BALDWIN & FRANCIS LIMITED
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Cash
£60k
+105.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£5m
-25.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
61
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.6m
+7.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,899,071 | £6,987,758 | £4,239,137 | -39.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£354,600 | -£1,386,465 | -£1,326,665 | +4.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£748,845 | -£1,757,953 | -£1,620,986 | +7.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£706,616 | -£1,729,158 | -£1,026,505 | +40.6% | |
| Cash | £314,358 | £302,024 | £35,948 | £29,262 | £60,060 | +105.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£311,929 | £148,034 | -£1,773,203 | -£3,991,919 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£311,929 | -£351,966 | -£2,262,761 | -£3,991,919 | -£5,018,424 | -25.7% | |
| Equity | -£311,929 | -£351,966 | -£2,262,761 | -£3,991,919 | -£5,018,424 | -25.7% | |
| Average employees | 37 | 40 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -3.3% | -19.8% | -31.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -6.5% | -24.7% | -24.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.88x | 0.65x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -0.90x | -3.73x | -4.51x |
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
- BALDWIN & FRANCIS LIMITED 2019-10-24 → present
- SEAFOX OCELOT LIMITED 2019-10-07 → 2019-10-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “On 3 April 2026, BRUSH Group Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Baldwin & Francis Limited.”
- “On the same date, the Company capitalised an intercompany loan through the allotment and issue of 6,553,157,270 ordinary shares at a nominal value of £0.001 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH, Richard | Secretary | 2026-05-06 | — | — |
| AMES, Elaine Kathryn | Director | 2026-04-03 | Nov 1982 | British |
| FRENCH, Richard Anthony Lister | Director | 2026-04-03 | Feb 1965 | British |
| HILEY, Richard Alexander | Director | 2026-04-03 | Feb 1982 | British |
| SHAILER, Neil Richard | Director | 2025-07-30 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Lee | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2025-07-30 |
| MORGAN, John Paul | Director | 2019-10-07 | 2026-04-03 |
| NICHOLSON, George Elliott | Director | 2019-10-07 | 2026-04-03 |
| PANNELL, Stuart Ian | Director | 2025-06-09 | 2026-04-03 |
| QUARENDON, Brian Leslie | Director | 2019-10-07 | 2026-04-03 |
| STORER, Christopher David | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2024-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-03 | Active |
| Ideso Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-01 | Ceased 2026-04-03 |
| Seafox Pioneer Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-10-07 | Ceased 2024-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.