PORTLAND OF BAWTRY LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
+47% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+8.7% vs 2024
Employees
15
+15.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.6M
+13.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,636,094 | £39,974,624 | +3.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,603,159 | £2,999,250 | +15.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,158,196 | £3,586,767 | +13.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,367,311 | £2,686,166 | +13.5% | |
| Cash | £2,527,856 | £3,715,684 | +47% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,240,790 | £15,473,694 | +8.7% | |
| Net assets | £14,194,713 | £15,425,879 | +8.7% | |
| Equity | £14,194,713 | £15,425,879 | +8.7% | |
| Average employees | 13 | 15 | +15.4% | |
| Wages | £397,450 | £453,643 | +14.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £28,396 | £28,922 | +1.9% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.3% | 19.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.3% | 12.8% | |
| Current ratio | 9.55x | 7.67x |
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
- PORTLAND OF BAWTRY LIMITED 2001-03-06 → present
- PORTLAND 2000 LIMITED 1991-09-20 → 2001-03-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crozier Jones LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The directors have considered the possible impact of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East on the company and though there is an increased level of economic uncertainty they consider the company has appropriate risk mitigation measures in place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Margaret Clair | Secretary | 2001-07-09 | — | British |
| WATSON, Adam Robert | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jul 1990 | British |
| WATSON, Clive Robert | Director | 1991-09-20 | Feb 1960 | British |
| WATSON, James Robert | Director | 2018-09-01 | May 1992 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANNER, Jon Daren | Secretary | 1991-09-20 | 1994-01-30 |
| BANNER, Jon Daren | Secretary | — | 1994-01-30 |
| DIXON, Julia Anne | Secretary | 1995-04-24 | 2001-07-09 |
| WATSON, Margaret Clair | Secretary | 1994-01-30 | — |
| WATSON, Margaret Clair | Secretary | — | 1995-04-24 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-09-20 | 1991-09-20 |
| BANNER, Jon Daren | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1994-01-30 |
| BANNER, Jon Daren | Director | — | 1994-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Clive Robert Watson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2018-11-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2018-11-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2018-11-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.