BAILIFFSCOURT LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+25.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
+1.2% vs 2024
Employees
114
+5.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£943k
+27% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-26 | 2024-11-24 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,944,424 | £6,551,224 | £7,199,287 | +9.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,374,871 | £1,023,021 | £1,278,136 | +24.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,092,714 | £742,280 | £942,974 | +27% | |
| Net profit | £1,028,911 | £293,799 | £655,784 | +123.2% | |
| Cash | £940,613 | £1,415,811 | £1,777,015 | +25.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,117,537 | £22,154,241 | £22,407,325 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,455,443 | £16,210,947 | £16,407,731 | +1.2% | |
| Equity | £16,455,443 | £16,210,947 | £16,407,731 | +1.2% | |
| Average employees | 103 | 108 | 114 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £1,684,931 | £2,085,432 | £2,294,485 | +10% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-11-26 | 2024-11-24 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 15.6% | 17.8% | |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 4.5% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 4.6% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.0% | 34.4% | 34.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.63x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | 4.18x | 3.07x | 3.29x |
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
- BAILIFFSCOURT LIMITED 2012-09-06 → present
- BECKWELL LIMITED 1993-03-10 → 2012-09-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nyman Libson Paul 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company has entered into unlimited corporate guarantees along with its parent company and fellow subsidiary undertakings HSH Hotels (2017) Limited, Historic Sussex Hotels, The Spread Eagle Hotel (Midhurst) Limited and Ockenden Manor Limited in respect of the groups banking facilities. At the balance sheet date, the amount outstanding was £20,000,000 (2024: £20,000,000).”
- “Group companies have given various guarantees to secure the company's bank borrowings. Additionally the company has entered into unlimited corporate guarantees along with its fellow subsidiary undertakings Ockenden Manor Limited and The Spread Eagle Hotel (Midhurst) Limited in respect of all liabilities incurred between them.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARMINGER, Lars Ivar Pontus | Secretary | 2019-02-19 | — | — |
| CARMINGER, Lars Ivar Pontus | Director | 1998-02-27 | Mar 1963 | Swedish |
| CARMINGER, Miranda Anne | Director | 1998-02-27 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIXSMITH, John Stephen | Secretary | 1993-05-25 | 2019-02-19 |
| XAVIER, Cyril Oliver | Secretary | 1994-02-10 | 1998-04-02 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-03-10 | 1993-05-25 |
| CHEONG, Kai Jin | Director | 1994-02-10 | 1997-02-01 |
| GOODMAN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1993-05-25 | 2003-12-19 |
| GOODMAN, Howard Neville Alexander | Director | 1993-05-25 | 2017-06-27 |
| SIXSMITH, John Stephen | Director | 1994-02-10 | 2021-04-09 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-03-10 | 1993-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic Sussex Hotels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-02-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.