BEIJER REF UK LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£18m
-4.9% vs 2024
Employees
211
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£428k
-89.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £117,799,000 | £114,881,000 | £113,353,000 | -1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £5,570,000 | £4,897,000 | £1,118,000 | -77.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,619,000 | £4,015,000 | £428,000 | -89.3% | |
| Net profit | £2,630,000 | £2,089,000 | -£937,000 | -144.9% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,277,000 | £19,447,000 | £19,572,000 | +0.6% | |
| Net assets | £17,075,000 | £19,164,000 | £18,227,000 | -4.9% | |
| Equity | £17,075,000 | £19,164,000 | £18,227,000 | -4.9% | |
| Average employees | 215 | 220 | 211 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £7,640,000 | £7,202,000 | £7,803,000 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £418,000 | £427,000 | £398,000 | -6.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £51,000 | £66,000 | £36,000 | -45.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £271,000 | £298,000 | £256,000 | -14.1% |
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 | 4.7% | 4.3% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 1.8% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.2% | 25.2% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.3% | 67.2% | 69.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.35x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 5.86x | 5.55x | 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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-08
- BEIJER REF UK LIMITED 2025-12-08 → present
- DEAN & WOOD LIMITED 1986-05-27 → 2025-12-08
- DEAN & WOOD (LONDON) LIMITED 1949-04-23 → 1986-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ellacotts Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company benefits from a shared cash pool facility extended by the parent company, Beijer Ref AB. Beijer Ref AB has confirmed that they will not recall this facility for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEIJER REF UK LIMITED · parent
- FRIDGEHUB.CO.UK LIMITED 100%
- ACR Spares Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 8 December 2025 the Company changed its name from Dean & Wood Limited to Beijer Ref UK Limited.”
- “In the first quarter of 2026, the trade and assets of HRP Limited and RW Refrigeration Wholesale Limited were transferred into the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, David Patrick | Secretary | 2014-03-10 | — | — |
| BILLSON, John David | Director | 2005-06-01 | May 1960 | British |
| CAMPBELL, David Patrick | Director | 2015-08-25 | Mar 1979 | British |
| NORBYE, Christopher | Director | 2022-05-19 | May 1973 | Swedish |
| STEEN, Lars Jonas | Director | 2024-09-10 | Apr 1976 | Swedish |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLSON, John David | Secretary | 2012-01-11 | 2014-03-10 |
| GARDNER, Mark Thomas | Secretary | 1995-12-19 | 2012-01-11 |
| HEALD, Stephen John | Secretary | — | 1995-12-19 |
| BERTLAND, Per Olof Goran | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2022-05-19 |
| DAVIDSEN, Henning | Director | 2000-11-17 | 2005-06-01 |
| GAMMELBY, Jens | Director | — | 1992-02-28 |
| GARDNER, Mark Thomas | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2012-01-11 |
| HEALD, Stephen John | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2003-08-31 |
| KARLIN, Simon | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2024-09-10 |
| KIRK, Hans | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1999-05-01 |
| KRISTENSEN, John | Director | 1992-02-28 | 1998-10-01 |
| MAGNUSSON, Joen | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2014-06-05 |
| PETERSEN, Henry | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| PETERSEN, Peter | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2001-07-30 |
| POSTMUS, Henk | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| SMITH, Terence Rodney | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| STRAUSS, Gerhard | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2004-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-08 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2021-06-23 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-06-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2021-06-23 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-02-11 | 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
- 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.