BRIGGS MARINE CONTRACTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£907K
-61.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+3.4% vs 2024
Employees
629
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£667K
-80.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £72,434,377 | £65,949,086 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,383,041 | £643,636 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,394,349 | £667,136 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,566,401 | £553,141 | |
| Cash | — | £2,350,643 | £906,645 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,018,374 | £17,685,510 | |
| Net assets | — | £16,480,078 | £17,033,219 | |
| Equity | £13,913,677 | £16,480,078 | £17,033,219 | |
| Average employees | — | 624 | 629 | |
| Wages | — | £24,121,198 | £22,566,560 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £386,994 | £709,767 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-9%
£72,434,377 £65,949,086
-
Cash
-61.4%
£2,350,643 £906,645
-
Net assets
+3.4%
£16,480,078 £17,033,219
-
Employees
+0.8%
624 629
-
Operating profit
-81%
£3,383,041 £643,636
-
Profit before tax
-80.3%
£3,394,349 £667,136
-
Wages
-6.4%
£24,121,198 £22,566,560
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.7% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.5% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 19.9% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.92x | 3.42x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BRIGGS MARINE CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1991-04-15 → present
- BRIGGS COMMERCIAL LIMITED 1989-04-24 → 1991-04-15
- GATEHUNT LIMITED 1988-12-05 → 1989-04-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Morris & Young, Statutory Auditor
- 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “An exceptional item in respect of a settlement of a claim of £1.8m was recognised for the year ended 31 March 2025, paid in full settlement following an arbitration process related to a contract carried out in the year to 31 March 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Robert Collieson | Director | 2001-04-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| BRIGGS, Robert | Director | — | Jul 1939 | British |
| DIAMOND, Patrick Thomas | Director | 2011-08-15 | Jul 1967 | British |
| ENGLISH, Craig | Director | 2011-08-15 | Sep 1973 | British |
| ROSS, Iain Orr Smith | Director | 2009-05-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford | Secretary | 2005-07-21 | 2009-04-01 |
| GRANT, David Edwin | Secretary | — | 2005-07-21 |
| BURKE, Brian Michael | Director | 2001-09-07 | 2004-06-30 |
| CROOKSTON, George David | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2019-09-01 |
| GRANT, David Edwin | Director | — | 2004-06-30 |
| GRAY, Graham Scott | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| LAWRIE, Douglas George | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| MIDDLETON, Alan | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2004-06-30 |
| SYMONS, David Perry | Director | 2002-10-28 | 2009-09-24 |
| THOMSON, William Allan | Director | 1991-05-01 | 2004-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Commercial Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.