BENCHLING UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£160K
-90.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£21M
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
38
-7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
+12.3% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-02-01 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £7,774,900 | £9,096,618 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£4,622,402 | -£4,052,514 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£4,622,402 | -£4,052,514 | |
| Net profit | — | £486,193 | -£4,550,355 | -£4,112,915 | |
| Cash | — | £784,899 | £1,750,537 | £160,416 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £29,855,173 | £23,912,459 | £21,369,784 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £23,912,459 | £21,369,784 | |
| Equity | £28,942,388 | £29,855,173 | £23,912,459 | £21,369,784 | |
| Average employees | — | 23 | 41 | 38 | |
| Wages | — | — | £6,036,998 | £6,692,107 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+17%
£7,774,900 £9,096,618
-
Cash
-90.8%
£1,750,537 £160,416
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-10.6%
£23,912,459 £21,369,784
-
Employees
-7.3%
41 38
-
Operating profit
+12.3%
-£4,622,402 -£4,052,514
-
Profit before tax
+12.3%
-£4,622,402 -£4,052,514
-
Wages
+10.9%
£6,036,998 £6,692,107
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 | 2022-02-01 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -59.5% | -44.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -58.5% | -45.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -19.3% | -19.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 3.1% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.89x | 3.16x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Woods, Delaney and Partners 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 or the 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
- BENCHLING UK LTD · parent
- Overwatch Research Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWANG, Julie Ann | Secretary | 2021-12-06 | — | — |
| CHUN, Gangeun | Director | 2021-12-06 | Apr 1980 | South Korean,American |
| HWANG, Julie Ann | Director | 2021-12-06 | Jun 1977 | American |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE III, Robert Stanley | Director | 2023-08-15 | 2024-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-04-01 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-12-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-12-06 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.