CHARLES BENTLEY PROPERTIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£130K
-53.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+4.3% vs 2024
Employees
133
+3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£293K
-37.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £24,552,957 | £23,046,706 | |
| Operating profit | — | £769,648 | £549,745 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £470,064 | £292,833 | |
| Net profit | — | £323,189 | £286,085 | |
| Cash | — | £281,886 | £129,885 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,970,244 | £10,016,225 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,616,909 | £6,902,994 | |
| Equity | £6,543,718 | £6,616,909 | £6,902,994 | |
| Average employees | — | 128 | 133 | |
| Wages | — | £3,816,208 | £4,005,973 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £233,097 | £254,013 |
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
-6.1%
£24,552,957 £23,046,706
-
Cash
-53.9%
£281,886 £129,885
-
Net assets
+4.3%
£6,616,909 £6,902,994
-
Employees
+3.9%
128 133
-
Operating profit
-28.6%
£769,648 £549,745
-
Profit before tax
-37.7%
£470,064 £292,833
-
Wages
+5%
£3,816,208 £4,005,973
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.1% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.3% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.7% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.86x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.56x | 2.13x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Newby Castleman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group 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.”
Group structure
- CHARLES BENTLEY PROPERTIES LIMITED · parent
- Charles Bentley & Son Limited 100%
Significant events
- “To reverse the trend in sales the Directors have discussed and agreed a new 5-year strategy. As part of that strategy, we have increased stock levels at the start of the season and this has already shown positive improvements in the 1st quarter of the 2026 year. This is ahead of the 2025 year at the same point by over £1m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Shirley Jayne | Secretary | 2015-09-02 | — | — |
| BENTLEY, Charles William | Director | 2015-09-02 | Oct 1953 | British |
| BENTLEY, James Ryan | Director | 2018-09-28 | May 1983 | British |
| BENTLEY, Shirley Jayne | Director | 2015-09-02 | Dec 1957 | British |
| HARRIS, Robin | Director | 2024-10-02 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLARD, Sadie Helen | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2024-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charles William Bentley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Shirley Bentley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-11 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.