PARK BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£3.9m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
461
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.8m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 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
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,997,808 | £67,060,855 | £60,439,652 | — | |
| Operating profit | £3,103,340 | £4,781,802 | £438,323 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £109,131 | £1,564,254 | -£1,762,841 | — | |
| Net profit | -£201,497 | £434,574 | -£1,308,479 | — | |
| Cash | £9,355,324 | £7,865,686 | £2,788,770 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,590,655 | £28,062,271 | -£2,351,604 | — | |
| Net assets | -£5,588,100 | -£3,984,323 | -£3,912,925 | — | |
| Equity | -£5,588,100 | -£3,984,323 | -£3,912,925 | — | |
| Average employees | 320 | 378 | 461 | — | |
| Wages | £10,655,506 | £13,946,207 | £13,333,263 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £568,591 | £982,700 | £508,590 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,542 | £9,785 | £7,522 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £283,812 | £409,411 | £232,821 | — |
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 covers about 9 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 7.1% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 0.6% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 17.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 115.4% | 110.4% | 109.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.67x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | 0.98x | 1.34x | 0.18x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of signing these accounts, the directors consider that the group will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts and that the group will be able to operate within the funds available to it.”
Group structure
- PARK BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- James and James Holdings Limited 100%
- James and James Fulfilment Ltd 100%
- James and James Inc 100%
- James and James B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “The group and company had loan notes with previous owners and management that were settled during the period as part of the sale of the group, see note 30 for further details.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOGERS, Quincy Maarten | Director | 2025-11-21 | Dec 1995 | Dutch |
| QUBE FULFILMENT UK LTD | Corporate Director | 2025-11-21 | — | — |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Christopher Trevor William | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2025-11-21 |
| DEAN, Lawrence George | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2023-12-15 |
| HISCOX, Martin Andrew | Director | 2020-06-19 | 2025-11-21 |
| HYDE, James Oliver | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2025-11-21 |
| LISSER, Simon Shaun | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2020-12-14 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Emma | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2026-02-27 |
| SANT, Neil Martin | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2025-11-20 |
| THOMPSON, Robert Jan | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2025-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qube Fulfilment Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-11-21 | Active |
| Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-06 | Ceased 2021-11-21 |
| Ldc Ix Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-06 | Ceased 2020-03-06 |
| James Oliver Hyde | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-02-18 | Ceased 2025-11-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | RP04PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 6
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.