EW BEARD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-19 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£31M
+2% vs 2024
Net assets
£41M
+6.8% vs 2024
Employees
373
+10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £198,652,000 | £230,643,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,375,000 | £3,571,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,655,000 | £5,001,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,422,000 | £3,740,000 | |
| Cash | — | £30,832,000 | £31,438,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £39,189,000 | £41,802,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £38,361,000 | £40,959,000 | |
| Equity | £15,576,000 | £38,361,000 | £40,959,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 339 | 373 | |
| Wages | — | £24,665,000 | £26,778,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,371,000 | £1,254,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+16.1%
£198,652,000 £230,643,000
-
Cash
+2%
£30,832,000 £31,438,000
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£38,361,000 £40,959,000
-
Employees
+10%
339 373
-
Operating profit
+5.8%
£3,375,000 £3,571,000
-
Profit before tax
+7.4%
£4,655,000 £5,001,000
-
Wages
+8.6%
£24,665,000 £26,778,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.7% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.7% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.6% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.22x | 1.26x |
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
- EW BEARD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1999-02-24 → present
- VELOCITY 230 LIMITED 1998-12-08 → 1999-02-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- EW BEARD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- E W Beard Limited 100%
- Magdalen Victoria LLP 99%
Significant events
- “During the year the group made one off charitable donations of £4.4m including £3.6m to Oxfordshire Community Foundation to establish a named fund ("The Beard Family Foundation"). The donations are exceptional due to their size and one off nature.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOCKHAM, David Brian | Secretary | 2016-12-22 | — | — |
| BEARD, Mark George | Director | 1999-02-19 | Sep 1963 | British |
| COX, Alison Lucia | Director | 2024-01-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| HEDGES, Michael John | Director | 2025-01-20 | Apr 1973 | British |
| JOHNS, Fraser Luke | Director | 2022-04-07 | Dec 1983 | British |
| SHERREARD, Neil Anthony | Director | 2012-01-03 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASSETT, Clive Warren | Secretary | 2004-04-07 | 2015-03-31 |
| BEARD, Edward Alan | Secretary | 1999-02-19 | 1999-02-19 |
| HOCKEY, Martin Shaw, Dr | Secretary | 1999-12-01 | 2004-04-07 |
| MCCABE, Michael Francis | Secretary | 2015-03-31 | 2016-12-22 |
| VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-12-08 | 1999-02-19 |
| BEARD, Colin Anthony | Director | 1999-02-19 | 1999-12-31 |
| BEARD, Edward Alan | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2020-09-25 |
| JENNER, Andrew Mark | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2020-12-31 |
| MCCABE, Michael Francis | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2017-03-21 |
| MURRIN, James Chadwick | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2023-12-31 |
| WEIR, David Thomas | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2006-12-31 |
| VELOCITY COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-08 | 1999-02-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark George Beard | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ea Beard Discretionary Settlement | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.