BANHAM PATENT LOCKS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
-29.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27m
-3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
446
+2.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£815k
+6.7% vs 2024
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 | £42,480,115 | £43,796,816 | £45,201,564 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,216,968 | £162,763 | £202,722 | +24.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,810,810 | £763,937 | £814,864 | +6.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,216,034 | £865,712 | £635,321 | -26.6% | |
| Cash | £6,797,428 | £4,095,852 | £2,876,224 | -29.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,414,366 | £28,900,910 | £28,207,718 | -2.4% | |
| Net assets | £28,235,025 | £27,757,060 | £26,933,531 | -3% | |
| Equity | £28,235,025 | £27,757,060 | £26,933,531 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 421 | 437 | 446 | +2.1% | |
| Wages | £17,962,534 | £18,848,035 | £19,334,666 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,170,818 | £1,981,138 | £2,032,475 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £55,795 | £49,600 | £82,258 | +65.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £496,020 | £496,020 | £496,020 | 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 | 5.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 2.0% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.3% | 44.4% | 45.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.72x | 1.62x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BANHAM PATENT LOCKS LIMITED 2019-10-21 → present
- BANHAMS PATENT LOCKS LIMITED 1948-08-12 → 2019-10-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that it remains appropriate to continue to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis and have not identified a material uncertainty in this regard.”
Group structure
- BANHAM PATENT LOCKS LIMITED · parent
- Aegis Alarm Systems Limited 100%
- Banham Academy Limited 100%
- Banham Alarms Limited 100%
- Bridger Alarms Limited 100%
- Guardian Lock and Engineering Company Ltd 100%
- Tops Security Solutions Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARD, Thomas Joseph | Secretary | 2023-12-12 | — | — |
| BANHAM, Emma Linh | Director | 2020-09-01 | Dec 1987 | British |
| BANHAM, Frances Lan | Director | 2016-04-01 | May 1986 | British |
| BANHAM, Lan Quach | Director | — | May 1951 | British |
| BANHAM, Lucie Anh Francis | Director | 2009-08-03 | Aug 1983 | British |
| BRAMWELL, Georgina Katharine Fleur | Director | 2020-09-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| COWPER, Brian Edward | Director | — | Jul 1951 | British |
| HALLATT, Charles Richard | Director | — | Jul 1942 | British |
| HALLATT, Margaret Jane | Director | — | Sep 1948 | British |
| HALLATT, Thomas Henry | Director | 2019-05-08 | Feb 1989 | British |
| RODDA, Patricia | Director | — | May 1929 | British |
| WARD, Thomas Joseph | Director | 1997-07-01 | Feb 1958 | Irish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD, Thomas Joseph | Secretary | — | 2023-05-02 |
| BANHAM, Claire | Director | — | 2026-03-09 |
| BANHAM, Gerald Michael | Director | — | 1994-11-10 |
| BANHAM, Mirella Vittoria | Director | — | 2015-02-13 |
| BANHAM, Peter | Director | — | 2009-10-19 |
| BANHAM, William Francis | Director | 1994-04-15 | 2016-06-26 |
| CHILLAG, Audrey M | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| GODFREY, Michael | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| HALLATT, Enid | Director | — | 2010-04-30 |
| HERBERT, Martin Allen Christopher | Director | — | 2023-05-02 |
| PHILLIPS, Craig Steven | Director | 2023-05-02 | 2025-03-27 |
| ROBINSON, Claudette Anne | Director | 2023-05-02 | 2023-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banham Patent Locks Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-30 | Active |
| Claire Banham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-30 | Ceased 2023-05-02 |
| Mrs Lan Quach Banham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-30 | Ceased 2023-05-02 |
| Mr Thomas Joseph Ward | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-30 | Ceased 2023-05-02 |
| Ms Lucie Anh Francis Banham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-30 | Ceased 2023-05-02 |
| Mr William Francis Banham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-30 | Ceased 2019-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-20 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.