BENSON & HEDGES (OVERSEAS) LIMITED
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Cash
£5k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£54m
+44.4% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£19m
+31.3% highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,594,000 | £11,087,000 | £7,465,000 | -32.7% | |
| Operating profit | £9,274,000 | £12,084,000 | £17,422,000 | +44.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £11,089,000 | £14,161,000 | £18,590,000 | +31.3% | |
| Net profit | £9,955,000 | £13,042,000 | £16,556,000 | +26.9% | |
| Cash | — | — | £5,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £37,316,000 | £53,872,000 | +44.4% | |
| Equity | £69,274,000 | £37,316,000 | £53,872,000 | +44.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 80.0% | 109.0% | — | |
| Net margin | 85.9% | 117.6% | — |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “In 2025, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) in Nigeria revised its position and determined that royalties for 2019 to 2025 could not be remitted to foreign licence holders. As a result, the Company issued and settled credit notes to Ardath, reversing royalty revenue of £641,000 in 2025 for amounts previously charged.”
- “Operating income for 2025 includes income relating to consideration for the assignment of Benson & Hedges brands to a third party in relation to specific territories, of which £3,105,000 represents the present value of the deferred consideration to be received in 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-09-03 | — | — |
| BOOTH, David Patrick Ian | Director | 2015-04-22 | Feb 1974 | British |
| EVANS, Roger Anthony Carr | Director | 2018-08-07 | Dec 1973 | British |
| RIDIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2021-09-08 | — | — |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Murray Gilliland Charles | Secretary | — | 2008-12-16 |
| CORDESCHI, Richard | Secretary | 2008-12-16 | 2013-05-03 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ann Elizabeth | Secretary | 2013-08-22 | 2017-02-28 |
| GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 2018-08-07 | 2020-01-24 |
| MARTIN, Oliver James | Secretary | 2017-06-30 | 2018-08-07 |
| MCCORMACK, Peter | Secretary | 2020-09-11 | 2021-11-26 |
| WORLOCK, Christopher | Secretary | 2022-09-05 | 2024-09-03 |
| BINGHAM, Paul Michael | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2000-12-20 |
| CASEY, Robert James | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2011-02-07 |
| CLARKE, Peter Lampard | Director | 1992-03-13 | 1997-12-30 |
| COOK, Philip Michael | Director | 1997-12-30 | 2000-12-20 |
| COOPER, Richard Vaughan | Director | 1992-03-13 | 1997-09-18 |
| ETCHELLS, David John | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2000-12-20 |
| HENDERSHOT, Michael Lee | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2002-03-29 |
| MCCRORY, Paul | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2021-09-08 |
| MCDONALD, Aileen Elizabeth | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-08-27 |
| MOHR, Nikolaus | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2012-06-30 |
| MOSSMAN, John Stanley | Director | — | 1997-09-18 |
| OLIVER, Mark Anthony | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-07-31 |
| PORTER, Alan Fraser | Director | 2002-08-29 | 2006-11-01 |
| POWELL, Christopher David | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2004-12-20 |
| SALT, David Ernest | Director | — | 1997-09-18 |
| SALTER, Donald Neil Fred | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2002-03-29 |
| SNOOK, Nicola | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| STEYN, Charl Erasmus | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2015-04-30 |
| TARRANT, Gary | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2018-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batmark Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-16 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.