B & W PLANT GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£500K
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-03-31 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £138,000 | £438,000 | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £138,000 | £438,000 | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £500,099 | £500,099 | £500,122 | £500,122 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £500,122 | £500,122 | |
| Equity | £500,099 | £500,099 | £500,099 | £500,099 | £500,099 | £500,122 | £500,122 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-03-31 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 23.00x | 23.00x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Champion Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- B & W PLANT GROUP LTD · parent
- B & W Plant Hire and Sales Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 January 2025, the entire issued share capital of Barley Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary undertaking of PRF Group Ltd and the company's former immediate parent company, was sold to Brandy House Holdings Limited.”
- “On this date, the company received dividends of £6,111,746 from B&W Plant Hire and Sales Ltd.”
- “On the same date, the company waived resultant intercompany debt of the same sum due from PRF Group Ltd.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITWELL, William Richard | Secretary | 2003-12-23 | — | British |
| WHITWELL, William Richard | Director | 2003-12-23 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOD, John Joseph | Director | 2024-04-18 | 2025-01-14 |
| FOX, Paul Robert | Director | 2024-11-07 | 2025-01-14 |
| FOX, Paul Robert | Director | 2022-12-09 | 2023-12-01 |
| HIERONS, Mark | Director | 2023-12-01 | 2024-04-18 |
| KIRK, Kerry Louise | Director | 2022-12-09 | 2024-11-07 |
| PARTINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2022-12-09 | 2025-01-14 |
| WHITWELL, William Sagar | Director | 2003-12-23 | 2017-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandy House Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-28 | Active |
| Mr William Richard Whitwell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-28 |
| William Sagar Whitwell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-28 |
| Barley Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-01-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.