THE BRITISH PEPPER & SPICE COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
-1% vs 2023
Net assets
£25m
+1.6% vs 2023
Employees
351
-2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.2m
+12% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,811,002 | £72,363,627 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,619,451 | £1,412,167 | -12.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,972,597 | £2,209,069 | +12% | |
| Net profit | £1,679,967 | £1,956,458 | +16.5% | |
| Cash | £2,701,459 | £2,673,820 | -1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,268,137 | £25,568,947 | +1.2% | |
| Net assets | £24,530,813 | £24,918,299 | +1.6% | |
| Equity | £24,530,813 | £24,918,299 | +1.6% | |
| Average employees | 360 | 351 | -2.5% | |
| Wages | £13,318,953 | £13,663,547 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £288,412 | £313,210 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,918 | £28,263 | +5% | |
| Highest paid director | £288,412 | £313,210 | +8.6% |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.9% | 49.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | 11.03x | — |
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
- THE BRITISH PEPPER & SPICE COMPANY LIMITED 1998-07-09 → present
- MONTYBROOK LIMITED 1998-02-16 → 1998-07-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Like many other businesses, the company continues to encounter tough trading conditions including supply chain disruption, increased taxation, energy and transport costs, labour shortages and geopolitical instability. In the unlikely event it is required, the company's parent company, SHS Group Limited, has confirmed it will support the company for at least the period to 31 December 2026, making funds available to the company to enable it to meet its current liabilities arising as they fall due.”
Group structure
- THE BRITISH PEPPER & SPICE COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- B.P. & S.C. Limited 100%
- Charles Gordon Associates Limited 100%
- The Crucial Sauce Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORR, Bernadette | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| GILLOW, Paul Matthew | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jan 1980 | British |
| KELLAND, Ian | Director | 1998-05-18 | Mar 1962 | British |
| ORR, Bernadette Marie | Director | 2024-05-21 | Jul 1983 | Irish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HETZEL, Andrew | Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 2004-05-04 |
| HOWARD, Richard Michael | Secretary | 2004-08-27 | 2012-09-05 |
| JAMES, Ian Paul Keith | Secretary | 2004-05-05 | 2004-08-27 |
| RICHMOND, Arthur | Secretary | 2012-09-05 | 2025-05-01 |
| C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-16 | 1998-05-13 |
| BIRCHALL, Elaine | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2023-07-31 |
| BOUCH, Rachael | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2020-09-01 |
| FORSKITT, Jeremy | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2024-07-31 |
| HEDLEY, Julie | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2012-10-18 |
| HETZEL, Andrew | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2004-05-04 |
| HILL, John Charles | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2018-10-31 |
| HOWARD, Richard Michael | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2014-12-31 |
| JAMES, Ian Paul | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2017-10-31 |
| JOSEPH, Steven Falcon | Director | 2001-09-17 | 2004-08-27 |
| MCKAY, Merrick | Director | 1998-05-19 | 2004-08-27 |
| PUGH, Michael Ernest | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2007-05-31 |
| RICHMOND, Arthur William | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2025-05-01 |
| SALTERS, William Geofrey Manderson | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2009-12-31 |
| SLOAN, Joseph | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2025-11-12 |
| STURGESS, Stephen Mark | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2019-09-26 |
| C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-16 | 1998-05-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bps Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.