NORTHERN BEAR PLC
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Cash
£6.2m
+55% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£26m
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
421
-0.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£5m
+65.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,681,000 | £78,110,000 | £86,100,000 | +10.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,432,000 | £3,385,000 | £5,134,000 | +51.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,138,000 | £3,052,000 | £5,039,000 | +65.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,624,000 | £2,305,000 | £4,152,000 | +80.1% | |
| Cash | £978,000 | £3,974,000 | £6,159,000 | +55% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,208,000 | £25,388,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £20,262,000 | £22,313,000 | £26,022,000 | +16.6% | |
| Equity | £20,262,000 | £22,313,000 | £26,022,000 | +16.6% | |
| Average employees | 411 | 424 | 421 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | £16,354,000 | £18,407,000 | £19,850,000 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £486,000 | £759,000 | £705,000 | -7.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,000 | £15,000 | £15,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £314,000 | £420,000 | +33.8% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.3% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 3.0% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 13.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.5% | 47.6% | 41.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.09x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 8.27x | 8.77x | 23.99x |
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
- NORTHERN BEAR PLC 2006-11-30 → present
- NORTHERN BEAR LIMITED 2006-04-13 → 2006-11-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Group is expected to have sufficient cash resources to meet its requirements for at least the next 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NORTHERN BEAR PLC · parent
- Isoler Limited 100%
- Springs Roofing Limited 100%
- Wensley Roofing Limited 100%
- MGM Limited 100%
- Jennings Roofing Limited 100%
- Alcor Handling Solutions Limited 100%
- A1 Industrial Trucks Limited 100%
- Northern Bear Safety Limited 100%
- Arcas Building Solutions Limited 100%
- H Peel & Sons Limited 100%
- J Lister Electrical Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the closure of H Peel & Son Limited ('Peel') in FY26, Jennings Roofing Limited ('Jennings') has relocated to the premises previously occupied by Peel.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDGELL, Wendy Ann | Secretary | 2011-10-26 | — | — |
| CARR, Simon Alexander | Director | 2024-07-17 | Aug 1958 | British |
| DAVIES, John Peter | Director | 2024-01-18 | May 1966 | British |
| SAMUEL, Harry Jacob | Director | 2021-11-11 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST, Graham Stuart Lindsay | Secretary | 2011-05-04 | 2011-10-11 |
| FORREST, Graham Stuart Lindsay | Secretary | 2006-04-13 | 2007-05-14 |
| HAYES, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2009-10-29 | 2011-05-04 |
| JAY, David | Secretary | 2007-05-14 | 2009-12-02 |
| OSBORNE NOMINEES TWO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-13 | 2006-04-13 |
| BARYSHNIK, Jeff Matthew | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2023-11-15 |
| BODEN, Martin Brett | Director | 2023-09-13 | 2026-03-18 |
| DAVIS, Julian Nigel | Director | 2025-05-09 | 2025-12-01 |
| FORREST, Graham Stuart Lindsay | Director | 2006-04-13 | 2011-10-11 |
| GOLD, Howard Barry | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2020-08-01 |
| GRAY, Steven | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2013-02-07 |
| HAYES, Thomas Edward | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2025-01-01 |
| HOLROYD, John Carless | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2021-11-11 |
| JAY, David | Director | 2007-05-11 | 2010-01-29 |
| JENNINGS, Graham Roy | Director | 2008-04-08 | 2020-03-31 |
| KHERA, Anil | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2024-07-31 |
| MCLEAN, Ian Thomas | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2021-02-26 |
| PITHER, Johnathon Peter | Director | 2006-04-13 | 2008-10-21 |
| ROBERTS, Steven Mark | Director | 2024-01-18 | 2025-09-04 |
| ROBERTS, Steven Mark | Director | 2006-11-08 | 2021-08-24 |
| SOULSBY, Keith | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2024-03-31 |
| SOULSBY, Keith | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2011-09-23 |
| STANLEY, Roy Robert Edward | Director | 2006-11-08 | 2007-05-11 |
| YEOMAN, Marcus | Director | 2006-11-08 | 2008-06-30 |
| OSBOURNE NOMINEES ONE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-04-13 | 2006-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarvale Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-11 | Ceased 2023-12-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-05-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2024-04-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.