BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
Cash
£32K
-9.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-20.4% vs 2023
Employees
110
+64.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£463K
-335.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £9,603,737 | £11,096,783 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £443,179 | -£78,427 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £196,482 | -£462,647 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £90,979 | -£513,470 | |
| Cash | £7,232 | £48,542 | — | — | £35,809 | £32,363 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,724,254 | £2,977,812 | — | — | £4,981,663 | £5,337,401 | |
| Net assets | £1,421,787 | £1,793,963 | — | — | £2,511,103 | £1,997,632 | |
| Equity | £1,421,787 | £1,793,963 | £1,996,180 | £2,373,037 | £2,511,103 | £1,997,632 | |
| Average employees | 41 | 40 | — | — | 67 | 110 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,593,777 | £4,454,427 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £82,160 | £82,792 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+15.5%
£9,603,737 £11,096,783
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Cash
-9.6%
£35,809 £32,363
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Net assets
-20.4%
£2,511,103 £1,997,632
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Employees
+64.2%
67 110
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-117.7%
£443,179 -£78,427
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Profit before tax
-335.5%
£196,482 -£462,647
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Wages
+23.9%
£3,593,777 £4,454,427
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.6% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.9% | -4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 8.9% | -1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 67.0% | 78.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.99x | 1.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.78x | -0.20x |
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
- BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED 2001-12-04 → present
- BELL BROTHERS LIMITED 2001-11-29 → 2001-12-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dexter & Sharpe
- 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 and the parent 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
- BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED · parent
- Bell Brothers Farms Limited 90%
Significant events
- “Turnover increased by 15% compared to prior year reflecting the purchase of Peter Beales Roses in February 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Jonathan D'Arcy | Director | 2001-12-11 | Jul 1969 | British |
| BELL, Robert Anthony | Director | 2001-12-11 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Margaret Anne | Secretary | 2001-12-11 | 2025-11-20 |
| DAUBNEY, Raymond | Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2001-12-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2001-11-29 |
| BELL, Bernard D'Arcy | Director | 2001-12-11 | 2025-11-20 |
| BELL, Margaret Anne | Director | 2001-12-11 | 2025-11-20 |
| FORDHAM, Patricia Anne | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2001-12-11 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-11-29 | 2001-11-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Margaret Anne Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Mr Bernard D'Arcy Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Mr Jonathan D'Arcy Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Mr Robert Anthony Bell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2009-12-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-31 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.