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Cash

£182k

-23% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£4.5m

+6.1% vs 2024

Employees

70

-19.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£156k

+135.8% first positive since 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £11,843,510£8,755,496£8,511,932 -2.8%
Operating profit £517,231-£347,384£229,800 +166.2%
Profit before tax £429,790-£436,739£156,451 +135.8%
Net profit £734,792-£328,976£259,822 +179%
Cash £301,269£236,671£182,128 -23%
Total assets less current liabilities £5,626,574£4,845,350£4,881,049 +0.7%
Net assets £4,593,411£4,264,435£4,524,257 +6.1%
Equity £4,593,411£4,264,435£4,524,257 +6.1%
Average employees 1108770 -19.5%
Wages £3,477,756£2,596,580£2,429,981 -6.4%
Directors' remuneration £85,000£100,554£125,317 +24.6%
Directors' pension contributions £1,321£1,321£1,321 0%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 4.4%-4.0%2.7%
Net margin 6.2%-3.8%3.1%
Return on capital employed 9.2%-7.2%4.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 42.0%41.4%35.7%
Current ratio 1.25x0.97x1.07x
Interest cover 5.42x-3.79x3.05x

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

  1. BIG BEAR PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIMITED 1998-10-28 → present
  2. DUNECOURT LTD 1998-08-07 → 1998-10-28

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
bk plus Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have considered the company's forecasts and projections... they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 9 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BLOOM, Gerald Philip Director 1998-08-17 Sep 1937 British
HOCKLEY, Emma Jayne Director 2018-05-01 Feb 1981 British
Show 9 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ALLAN, John Secretary 1998-08-17 2001-12-31
LLOYD, Melvryn Secretary 2001-12-31 2003-11-28
SUTCLIFFE, Stuart Melville Secretary 2003-11-28 2012-12-07
TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-08-07 1998-08-17
ALLAN, John Director 1999-12-07 2003-09-09
DAVID, Robert Mark Director 2008-10-22 2009-12-31
LINGWOOD, Mark Director 2015-01-14 2022-07-08
WILLSON, Stanley William Director 1999-12-07 2003-09-15
TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-08-07 1998-08-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Gerald Philip Bloom Individual Shares 75–100% 2016-08-07 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 109 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-06-09 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-06-06 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-09-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type medium
2023-08-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-10-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-08-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-08-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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