BOWER & BAILEY LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-38.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+7.4% vs 2024
Employees
141
-0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+12.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,673,791 | £19,186,291 | |
| Operating profit | £6,926,064 | £7,876,336 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,674,591 | £9,761,429 | |
| Net profit | £7,324,591 | £8,311,429 | |
| Cash | £6,412,516 | £3,948,960 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,423,834 | £11,196,977 | |
| Net assets | £10,423,834 | £11,196,977 | |
| Equity | £10,423,834 | £11,196,977 | |
| Average employees | 142 | 141 | |
| Wages | £5,285,437 | £5,782,238 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,350,000 | £1,450,000 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
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Turnover
+15.1%
£16,673,791 £19,186,291
-
Cash
-38.4%
£6,412,516 £3,948,960
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Net assets
+7.4%
£10,423,834 £11,196,977
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Employees
-0.7%
142 141
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Operating profit
+13.7%
£6,926,064 £7,876,336
-
Profit before tax
+12.5%
£8,674,591 £9,761,429
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Wages
+9.4%
£5,285,437 £5,782,238
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 41.5% | 41.1% | |
| Net margin | 43.9% | 43.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 66.4% | 70.3% | |
| Current ratio | 5.80x | 1.97x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the members' 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 LLP's”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
28 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, David Julian Mcclelland | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-12 | Jun 1965 | — |
| COOKSEY, Philip David | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-12 | Aug 1968 | — |
| EDEN, Robert Edward Alistair | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-14 | Mar 1972 | — |
| HARRHY, Trevor | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-12 | Nov 1962 | — |
| NEWMAN, Jonathan Harker | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-14 | Apr 1973 | — |
| PALMER, Stuart Trevor Hastings | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-12 | Jul 1970 | — |
| ANGWIN, Kay Louise | Llp Member | 2015-02-01 | Mar 1964 | — |
| BAIN, Duncan Neville | Llp Member | 2021-06-16 | Sep 1969 | — |
| BOARDMAN, Philip James | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | Apr 1966 | — |
| BROOKES, Robert Paul | Llp Member | 2010-03-10 | Jun 1974 | — |
| BURNS, Andrew Thomas | Llp Member | 2016-11-03 | Feb 1972 | — |
| DUCIE, Conor Shane Brian | Llp Member | 2018-06-01 | May 1987 | — |
| FALVERT MARTIN, David | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | Feb 1963 | — |
| HAIGH, Mark Edward | Llp Member | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1991 | — |
| HANNAM, Daniel Philip Stafford | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | Apr 1973 | — |
| HAYWARD, Gareth Steven James | Llp Member | 2015-12-01 | Jul 1984 | — |
| HILL, Alison Jane | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | Oct 1961 | — |
| HOWARD, Jennifer Susan | Llp Member | 2016-10-01 | Mar 1960 | — |
| HULME, James Mackinnon | Llp Member | 2015-12-01 | Mar 1981 | — |
| JACKSON, Robert Alan Walker | Llp Member | 2010-05-12 | Dec 1969 | — |
| KELLY, Sean | Llp Member | 2016-11-03 | Mar 1968 | — |
| MARTIN, Joanna Louise | Llp Member | 2012-12-01 | Jun 1979 | — |
| MURPHY, Eugene Michael | Llp Member | 2023-12-01 | Dec 1970 | — |
| PARSONSON, Robert John | Llp Member | 2021-09-01 | Nov 1978 | — |
| STEVENS, Brit Christine | Llp Member | 2021-06-16 | Oct 1980 | — |
| TUCKER, Gareth Huw | Llp Member | 2010-05-12 | Dec 1972 | — |
| WENT, Katie Emma | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | Dec 1969 | — |
| WHITE, Connor David | Llp Member | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1992 | — |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Timothy Carew | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-19 | 2010-10-31 |
| BOWER, David John Gellie | Llp Designated Member | 2010-03-10 | 2015-12-21 |
| SMITH, Julian Christopher | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-12 | 2016-05-31 |
| SMITH, Simon Jeremy Langham | Llp Designated Member | 2010-05-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| BAILEY, Sally Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2010-05-12 | 2020-12-31 |
| CLEVELAND, James Simon | Llp Member | 2024-03-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| CUTTS, Mary Louise | Llp Member | 2015-02-01 | 2026-03-27 |
| DUREAU, Sarah | Llp Member | 2018-07-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| JANATA, David John | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | 2021-05-31 |
| LODGE, Jonathan Piers | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | 2021-05-31 |
| MILLBOURN, Robert David | Llp Member | 2010-05-24 | 2020-05-31 |
| MURPHY, Eugene Michael | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | 2018-12-31 |
| NORMAN, Susan Ann | Llp Member | 2010-05-12 | 2012-07-31 |
| PORTER, Stephen Joseph | Llp Member | 2010-05-12 | 2017-07-31 |
| READ, Simon Peter Benjamin Cooper | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | 2024-06-14 |
| SIMMS, John Fraser | Llp Member | 2010-05-19 | 2022-05-31 |
| SPENCER, David Christopher | Llp Member | 2010-05-14 | 2016-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | LLMR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date limited liability partnership | |
| 2026-01-19 | LLMR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-12-02 | LLAA01 | accounts | Change account reference date limited liability partnership current shortened | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-04-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-03-10 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-10 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-12-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-23 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.