A.E. BECKETT & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£332K
+6,185.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+6% vs 2023
Employees
119
-5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£928K
-22.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,773,092 | £8,274,812 | -5.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,434,691 | £1,238,057 | -13.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,195,254 | £928,024 | -22.4% | |
| Net profit | £863,289 | £645,502 | -25.2% | |
| Cash | £5,283 | £332,051 | +6,185.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,369,803 | £11,005,865 | -28.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,835,034 | £10,420,536 | +6% | |
| Equity | £9,835,034 | £10,420,536 | +6% | |
| Average employees | 126 | 119 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £2,311,553 | £2,588,890 | +12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £301,643 | £283,301 | -6.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | 5.87x | 3.97x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bissell & Brown Midlands Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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 group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our company Chairman, Alan M. Beckett (MBE, NSch) on 18th February 2024 following a short illness, aged 93. Alan took over the Beckett family business from his father in 1963, moving the farm away from dairy and very successfully into poultry farming. It was Alan who created both the limited company and established the very first Farm Shop here at Becketts Farm. Alan led the company as Managing Director until 1995, upon which he became company Chairman and has remained a cornerstone in the business and our community until his very last days.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECKETT, Simon | Secretary | 2005-04-29 | — | British |
| BECKETT, Adrian James | Director | 2022-01-31 | May 1974 | British |
| BECKETT, Simon | Director | — | May 1957 | British |
| COMER, Ian Timothy | Director | 2003-09-11 | Jul 1960 | British |
| KYTE, Emma Victoria | Director | 2022-01-31 | May 1981 | British |
| SMITH, Geoffrey Stuart | Director | 2006-10-03 | Dec 1959 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKETT, Sandra Jane | Secretary | — | 2002-08-06 |
| WICKS, Christopher Lawrence | Secretary | 1996-01-28 | 2005-04-29 |
| BECKETT, Alan Magrath | Director | — | 2024-02-18 |
| BECKETT, Kenneth Gordon | Director | — | 1995-04-07 |
| BECKETT, Sandra Jane | Director | — | 2002-08-06 |
| HAYTER, Bruce Norman Frank | Director | 2002-08-05 | 2002-08-12 |
| HIGNETT, Andrew Arthur Sutton | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| THOMPSON, James Andrew | Director | 2017-08-30 | 2020-07-01 |
| WICKS, Christopher Laurence | Director | 2003-09-11 | 2005-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Beckett | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.