BRIXHAM TRAWLER AGENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-7.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+1.5% vs 2023
Employees
72
+14.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£113K
-41.8% first positive since 2020
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,105,054 | — | £10,027,757 | — | £12,866,667 | — | £20,628,966 | — | £17,470,599 | £16,927,214 | |
| Operating profit | £268,275 | — | -£165,480 | — | £668,935 | — | £915,116 | — | £191,404 | £108,573 | |
| Profit before tax | £272,523 | — | -£163,342 | — | £667,981 | — | £915,636 | — | £193,730 | £112,808 | |
| Net profit | £228,465 | — | -£165,892 | — | £490,621 | — | £834,640 | — | £120,782 | £63,166 | |
| Cash | £1,557,977 | £1,557,977 | £1,648,900 | £1,648,900 | £2,416,260 | £2,416,260 | £2,873,349 | £2,873,349 | £3,182,297 | £2,932,570 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,010,044 | — | £2,785,268 | — | £3,176,223 | — | £3,797,648 | — | £3,358,660 | £3,398,788 | |
| Net assets | £2,330,291 | — | £2,172,799 | — | £2,672,820 | — | £3,459,960 | — | £3,034,242 | £3,078,808 | |
| Equity | £2,330,291 | £2,330,291 | £2,172,799 | £2,172,799 | £2,672,820 | £2,672,820 | £3,459,960 | £3,459,960 | £3,034,242 | £3,078,808 | |
| Average employees | 53 | — | 51 | — | 51 | — | 57 | — | 63 | 72 | |
| Wages | £1,494,865 | — | £1,667,275 | — | £1,651,618 | — | £1,976,944 | — | £2,306,448 | £2,608,527 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £253,999 | — | £395,129 | — | £326,497 | — | £333,150 | — | £430,782 | £403,027 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.1%
£17,470,599 £16,927,214
-
Cash
-7.8%
£3,182,297 £2,932,570
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£3,034,242 £3,078,808
-
Employees
+14.3%
63 72
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-43.3%
£191,404 £108,573
first positive since 2020
-
Profit before tax
-41.8%
£193,730 £112,808
first positive since 2020
-
Wages
+13.1%
£2,306,448 £2,608,527
highest in 6 filed years
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | — | -1.7% | — | 5.2% | — | 4.4% | — | 1.1% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | — | -1.7% | — | 3.8% | — | 4.0% | — | 0.7% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.9% | — | -5.9% | — | 21.1% | — | 24.1% | — | 5.7% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.2% | 42.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.08x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | 88.72x | — | -1561.13x | — | 2096.97x | — | 624.23x | — | 51.84x | 44.33x |
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
- BRIXHAM TRAWLER AGENTS LIMITED 1988-03-03 → present
- ANSWERBUDGET LIMITED 1987-07-14 → 1988-03-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “2025 has already started very strongly with many £1,000,000 weeks in value of fish landed in the first quarter. A particularly good Trevose season and some fine weather already puts values ahead of 2024. On 1 January 2025 commissions increased to buyers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUDGE, Adam Stuart | Secretary | 2019-01-01 | — | — |
| MUDGE, Adam Stuart | Director | 2020-11-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| WATSON, Neil | Director | 2019-01-01 | Aug 1967 | English |
| YOUNG, Barry Charles | Director | 2013-01-01 | Oct 1970 | English |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HART, Paul Ernest | Secretary | — | 2003-07-31 |
| SHAW, Michael Colin | Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| BAILEY, Mathew James | Director | 2018-05-23 | 2025-04-25 |
| COOKE, Malcolm Neale Grenside | Director | — | 2001-04-10 |
| DODD, Barry Thomas Richard | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| PYNN, David John | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| SHAW, Michael Colin | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2020-10-31 |
| SMITH, Richard Northcott | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2018-12-31 |
| WALKER, Michael Roberts | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2018-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West Trawler Agents (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.