BECCA HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
-33.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.3m
-4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£109k
-155.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £5,986,831 | £5,419,721 | £5,442,505 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £986,386 | -£75,458 | -£135,338 | -79.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,010,955 | -£42,708 | -£109,107 | -155.5% | |
| Net profit | £771,423 | -£30,898 | -£82,635 | -167.4% | |
| Cash | £3,457,880 | £3,576,224 | £2,387,430 | -33.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,137,908 | £8,831,490 | £8,458,739 | -4.2% | |
| Net assets | £8,945,388 | £8,650,990 | £8,304,855 | -4% | |
| Equity | £8,945,388 | £8,650,990 | £8,304,855 | -4% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 44 | 43 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £1,848,572 | £2,439,617 | £2,458,898 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £97,215 | £685,408 | £712,840 | +4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,310 | £3,409 | £3,537 | +3.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £61,159 | £647,404 | £687,712 | +6.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.5% | -1.4% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | 12.9% | -0.6% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | -0.9% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.5% | 20.4% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.23x | 2.97x | 3.67x |
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
- BECCA HOLDINGS LIMITED 1990-04-12 → present
- BROOMCO (349) LIMITED 1989-11-08 → 1990-04-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months”
Group structure
- BECCA HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- SHL Refractories (UK) Limited 100%
- Markham (Sheffield) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “R C Markham retired on 29 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Katie | Secretary | 2026-04-30 | — | — |
| MARKHAM, David John | Director | 2001-05-14 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRD, Simon Charles | Secretary | 2002-08-05 | 2026-04-30 |
| MARKELL, David Paul | Secretary | — | 2002-08-05 |
| COOPER, Ernest | Director | — | 2001-11-30 |
| HASLAM, Jonathan David | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2001-05-22 |
| MARKHAM, Colin | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| MARKHAM, Robert Charles | Director | — | 1992-12-23 |
| MARKHAM, Roger Colin | Director | — | 2025-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roger Colin Markham | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2026-05-27 | Ceased 2026-05-27 |
| Mr Michael Ball | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2026-05-27 | Active |
| Mr David John Markham | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.