B & R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£851k
+17.3% vs 2024
Employees
17
-5.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£474k
+56.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £7,729,913 | £7,119,820 | £6,837,781 | -4% | |
| Operating profit | £699,087 | £295,681 | £434,555 | +47% | |
| Profit before tax | £699,245 | £303,628 | £474,250 | +56.2% | |
| Net profit | £534,042 | £230,300 | £355,687 | +54.4% | |
| Cash | £273,505 | £119,842 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,025,068 | £725,906 | £851,293 | +17.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,025,068 | £725,906 | £851,293 | +17.3% | |
| Equity | £1,025,068 | £725,906 | £851,293 | +17.3% | |
| Average employees | 20 | 18 | 17 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £1,393,245 | £1,266,272 | £1,135,535 | -10.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £198,165 | £220,939 | £136,399 | -38.3% |
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 | 9.0% | 4.2% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 3.2% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 68.2% | 40.7% | 51.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.7% | 47.9% | 66.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 2.01x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 67.51x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “In 2025, the company entered into an agreement with ABB Capital AG for the provision of internal banking services.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAC LEAN, Victoria Ann | Secretary | 2023-06-19 | — | — |
| BRUCE, Lesley Anne | Director | 2023-06-19 | Mar 1965 | British |
| MOUSSA, Malgorzata Elzbieta | Director | 2023-06-19 | Sep 1974 | Polish |
| NORCLIFFE, Andrew Thomas Fairfax | Director | 2024-09-02 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Lesley Anne | Secretary | 2015-11-02 | 2023-06-19 |
| CRANE, John Brian | Secretary | — | 2006-06-30 |
| GOODWIN, Simon John | Secretary | 2006-06-30 | 2015-11-02 |
| BERNECKER, Erwin Johann | Director | — | 2017-07-05 |
| CONN, Alan Micheal | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2024-09-02 |
| CRANE, John Brian | Director | — | 2006-06-30 |
| GOODWIN, Simon John | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2015-11-02 |
| KLOBOUCNIK, Martin Josef | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2019-12-31 |
| RAINER, Josef | Director | — | 2017-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&R Industrial Automation Gmbh | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-07-05 | Active |
| Mr Erwin Johann Bernecker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-05 |
| Mr Josef Rainer | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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.