BOOTH DISPENSERS LIMITED
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Cash
£742k
+626.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.4m
+54.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
105
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+2,815.5% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,152,116 | £10,487,922 | £12,255,715 | £11,539,534 | £11,508,100 | -0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £228,775 | £645,858 | £383,413 | £123,617 | £1,447,287 | +1,070.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £197,291 | £603,540 | £221,786 | -£47,351 | £1,285,796 | +2,815.5% | |
| Net profit | £134,558 | £533,727 | £181,234 | -£44,392 | £1,091,513 | +2,558.8% | |
| Cash | £173,841 | £46,542 | £84,157 | £102,158 | £742,374 | +626.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,686,995 | £2,898,205 | £2,582,501 | £2,150,946 | £2,762,364 | +28.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,749,376 | £1,869,059 | £1,816,373 | £1,529,327 | £2,367,979 | +54.8% | |
| Equity | £1,749,376 | £1,869,059 | £1,816,373 | £1,529,327 | £2,367,979 | +54.8% | |
| Average employees | 109 | 120 | 116 | 104 | 105 | +1% | |
| Wages | £2,074,321 | £2,358,252 | £2,754,343 | £2,666,146 | £2,835,318 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £69,331 | £62,013 | £54,029 | £84,301 | £70,710 | -16.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £33,000 | £33,000 | £33,000 | 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 6.2% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 5.1% | 1.5% | -0.4% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 22.3% | 14.8% | 5.7% | 52.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.7% | 75.5% | 71.2% | 74.6% | 59.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.20x | 1.07x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | 7.26x | 15.25x | 2.35x | 0.72x | 8.85x |
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
- BOOTH DISPENSERS LIMITED 2000-02-22 → present
- BRABCO NO:108 (1999) LIMITED 1999-11-25 → 2000-02-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the date of approval of the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- BOOTH DISPENSERS LIMITED · parent
- Brandets Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the company completed a sale and leaseback transaction in respect of its trading premises located at 101 Moor Park Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 0LZ. The transaction was undertaken to release capital invested in property assets and improve the company's liquidity...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HATTON, Daniel Joseph | Director | 2015-01-01 | Dec 1978 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Mark Ian | Director | 2019-06-27 | May 1973 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2008-04-18 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER, Stephen Kenneth | Secretary | 1999-11-25 | 2014-04-25 |
| ELLIOTT, Celestine Susan Marie | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2019-06-27 |
| HATTON, Daniel Joseph | Secretary | 2014-04-25 | 2015-01-01 |
| CHRISTOPHER, Stephen Kenneth | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2014-04-25 |
| DIXON, John Charles | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2014-04-25 |
| ELLIOTT, Phillip David | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2019-06-27 |
| GLOVER, Gordon Robert | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2001-05-04 |
| MCDERMOTT, Robert | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2011-10-18 |
| MCKEE, David Anthony | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2022-03-31 |
| MITCHELL, Michael Ian Campbell | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2019-06-27 |
| TAYLOR, John Philip David | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2015-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-06-27 | Active |
| Mr Phillip David Elliott | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-27 |
| Mr Michael Ian Campbell Mitchell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-27 |
| Mr Daniel Joseph Hatton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Mark Andrew Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2019-07-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2020-01-15 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2020-01-15 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2020-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.