HOWARD BEDFORD LIMITED
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Cash
£118K
+36.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.2M
+10.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.1M
-17.1% 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
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £822,382 | £1,058,314 | £800,561 | -24.4% | |
| Operating profit | £738,382 | £958,598 | £745,286 | -22.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £566,568 | £1,361,784 | £1,128,574 | -17.1% | |
| Net profit | £664,559 | £1,349,435 | £1,117,420 | -17.2% | |
| Cash | £59,751 | £86,379 | £117,938 | +36.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,039,304 | £1,401,088 | £1,529,662 | +9.2% | |
| Net assets | £780,296 | £1,129,731 | £1,247,151 | +10.4% | |
| Equity | £780,296 | £1,129,731 | £1,247,151 | +10.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 89.8% | 90.6% | 93.1% | |
| Net margin | 80.8% | 127.5% | 139.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 71.0% | 68.4% | 48.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 0.03x | 0.03x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of those assurances, the directors consider that there is reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEWES, Nicholas Cecil John | Director | 2014-05-19 | Apr 1967 | British |
| CREIGHTON, Andrew John | Director | 2026-05-18 | Jun 1968 | British |
| MEAKIN, Richard John | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAUMKER, Werner Manfred, Dr | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2023-02-28 |
| HOWARD, Gavin Edward Oliver | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-06-10 |
| JONES, Alun Huw | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| SUMMERS, Michael Peter | Director | 2014-05-19 | 2016-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Commercial Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-25 | Active |
| Howard Crescent Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-06-13 | Ceased 2017-06-13 |
| Howard Crescent Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.