BURGESS FURNITURE LTD
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Cash
£999k
-7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.4m
-22% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
93
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£425k
+68.8% highest 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 | £11,064,909 | £8,782,707 | £11,254,800 | +28.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£668,200 | -£1,274,163 | -£57,466 | +95.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£568,350 | -£1,363,883 | -£425,048 | +68.8% | |
| Net profit | -£494,396 | -£1,393,356 | -£334,852 | +76% | |
| Cash | £956,502 | £1,073,707 | £999,068 | -7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,613,177 | £3,490,985 | £3,066,899 | -12.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,423,177 | £3,020,046 | £2,355,879 | -22% | |
| Equity | £3,423,177 | £3,020,046 | £2,355,879 | -22% | |
| Average employees | 106 | 99 | 93 | -6.1% | |
| Wages | £3,854,880 | £3,526,872 | £3,795,501 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £254,761 | £257,642 | £201,038 | -22% | |
| Highest paid director | £97,443 | £101,257 | £101,924 | +0.7% |
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 | -6.0% | -14.5% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | -4.5% | -15.9% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.5% | -36.5% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.8% | 54.7% | 59.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.24x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | -34.03x | — | -1.17x |
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
- BURGESS FURNITURE LTD 2002-07-09 → present
- G.N. BURGESS & COMPANY LIMITED 1989-03-29 → 2002-07-09
- G.N.B. FURNITURE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1988-08-04 → 1989-03-29
- LITTLEGATE LIMITED 1988-02-16 → 1988-08-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bright Grahame Murray
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed cash flow forecasts and budgets... Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- BURGESS FURNITURE LTD · parent
- Burgess Furniture Inc 100%
- HS Bankett Burgess GmbH 100%
- Hospitality Furnishings Ltd 50%
Significant events
- “As part of the Group's continuing programme of cost control and operational simplification, the Group wrote off the trade debt associated with HS Bankett Burgess GmbH ("HSBB"), its wholly owned German subsidiary. Following this decision, the Group has streamlined its approach to the German market, with future servicing and sales activity being managed through the UK export sales function.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TENNAKOON, Yamuna Kumari | Secretary | 2021-09-30 | — | — |
| BURGESS, Jeremy Nutland | Director | — | Jun 1955 | British |
| KENT, Craig Andrew | Director | 2013-07-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| TENNAKOON, Yamuna Kumari | Director | 2021-09-30 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLETT, Christopher Joseph | Secretary | 2000-05-03 | 2016-08-15 |
| TAYLOR, Ashley Paul | Secretary | 2016-08-15 | 2021-04-01 |
| YORATH, Adrian George | Secretary | — | 2000-05-31 |
| BREUER-WEIL, Mikael | Director | 1997-02-28 | 1999-12-07 |
| BROWN, Simon David | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2005-12-06 |
| DARBY, Christopher John | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| FALKINGHAM, Anthony Robert | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2006-04-30 |
| GILLETT, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2016-08-15 |
| HATCH, Maurice Edward | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2000-08-02 |
| KEATES, Malcolm Ian | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| LEWISOHN, James | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2005-12-06 |
| RICHARDS, Simon | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2018-12-19 |
| SALUTI, Joseph Peter | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2002-04-30 |
| STANTON, Howard Terence | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2003-09-25 |
| TAYLOR, Ashley Paul | Director | 2016-08-15 | 2021-04-01 |
| TROUGHTON, Peter John Charles | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2004-07-27 |
| WYBER, Richard John, Reverend | Director | 1999-12-07 | 2005-03-04 |
| YORATH, Adrian George | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy Nutland Burgess | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.