BFT MASTCLIMBING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
-47.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.8M
-13.5% vs 2024
Employees
136
-11.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£828K
-181.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Board of directors are satisfied that the company is a going concern due to the fact that an undertaking not to enforce recovery from or payment to group undertakings within 12 months of the date of signing the financial statements is in force. Net current liabilities are (£7,256k) (2024: (£5,535k)).
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,686,000 | £17,180,000 | £17,695,000 | £14,635,000 | -17.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,230,000 | £2,130,000 | £1,934,000 | -£83,000 | -104.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,130,000 | £1,013,000 | -£828,000 | -181.7% | |
| Net profit | — | £818,000 | £752,000 | -£744,000 | -198.9% | |
| Cash | — | £1,759,000 | £2,141,000 | £1,121,000 | -47.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,215,000 | £13,718,000 | £10,411,000 | -24.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,959,000 | £4,777,000 | £5,529,000 | £4,785,000 | -13.5% | |
| Equity | £3,959,000 | £4,777,000 | £5,529,000 | £4,785,000 | -13.5% | |
| Average employees | — | 151 | 153 | 136 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | — | £7,255,000 | £7,691,000 | £6,621,000 | -13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £809,000 | £841,000 | £728,000 | -13.4% |
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 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.5% | 12.4% | 10.9% | -0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.8% | 4.2% | -5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 14.0% | 14.1% | -0.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.52x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.13x | 2.10x | -0.11x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- BFT MASTCLIMBING LIMITED 2008-03-03 → present
- BFT SCAFFOLDING LIMITED 1997-02-24 → 2008-03-03
- LUTON SCAFFOLDING LIMITED 1987-10-19 → 1997-02-24
- TAGSITE LIMITED 1987-09-14 → 1987-10-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Board of directors are satisfied that the company is a going concern due to the fact that an undertaking not to enforce recovery from or payment to group undertakings within 12 months of the date of signing the financial statements is in force. Net current liabilities are (£7,256k) (2024: (£5,535k)).”
Significant events
- “Challenges in the construction industry due to the new Building Safety Regulator led to project delays and a fall in new installations. However, enquiry levels increased, and the order intake and order bank are at a higher level than ever before, with mastclimber utilisation increasing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODSELL, David Mark | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jan 1978 | British |
| HARRIS, Jason William | Director | 2017-03-13 | May 1967 | British |
| HEAD, Dwayne Derek | Director | 2017-03-13 | Oct 1985 | British |
| HEAD, Robin John | Director | — | Jan 1962 | British |
| PERRY, Andy | Director | 2020-08-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAD, Robin John | Secretary | — | 2017-11-16 |
| DAVIS, Spencer Michael | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2024-11-21 |
| EMERSON, Lynne | Director | 2018-03-22 | 2021-02-28 |
| EMERSON, Lynne | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-11-16 |
| FALOONE, Paul Albert | Director | 2017-03-13 | 2025-11-19 |
| HEAD, Sharon Janet | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2017-11-16 |
| MACH, Milan Robert | Director | — | 1996-12-17 |
| WEBBER, Brian Boyle | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2025-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarroxs Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.