BIRDEL LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11m
Equity attributable
Employees
169
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5.7m
Period ending 2023-12-31
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
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,567,696 | — | |
| Operating profit | £6,844,226 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,736,063 | — | |
| Net profit | £4,351,571 | — | |
| Cash | £3,059,743 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,907,223 | — | |
| Net assets | £10,918,027 | — | |
| Equity | £10,918,027 | — | |
| Average employees | 169 | — | |
| Wages | £5,505,430 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £472,613 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £35,567 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £164,412 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | |
| Interest cover | 6.09x |
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
- BIRDEL LIMITED 1997-11-26 → present
- BIRDEL PROMOTIONS LIMITED 1993-04-30 → 1997-11-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BIRDEL LIMITED · parent
- Blackwood Engineering Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOR, Dominic Michael | Director | 2022-03-31 | Jul 1986 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOR, Paul | Secretary | 1995-03-31 | 1997-05-01 |
| JONES, Leanne | Secretary | 2005-12-13 | 2009-06-30 |
| KERR, Steven Wilson | Secretary | 2010-05-01 | 2024-08-14 |
| KERR, Steven Wilson | Secretary | 2000-07-25 | 2005-12-13 |
| LOGUE, John Lindsay | Secretary | 1994-07-01 | 1995-03-31 |
| MCLUCKIE, Alan | Secretary | 1997-05-01 | 2000-07-25 |
| WAY, Margaret Susan | Secretary | 1993-05-11 | 1994-07-10 |
| SEMKEN LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-04-30 | 1993-05-11 |
| AHMAD, Rafiq Rizwan | Director | 1993-05-11 | 1994-07-01 |
| CONNOR, Paul | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| LEWIS, David Byron, Hm Lord Lieutenant Of West Glamorgan | Director | 1994-10-28 | 2010-04-30 |
| LOGUE, John Lindsay | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1995-03-31 |
| WATKINS, Leanne | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2006-04-29 |
| LUFMER LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-04-30 | 1993-05-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dominic Connor | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2024-10-11 | Active |
| Mr Carol Ann Connor | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2022-11-15 | Ceased 2024-10-11 |
| Mr Paul Connor | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
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.