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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

2 items

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

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
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 414067110
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

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 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
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 1.99x1.39x
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

  1. BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED 2001-12-04 → present
  2. 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

  1. BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED · parent
    1. Bell Brothers Farms Limited 90% · Farming

Significant events

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 PDF
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 PDF
2025-11-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-28 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-12-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-11-01 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-10-31 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-10-31 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-10-31 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-02-06 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
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 PDF
2022-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

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

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