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THOMPSON BROS. (ESHER) LIMITED

#00549258 · Active · Incorporated 1955-05-14 (71y 5m) · Last filing 2026-10-08 (this month)
Consumer Staples · SIC 01250 · A Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-12-31 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2026-12-01 (in 40 days) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£4.2m

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£17m

Equity attributable

Employees

314

highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£375k

Period ending 2026-03-29

Accounts

5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-29

Metric Trend 2022-04-032023-04-022024-03-302025-03-302026-03-29 Δ vs prior
Turnover £20,975,674£18,313,896£18,728,942£18,552,231£21,845,883 —
Operating profit £2,397,750£850,480£980,349£471,658£343,904 —
Profit before tax £2,293,126£774,744£924,807£491,564£375,192 —
Net profit £1,728,511£542,995£611,194£259,079£191,804 —
Cash £4,844,551£3,194,246£3,763,684£4,603,109£4,176,332 —
Total assets less current liabilities £20,002,348£20,255,052£20,416,048£20,272,842£20,037,066 —
Net assets £15,950,179£16,313,174£17,216,417£17,295,496£17,307,300 —
Equity £15,950,179£16,313,174£17,216,417£17,295,496£17,307,300 —
Average employees 236236229227314 —
Wages £4,868,832£4,526,334£4,884,429£4,829,145£6,359,031 —
Directors' remuneration £1,008,153£746,018£826,437£846,265£781,160 —
Highest paid director ——£244,618£247,863£207,645 —

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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2022-04-032023-04-022024-03-302025-03-302026-03-29
Operating margin 11.4%4.6%5.2%2.5%1.6%
Net margin 8.2%3.0%3.3%1.4%0.9%
Return on capital employed 12.0%4.2%4.8%2.3%1.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 34.5%28.0%25.4%14.7%13.6%
Current ratio ——2.86x2.60x2.28x
Interest cover 22.77x9.26x7.94x5.54x4.83x

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
Menzies LLP
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”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
JAMES, Clare Patricia Director 2006-12-01 Dec 1973 British
RICHARDSON, Alan Paul Director 2010-03-29 May 1974 British
RICHARDSON, Derek Michael Director — Jul 1938 British
RICHARDSON, Ian Lance Director 1996-10-01 Mar 1967 British
THOMPSON, Ben Director 2013-04-01 Aug 1980 British
THOMPSON, Peter Roy Director — Oct 1948 British
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
THOMPSON, Peter Roy Secretary — 2012-04-16
TUNLEY, Sally Secretary 2012-04-16 2014-03-10
THOMPSON, Edwin Robert Director — 2008-10-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Derek Michael Richardson Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 105 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-12-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-07-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-12-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-08-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-11-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-12-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-11-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-11-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-11-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-12-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2017-11-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-03-08 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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