BORDER HOLDINGS (U.K.) LTD.
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£201M
+10.5% vs 2024
Employees
473
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£26M
-7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £167,191,000 | £160,155,000 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £26,039,000 | £23,618,000 | -9.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,689,000 | £25,633,000 | -7.4% | |
| Net profit | £20,563,000 | £19,188,000 | -6.7% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £182,198,000 | £201,386,000 | +10.5% | |
| Average employees | 487 | 473 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £17,718,000 | £19,800,000 | +11.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,519,000 | £4,137,000 | +172.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 12.0% |
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
- BORDER HOLDINGS (U.K.) LTD. 1988-11-07 → present
- BORDER SUPPLY CO. LIMITED 1982-09-15 → 1988-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a high expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BORDER HOLDINGS (U.K.) LTD. · parent
- Allmakes PR2 4X4 Limited 100%
- Britpart Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the acquisition of the new DQ 190 warehouse by the group's subsidiary, the lease on the previous warehouse at 188 Park Drive was reassigned to a third party with effect from 30 September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERRETT, Lawrence Mark | Secretary | 2025-04-30 | — | — |
| BEDDOW, David Philip | Director | — | Oct 1948 | British |
| JORDAN, Trevor | Director | — | Jan 1955 | British |
| MAHINAY, Marita | Director | 2014-07-04 | Aug 1980 | Filipino |
| MYERS, Paul | Director | 2007-09-07 | Jul 1967 | British |
| OVERS, Anthony John | Director | 2013-04-12 | Dec 1957 | British |
| PERRETT, Lawrence Mark | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jun 1991 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE MYERS, Paul David | Secretary | 2005-09-20 | 2005-09-23 |
| OVERS, Anthony John | Secretary | — | 2022-09-01 |
| PERRETT, Lawrence Mark | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2023-04-28 |
| BEDDOW, Kim | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2002-09-06 |
| GRIFFITHS, Marcus Lee | Director | — | 1995-02-24 |
| PERRETT, Lawrence Mark | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Philip Beddow | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.