BELL & CLEMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£33m
-15.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£21m
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
137
+3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.9m
+1,236.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £38,999,372 | £40,919,094 | £44,544,766 | +8.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£97,832 | -£569,851 | £6,824,093 | +1,297.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£75,705 | -£603,333 | £6,858,354 | +1,236.7% | |
| Net profit | -£73,494 | -£334,619 | £5,184,536 | +1,649.4% | |
| Cash | £19,566,823 | £38,680,562 | £32,689,261 | -15.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,898,815 | £19,108,763 | £22,474,023 | +17.6% | |
| Net assets | £18,184,864 | £16,670,495 | £20,830,531 | +25% | |
| Equity | £18,184,864 | £16,670,495 | £20,830,531 | +25% | |
| Average employees | 149 | 132 | 137 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | £13,121,011 | £12,583,205 | £13,072,184 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,771,733 | £1,812,699 | £1,756,764 | -3.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £23,750 | £40,228 | £70,720 | +75.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £605,124 | £605,124 | £650,768 | +7.5% |
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 | -0.3% | -1.4% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | -0.8% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -3.0% | 30.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.5% | 67.8% | 53.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 1.58x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | -1.96x | -5.96x | — |
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
- BELL & CLEMENTS LIMITED 1983-04-22 → present
- DAWNFACE LIMITED 1983-02-01 → 1983-04-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- 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 the period of 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “A final dividend of £3,000,000 (2024 - £1,500,000) was agreed by the Directors to be paid in March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAY, Helen Frances | Secretary | 2018-05-31 | — | — |
| ASH, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| HART, Sabrina Adams | Director | 2024-03-19 | May 1962 | American |
| HINCAL, Mesut | Director | 2023-03-28 | Oct 1975 | Turkish |
| KERNER, Michael Gerard | Director | 2019-10-22 | Dec 1965 | American |
| SHAH, Chetan Kantilal | Director | 2003-05-07 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WALLACE, Tom Edward | Director | 2025-04-22 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDER, Emerson | Secretary | — | 1995-06-01 |
| NIXON, John Henry | Secretary | 2004-02-18 | 2018-05-31 |
| REEVES, Sara Teresa | Secretary | 2003-05-07 | 2003-11-12 |
| SHAH, Chetan Kantilal | Secretary | 1996-04-23 | 2004-02-18 |
| STRAIN, John Frederick | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 1996-04-23 |
| ALBO, Giuseppina Carmela | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2007-12-31 |
| ALDAG, Manfred | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2007-09-12 |
| BALCOMBE, Mark Victor | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-09-01 |
| BARRETT, Peter Joseph | Director | — | 2019-02-28 |
| BEACHAM, Malcolm James | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2017-06-30 |
| BETZLER, Reinhold | Director | 2014-04-14 | 2019-03-21 |
| BOUGHTON, Richard | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2013-03-08 |
| CLEMENTS, John Charles | Director | — | 2009-11-19 |
| DENNIS, Lesley Sandra | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| FRIESE, Sebastian | Director | 2008-01-15 | 2013-04-19 |
| HARDING, Dawn | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2020-09-01 |
| INGRAM, Clive Richard | Director | — | 1997-11-24 |
| KRANZBERG, James David | Director | 2017-06-27 | 2019-12-31 |
| KYRIACOU, Michael George | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2024-05-31 |
| LOVICK, Peter Alan | Director | — | 1993-05-19 |
| MCMAHON, Brian Richard | Director | 1992-07-01 | 2003-03-04 |
| MCNEIL, Ian Malcolm James | Director | — | 1996-09-02 |
| MEPANI, Bharat Walji | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-09-01 |
| MURRELL, Peter William | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2004-04-27 |
| NIEMANN, Dirk | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2013-04-19 |
| SCHMITZ, Verena | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| SHAH, Chetan Kantilal | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2003-05-07 |
| SMITH, John Richard | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2003-02-28 |
| SMITH, John William | Director | 1994-06-29 | 2001-07-01 |
| STRAIN, John Frederick | Director | — | 2012-05-29 |
| WEBSTER, Keith Frederick | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2009-11-19 |
| WHEELER, Luke Sam | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2020-09-01 |
| WHITEHEAD, Ian | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2019-04-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Roy Geoffrey | Director | 1998-10-07 | 2010-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell & Clements (London) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-28 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.