BAYFIELDS Z LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-24 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-10
Watchouts
Cash
£203K
+49.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
-4.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
161
+15.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£129K
+65.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company incurred a loss of £146,646 for the year ended 31 December 2024. As at the year end, the company had net current liabilities of £4,444,748 as a result of historic acquisitions in order to facilitate growth of the business. However the company continues to be cash generative in order to service its debts, with further improvement in underlying cash generation in 2025. Funding for the business comes from 4 main sources, all of these sources are long-term trusted partners of the business and remain fully supportive with a desire to advance further funds to support the right investments. However forecasts prepared by the directors also show that if any or all of these funding sources become unavailable the business would be able to pause acquiring and pay down debt.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £17,540,465 | £20,615,520 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£9,416 | £278,190 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£308,001 | -£375,439 | -£128,900 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£891,918 | £123,928 | -£146,646 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £153,437 | £136,346 | £203,353 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,579,141 | £9,051,022 | £9,404,598 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £2,990,979 | £3,114,907 | £2,968,261 | |
| Equity | £3,385,819 | £3,558,288 | £3,882,897 | £2,990,979 | £3,114,907 | £2,968,261 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 132 | 139 | 161 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,754,010 | £4,426,948 | £5,344,578 | |
| 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+17.5%
£17,540,465 £20,615,520
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Cash
+49.1%
£136,346 £203,353
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-4.7%
£3,114,907 £2,968,261
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+15.8%
139 161
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+3,054.4%
-£9,416 £278,190
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Profit before tax
+65.7%
-£375,439 -£128,900
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+20.7%
£4,426,948 £5,344,578
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -0.1% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.7% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -0.1% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | -0.65x | -0.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -0.03x | 0.68x |
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
- BAYFIELDS Z LIMITED 2017-05-17 → present
- BAYFIELDS (SOUTH) LIMITED 2015-02-18 → 2017-05-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company incurred a loss of £146,646 for the year ended 31 December 2024. As at the year end, the company had net current liabilities of £4,444,748 as a result of historic acquisitions in order to facilitate growth of the business. However the company continues to be cash generative in order to service its debts, with further improvement in underlying cash generation in 2025. Funding for the business comes from 4 main sources, all of these sources are long-term trusted partners of the business and remain fully supportive with a desire to advance further funds to support the right investments. However forecasts prepared by the directors also show that if any or all of these funding sources become unavailable the business would be able to pause acquiring and pay down debt.”
Group structure
- BAYFIELDS Z LIMITED · parent
- Stevenson & Parker Dormant Limited 100%
- Date Eyecare Dormant Ltd 100%
- Jonathan Kerr Dormant Limited 100%
- Charnley's Eyecare Dormant Limited 100%
- Runneymede Optics Dormant Limited 100%
- Bayfields (Harrogate) Dormant Limited 100%
- Bayfields (Harrogate) Dormant Holdings Limited 100%
- Bayfields (Barnard Castle) Dormant Limited 100%
- Bayfields (Barnard Castle) Holdings Dormant Limited 100%
- Bayfields (Newcastle) Dormant Limited 100%
- B Newbold Properties Dormant Limited 100%
- Bayfields (Staffordshire) Dormant Limited 100%
- Pendleburys Eyecare Dormant Limited 100%
- Robert Stanley Eyecare Limited 100%
- Prism Partnership Limited 100%
- Broad Eyecare Ltd 100%
- Broad Eyecare (Sandbach) Ltd 100%
- R. Green & Partners Limited 100%
- Paul Rowlands Limited 100%
- Andrew Rhys Evans Limited 100%
- Collett EC Limited 100%
- Gill Eyecare Limited 100%
- Pleiades Optics Limited 100%
- Welwyn Garden Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company opened a new loan facility with existing funders to finance an acquisition.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYFIELD, Royston Edward | Director | 2015-02-18 | Jun 1980 | British |
| COOK, Charlotte Elizabeth | Director | 2023-01-04 | Feb 1982 | British |
| SHELTON, Mark Adam | Director | 2023-01-04 | Apr 1989 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYES, Chris | Director | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Royston Edward Bayfield | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-02-17 | Ceased 2017-02-17 |
| Bayfields Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-16 | 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
- 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.