BURTON & SPEKE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+43.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+50.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
243
+5.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-7.7% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £17,366,794 | £18,137,330 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £2,370,664 | £2,176,495 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £2,336,972 | £2,157,713 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,936,715 | £2,338,615 | |
| Cash | £148,450 | — | — | — | £747,495 | £1,073,806 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,589,086 | — | — | — | £3,072,757 | £4,075,858 | |
| Net assets | £501,826 | — | — | — | £2,464,765 | £3,713,380 | |
| Equity | £501,826 | £1,426,240 | £3,400,632 | £2,228,050 | £2,464,765 | £3,713,380 | |
| Average employees | 103 | — | — | — | 231 | 243 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,809,459 | £4,089,705 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.4%
£17,366,794 £18,137,330
-
Cash
+43.7%
£747,495 £1,073,806
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+50.7%
£2,464,765 £3,713,380
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+5.2%
231 243
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-8.2%
£2,370,664 £2,176,495
-
Profit before tax
-7.7%
£2,336,972 £2,157,713
-
Wages
+7.4%
£3,809,459 £4,089,705
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 13.7% | 12.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 77.2% | 53.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.52x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 70.36x | 115.88x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have carefully considered the impact of the macroeconomic uncertainties on the company's financial position, liquidity and future performance. As set out in the strategic report, the company has continued to trade strongly throughout this year and the directors believe that it is experiencing good levels of sales growth and profitability. Therefore, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. Accordingly, they have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2025 the business focus will be on the opening of 7 new Starbucks sites (3 already opened in February and March 2025). Revenue & profit increases will be achieved by expanding the company's Starbucks estate, increasing transaction numbers and increasing prices to meet the challenge of government-imposed labour cost increases”
- “On 14 August 2024 the company acquired the business of the Starbucks Store at Unit 23 Livingston Designer Outlet.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDINER, Graeme | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| GEDDES, Stephanie | Director | 2014-07-07 | May 1969 | British |
| GEDDES-MOODY, Sean | Director | 2012-03-15 | Sep 1969 | British |
| HAY, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2021-07-12 | Mar 1977 | British |
| MCBAIN, Eileen | Director | 2021-07-12 | Feb 1969 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Explorer Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-01-03 | Active |
| Mr Sean Geddes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-03 |
| Mrs Stephanie Geddes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.