BRIDEWELL U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
-3.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.6m
+5.9% vs 2024
Employees
12
+9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£262k
+23.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,368,725 | £20,530,887 | +0.8% | |
| Operating profit | £27,213 | £61,873 | +127.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £211,415 | £261,863 | +23.9% | |
| Net profit | £173,335 | £245,010 | +41.4% | |
| Cash | £4,122,386 | £3,961,493 | -3.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,423,537 | £3,624,698 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,423,537 | £3,624,698 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £3,423,537 | £3,624,698 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 11 | 12 | +9.1% | |
| Wages | £446,380 | £479,082 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £239,858 | £247,620 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,250 | £24,093 | +48.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £124,805 | £129,140 | +3.5% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.8% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.81x |
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
- BRIDEWELL U.K. LIMITED 1994-09-08 → present
- LEARNKEPT LIMITED 1994-02-10 → 1994-09-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- 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.”
Group structure
- BRIDEWELL U.K. LIMITED · parent
- Cardgains Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A compensation payment of £110,793 from Rathbones was received in relation to the investment portfolio liquidated in July 2023.”
- “In January 2026, the brand new CardGains website and rebranding, plus a bespoke Sage X3 accounting system, were launched.”
- “In July 2025, the share valuation increased by 24% from £8.50 to £10.54 per share.”
- “In October 2025, the Directors agreed to purchase 2,559 shares using £26,972 of reserves as part of the annual share buy-back programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCMANUS, Helen Maria | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| MARSDEN, Agnieszka | Director | 2022-09-20 | Nov 1974 | Polish |
| MCMANUS, Helen Maria | Director | 2023-12-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| ROBINSON, Miles | Director | 2002-12-04 | May 1967 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROCOTT, Stephen | Secretary | 1994-08-26 | 2023-04-30 |
| MARTIN, Robert John | Secretary | 1994-02-23 | 1994-08-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-02-10 | 1994-02-23 |
| BENDELL, Roger Kenneth | Director | 1994-08-10 | 1995-06-14 |
| BOON, David Lawrence | Director | 1994-06-29 | 1995-06-14 |
| DUDLEY, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2016-09-12 |
| DYSON, Christopher Simon | Director | 1996-04-10 | 2022-12-31 |
| FOTHERINGHAM, John Alexander Rankine | Director | 1994-08-10 | 1999-06-23 |
| GROCOTT, Stephen | Director | 1996-04-10 | 2023-04-30 |
| HIRST, Neil | Director | 1995-06-14 | 2022-06-30 |
| LOVATT, Mervyn | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2004-01-05 |
| MARTIN, Robert John | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2001-02-28 |
| O'NEIL, John Teskey | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2009-06-17 |
| RIMMER, Peter | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2003-06-30 |
| SHAW, Penelope Anne | Director | 2023-01-03 | 2026-06-24 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-02-10 | 1994-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-08-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-01 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-18 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-07-01 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.