BENNETT HAY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£803K
+13% vs 2024
Net assets
£399K
+178.7% vs 2024
Employees
243
+1.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£807K
+50.7% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £15,133,827 | £16,467,434 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £536,553 | £806,666 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £535,918 | £807,484 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £396,525 | £603,566 | |
| Cash | £922,308 | £526,954 | — | — | £710,349 | £802,987 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £688,024 | £366,362 | — | — | £143,270 | £399,336 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £143,270 | £399,336 | |
| Equity | £688,024 | £366,362 | — | — | £143,270 | £399,336 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 164 | — | — | 240 | 243 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £7,479,235 | £8,143,370 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £117,031 | £151,920 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+8.8%
£15,133,827 £16,467,434
-
Cash
+13%
£710,349 £802,987
-
Net assets
+178.7%
£143,270 £399,336
-
Employees
+1.3%
240 243
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+50.3%
£536,553 £806,666
-
Profit before tax
+50.7%
£535,918 £807,484
-
Wages
+8.9%
£7,479,235 £8,143,370
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 3.5% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 2.6% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 374.5% | 202.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 93.6% | 84.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.06x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 844.97x | — |
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
- BENNETT HAY LIMITED 2010-06-17 → present
- BLA 2014 LIMITED 2009-11-25 → 2010-06-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2024-25 continued to see high levels of long-term renewal on existing contracts and substantial new business gained at the end of the financial year which will materialise with full year value in 2025-26.”
- “Invested in a central production kitchen, enabling a delivered-in-food offer to existing and new clients, to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for a hybrid catering service”
- “Implemented new accounting software to digitise the processing of invoices for increased efficiency and data analytics”
- “Introduced a new platform for hospitality ordering across the portfolio”
- “Launched a new website”
- “Introduced carbon labelling on grab and go menu items”
- “Implemented a company-wide food waste tracking system, to set targets for reduction”
- “Launch the first Company meeting for information and strategy sharing”
- “Published the first annual Bennett Hay ESG Impact Report”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Anthony David John | Director | 2010-06-14 | Jun 1973 | British |
| HAY, James Robert Colquhoun | Director | 2010-06-14 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANDY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-25 | 2010-06-14 |
| BURROWS, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2009-11-25 | 2010-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Robert Colquhoun Hay | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-03-08 |
| Mr Anthony David John Bennett | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-03-08 |
| Mr James Robert Colquhoun Hay | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Anthony David John Bennett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-30 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2023-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-30 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-08 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-12-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.