BETHELL GROUP PLC
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Cash
£1M
+99.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£635K
+3.6% vs 2024
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£35K
-92.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,176,980 | £2,276,000 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £380,831 | -£24,781 | -106.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £448,827 | £34,752 | -92.3% | |
| Net profit | £337,118 | £23,793 | -92.9% | |
| Cash | £521,874 | £1,039,849 | +99.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£658,676 | -£634,883 | +3.6% | |
| Net assets | -£658,676 | -£634,883 | +3.6% | |
| Equity | -£658,676 | -£634,883 | +3.6% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,171,751 | £1,544,624 | +31.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,299,445 | £1,588,181 | +22.2% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.5% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.71x |
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
- BETHELL GROUP PLC 1998-05-11 → present
- BETHELL AND SONS LIMITED 1994-06-13 → 1998-05-11
- KILROE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1989-04-20 → 1994-06-13
- EVERPLOY LIMITED 1988-07-28 → 1989-04-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at 30 September 2025 the Company had net liabilities of £635,000 (2024: £659,000). However, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the parent company, Bethell Group Holdings Limited, has pledged its continuing financial support for a minimum of 12 months from the date of issuing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2026 has begun with a significant proportion of budget turnover within fellow group businesses already secured with a large further proportion also anticipated through key framework contracts. The fellow group companies also enter the new financial year with a good cash position as well as the Company's own cash balance of £1.04m in hand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS-COMAN, Neil | Secretary | 2001-09-30 | — | British |
| HOPKINS-COMAN, Neil | Director | 2001-09-19 | Jul 1962 | English |
| KILROE, Cassie Marie | Director | 2005-06-17 | Aug 1967 | Irish |
| KILROE, Timothy Anthony | Director | 1994-05-11 | May 1964 | Irish |
| MORLEY, Christopher Martin | Director | 2022-01-21 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYDOCK, Roger | Secretary | 1992-07-27 | 1994-05-11 |
| HAYDOCK, Roger | Secretary | 1992-05-13 | 1992-06-23 |
| KILROE, John Joseph | Secretary | 1992-06-16 | 1992-07-27 |
| KILROE, John Joseph | Secretary | — | 1992-05-13 |
| KILROE, Timothy Anthony | Secretary | 1994-05-11 | 1998-04-01 |
| WHITE, Terence Gerald | Secretary | 1998-04-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| FITZGIBBON, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2002-11-27 |
| FITZGIBBON, Joseph Patrick | Director | 1994-05-11 | 1998-06-01 |
| HAYDOCK, Roger | Director | 1992-06-11 | 1994-05-11 |
| KILROE, John Joseph | Director | 1992-06-16 | 1992-07-27 |
| KILROE, John Joseph | Director | — | 1992-06-11 |
| KILROE, Lesley Ann | Director | — | 1992-06-11 |
| KILROE, Timothy | Director | 1992-06-11 | 1994-05-11 |
| LANE, Michael William | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2003-01-31 |
| TILBROOK, Allan Stephen | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2002-12-10 |
| WATSON, Gregory Conrad | Director | 2023-04-21 | 2023-12-20 |
| WHITE, Terence Gerald | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| YOUNG, David Nelson | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2011-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethell Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-05-04 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Anthony Kilroe | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-15 | Ceased 2018-03-15 |
| Mr Simon Charles Bourge | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2018-03-15 | Active |
| Bethell Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-24 | Ceased 2018-01-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-13 | 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.