BELL TRUCKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-07 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-24

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14M

+14.7% vs 2024

Net assets

£10M

+10.8% vs 2024

Employees

222

+2.8% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1M

-52.3% vs 2024

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

BELL TRUCKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=10325

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric	2023-04-30	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Turnover	—	£160,045,258	£167,439,858
Operating profit	—	£5,404,085	£4,321,756
Profit before tax	—	£2,676,855	£1,277,724
Net profit	—	£2,002,949	£956,400
Cash	—	£12,239,586	£14,041,963
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£9,175,314	£10,061,638
Net assets	—	£8,856,772	£9,813,172
Equity	£6,722,991	£8,856,772	£9,813,172
Average employees	—	216	222
Wages	—	£9,243,101	£9,463,918
Directors' remuneration	—	£171,391	£174,028

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

Turnover

+4.6%

£160,045,258 £167,439,858
Cash

+14.7%

£12,239,586 £14,041,963
Net assets

+10.8%

£8,856,772 £9,813,172
Employees

+2.8%

216 222
Operating profit

-20%

£5,404,085 £4,321,756
Profit before tax

-52.3%

£2,676,855 £1,277,724
Wages

+2.4%

£9,243,101 £9,463,918

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	2023-04-30	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Operating margin	—	3.4%	2.6%
Net margin	—	1.3%	0.6%
Return on capital employed	—	58.9%	43.0%
Current ratio	—	1.07x	1.09x
Interest cover	—	1.98x	1.41x

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 TRUCKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2006-12-20 → present
SANDCO 1002 LIMITED 2006-08-09 → 2006-12-20

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the factors set out above the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The company's forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that the company should be able to continue in operational existence for that period, taking into account reasonable possible changes in trading performance and the potential impact on the business of possible future scenarios arising from the ongoing issues facing the wider economy. The financial performance of the company has resulted in further balance sheet improvements strengthening its position as a going concern.”

Group structure

BELL TRUCKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
1. Bell Truck Sales Limited 100% · United Kingdom
2. BLS Commercials Limited 100% · United Kingdom

Significant events

“The group increased its customer database by 21% to 48,726 unique customers.”
“In 2023 the business moved into a new purpose-built premises and benefits from energy efficient appliances. Unfortunately, and through no fault of Bell Trucks (Holdings) Limited, the business was unable to energise this premises via the grid until September 2025 and had to rely on the use of a generator which significantly increased our use of gas oil.”
“The group is party to a multilateral intercompany guarantee in respect to bank facilities for other group companies.”

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
POWAR, Manjit Singh	Director	2017-09-22	Oct 1976	British
SAWRIJ, Danny Steven	Director	2017-09-22	Jun 1969	British
SOWERSBY, Benjamin	Director	2017-10-02	May 1977	British

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BELL, Yvonne	Secretary	2006-12-08	2017-09-22
WARD HADAWAY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	2006-08-09	2006-12-08
BAYNE, Carolyn	Director	2006-12-08	2017-09-22
BELL, James	Director	2009-09-15	2011-07-06
BELL, James	Director	2006-12-08	2006-12-08
BELL, Yvonne	Director	2011-07-06	2017-09-22
DAVISON, Lee	Director	2017-09-22	2018-02-26
HEWITT, Gavin	Director	2017-09-22	2017-11-17
SIMMONS, Trevor Mark	Director	2006-12-08	2017-08-22
WARD HADAWAY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	2006-08-09	2006-12-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Benjamin Sowersby	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2020-05-20	Active
Danny Steven Sawrij	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%	2019-05-07	Active
Leo Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2017-09-22	Ceased 2019-05-07
Mrs Yvonne Bell	Individual	Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust	2016-04-06	Ceased 2017-09-22
Mrs Carolyn Bayne	Individual	Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust	2016-04-06	Ceased 2017-09-22

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2026-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-02-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-01-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-17	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-17	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-01-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-12-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-28	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-02-28	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-02-28	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-01-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-10-08	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-10-04	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-03-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2021-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

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