BIESTERFELD PETROPLAS LIMITED
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Cash
£174
-38.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.6M
-9.9% vs 2024
Employees
19
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£49K
-94.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,667,679 | £26,501,778 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,175,826 | £231,882 | -80.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £894,391 | £48,501 | -94.6% | |
| Net profit | £652,863 | £65,079 | -90% | |
| Cash | £282 | £174 | -38.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,915,185 | £2,629,483 | -9.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,915,185 | £2,627,403 | -9.9% | |
| Equity | £2,915,185 | £2,627,403 | -9.9% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 19 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,311,381 | £1,461,525 | +11.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £194,000 | £213,400 | +10% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.3% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 4.18x | 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
- BIESTERFELD PETROPLAS LIMITED 2006-04-05 → present
- SILBURY 256 LIMITED 2002-07-24 → 2006-04-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BIESTERFELD PETROPLAS LIMITED · parent
- Petroplas Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the year end Biesterfeld Petroplas Limited had open foreign exchange forward contracts, whereby the Company is committed to buying €3,618,315 for £3,183,474 (2024: €1,375,733 for £1,145,616) under forward contracts.”
- “The Company has a guarantee of £NIL (2024: £NIL) in favour of HM Revenue and Customs at the year end. The guarantee was waived by HM Revenue and Customs and hence cancelled on 7 March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORGSTEN, Erik Jonas Niclas | Director | 2026-03-01 | May 1974 | Swedish |
| READ, Joseph Charles | Director | 2026-03-01 | May 1977 | British |
| WILKES, Peter | Director | 2024-03-20 | May 1961 | German |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUTHBERTSON, Simon Mark | Secretary | 2002-10-09 | 2004-09-20 |
| FOSTER, Ian | Secretary | 2002-07-24 | 2002-10-09 |
| PAYNE, Guy | Secretary | 2004-09-20 | 2004-09-21 |
| PAYNE, Karen Louise | Secretary | 2004-09-20 | 2026-01-05 |
| CUTHBERTSON, Simon Mark | Director | 2002-10-09 | 2004-09-20 |
| HAMBLETON, Jonathan Lee | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2002-10-09 |
| HARMS, Carsten | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2024-03-13 |
| MUELLER, Thomas Christian | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2007-05-21 |
| NOBBS, Stephen Spencer | Director | 2002-10-09 | 2004-10-20 |
| PAYNE, Guy | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Guy Payne | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.