BUTTLE'S PLC
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Cash
£81K
+332.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£112K
+273.4% vs 2024
Employees
29
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£20K
+94% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The going concern of the company is dependant upon the support of Skylander Holdings Limited as the company cannot otherwise pay the £800,000 loan agreement with G.H. Buttle & Co Limited.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £5,523,092 | £6,484,645 | £6,239,998 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£476,290 | -£322,433 | £8,514 | +102.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£488,918 | -£332,892 | -£20,009 | +94% | |
| Net profit | -£443,906 | -£332,892 | £81,742 | +124.6% | |
| Cash | £694 | £18,680 | £80,727 | +332.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £383,620 | £47,447 | £118,800 | +150.4% | |
| Net assets | £362,793 | £29,901 | £111,643 | +273.4% | |
| Equity | £362,793 | £29,901 | £111,643 | +273.4% | |
| Average employees | 37 | 30 | 29 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £1,025,638 | £1,111,077 | £1,081,861 | -2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £85,623 | £104,109 | £86,230 | -17.2% |
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 | -8.6% | -5.0% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -8.0% | -5.1% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -124.2% | -679.6% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 98.1% | 93.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 0.96x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | -37.72x | -30.83x | 0.30x |
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
- BUTTLE'S PLC 2023-04-06 → present
- BUTTLE PLC. 1991-10-28 → 2023-04-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The going concern of the company is dependant upon the support of Skylander Holdings Limited as the company cannot otherwise pay the £800,000 loan agreement with G.H. Buttle & Co Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTLE, Peter George | Secretary | 2002-06-28 | — | British |
| BUTTLE, Peter George | Director | 1991-10-28 | Jan 1944 | British |
| LANDER, Nicholas | Director | 2025-01-24 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Brian Henry | Secretary | 1991-10-28 | 2002-06-28 |
| BARTON, Brian Henry | Director | 1991-10-28 | 1997-04-29 |
| BUTTLE, Leslie Maurice | Director | 1991-10-28 | 1995-08-30 |
| CHURCH, Ian Stanton | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| HAWTHORNE, Ian Gardner | Director | 1995-08-30 | 1998-06-30 |
| MIDDLETON, Kevin Paul | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2014-01-21 |
| NAYLOR, Guy William Bouchaert | Director | 2014-04-17 | 2025-02-28 |
| NORTON, Phillip Leonard | Director | 2001-08-24 | 2020-06-30 |
| PRESCOTT, Mollie Anne | Director | 1996-10-22 | 2012-06-30 |
| SIMS, Nicholas | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skylander Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2025-01-24 | Active |
| Mr Peter George Buttle | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.