 | £2,844,364 | -28.3% | |
| Cash | £870,101 | £1,558,186 | £1,845,621 | +18.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,798,083 | £12,596,049 | £15,709,974 | +24.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,727,264 | £11,692,439 | £14,536,803 | +24.3% | |
| Equity | £7,727,264 | £11,692,439 | £14,536,803 | +24.3% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 28 | 24 | -14.3% | |
| Wages | £890,138 | £1,046,042 | £933,107 | -10.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.3% | 24.9% | 14.6% | |
| Net margin | 18.1% | 20.3% | 14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.1% | 38.6% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.1% | 27.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.18x | 4.41x | 4.98x |
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
- BUTTRESS GROUP LIMITED 2003-04-10 → present
- THE MAIDAID GLASSWASHER COMPANY (LONDON) LIMITED 1990-06-21 → 2003-04-10
- WASH HOUSE FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1982-04-29 → 1990-06-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company has given a cross guarantee in respect of the bank borrowings of other group companies. This guarantee is supported by a fixed and floating charge over the assets and undertakings of the company and a right of set off between the respective companies' debit and credit balances. The amounts guaranteed at 31 December 2025 are £17,210,430 (2024 - £18,432,470).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CREIGHTON, Luke Taylor | Director | 2024-06-17 | Feb 1979 | British |
| ORANGE, Duncan James | Director | 2025-05-22 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY, Martin Paul | Secretary | 1998-07-31 | 2015-12-31 |
| KEITH, Roger Graham | Secretary | — | 1998-07-31 |
| REYNOLDS, David Carson | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2017-04-03 |
| BOOTH, Oliver | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2025-05-22 |
| BOWES, Alan | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2006-10-17 |
| GREGORY, Martin Paul | Director | — | 2020-08-25 |
| KEITH, Roger Graham | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-04-24 |
| KEITH, Roger Graham | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| KEITH, Roger Graham | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| LAMBERT, Julian Charles | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-07-16 |
| LOUGHTON, Stephen Andrew | Director | 1998-08-18 | 2000-02-18 |
| MYHILL, Christopher Charles | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-07-16 |
| PALMER, Alan | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| REYNOLDS, David Carson | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2017-04-03 |
| RUSSELL, Tony | Director | 1993-12-01 | 2000-10-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Wendy Elizabeth | Director | 2024-01-25 | 2024-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hc 1225 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.