CHARLES BENTLEY PROPERTIES LIMITED
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Cash
£282k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6.6m
Equity attributable
Employees
128
Average over period
Profit before tax
£470k
Period ending 2024-03-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,552,957 | — | |
| Operating profit | £769,648 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £470,064 | — | |
| Net profit | £323,189 | — | |
| Cash | £281,886 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,970,244 | — | |
| Net assets | £6,616,909 | — | |
| Equity | £6,616,909 | — | |
| Average employees | 128 | — | |
| Wages | £3,816,208 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £233,097 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £31,171 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £108,405 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | |
| Interest cover | 2.56x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CHARLES BENTLEY PROPERTIES LIMITED · parent
- Charles Bentley & Son Limited 100%
- Marxman Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 23 December 2025 the group acquired 100 percent of the issued capital of Marxman Limited.”
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 33 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.