BRENNAN TRADE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£34M
+7.7% vs 2024
Employees
338
+7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-38.1% 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
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £66,167,432 | £67,224,399 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £15,638,984 | £15,418,443 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £7,909,394 | £4,896,437 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £4,577,007 | £2,627,581 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,740,643 | £2,258,775 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £33,648,512 | £35,484,551 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £31,874,872 | £34,323,619 | |
| Equity | £24,531,128 | £27,162,262 | £31,874,872 | £34,323,619 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 316 | 338 | |
| Wages | — | — | £12,040,390 | £13,219,766 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £596,355 | £5,118,245 |
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+1.6%
£66,167,432 £67,224,399
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Cash
-17.6%
£2,740,643 £2,258,775
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Net assets
+7.7%
£31,874,872 £34,323,619
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Employees
+7%
316 338
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Operating profit
-1.4%
£15,638,984 £15,418,443
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Profit before tax
-38.1%
£7,909,394 £4,896,437
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Wages
+9.8%
£12,040,390 £13,219,766
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 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 23.6% | 22.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 6.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 46.5% | 43.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.51x | 4.96x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 128.05x | 85.54x |
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
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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
- BRENNAN TRADE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Alfred O.Ferguson & Company Limited 100%
- Brennan Enterprise Limied 100%
- Superide Limited 100%
- TBA Textiles Pty Ltd 100%
- Fothergill Coated Fabrics Limited 100%
- Fothergill Engineered Fabrics Limited 100%
- Fothergill Polycom Limited 100%
- Polycom Limited 100%
- Firefly Training Limited 100%
- TBA Protective Techno ogies Limited 100%
- TBA PT Limited 100%
- TBA Textiles Austrailia Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group provided a loan of £6,000,000 (2024: £6,000,000) to Brennan Property Holdings Limited, a company related by common control of P G Brennan until 24 September 2024, which was written off in full during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENNAN, Patrick Gerard | Secretary | 2018-09-19 | — | — |
| BRENNAN, Patrick Gerard | Director | 2018-09-19 | Oct 1958 | Irish |
| BRENNAN, Veronica Anne | Director | 2018-09-19 | Jun 1959 | Irish |
| HOLLAND, James | Director | 2024-09-26 | Nov 1987 | Irish |
| HOLLAND, Yvonne | Director | 2024-09-26 | May 1987 | Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Yvonne Holland | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2024-09-24 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Brennan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-09-24 | Active |
| Miss Alison Brennan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-09-24 | Active |
| Patrick Gerard Brennan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-19 | Ceased 2024-09-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-11-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.