BICKNELL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
+4% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£21m
+59.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
8
+14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9.3m
+2,064.3% highest in 6 filed years
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
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £406,631 | £627,123 | £505,115 | -£153,665 | £188,060 | £1,223,692 | +550.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £584,709 | £705,403 | £669,241 | £52,392 | £427,428 | £9,250,781 | +2,064.3% | |
| Net profit | £493,497 | £527,940 | £531,006 | -£30,709 | £323,178 | £8,829,459 | +2,632.1% | |
| Cash | £2,118,393 | £3,093,485 | £3,713,608 | £5,178,138 | £5,713,194 | £5,939,263 | +4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £12,580,830 | £12,821,120 | £12,602,713 | £13,018,891 | £21,130,694 | +62.3% | |
| Net assets | £13,876,163 | £13,120,830 | £13,211,120 | £12,882,713 | £13,184,891 | £21,045,917 | +59.6% | |
| Equity | £13,876,163 | £13,120,830 | £13,211,120 | £12,882,713 | £13,184,891 | £21,045,917 | +59.6% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £222,189 | £294,506 | £379,691 | +28.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £236,384 | £237,090 | £152,381 | £152,068 | £262,982 | £231,854 | -11.8% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.0% | 3.9% | -1.2% | 1.4% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 10.1% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.59x | 4.33x | 5.02x | |
| Interest cover | 40.45x | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-10-07
- BICKNELL HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-10-07 → present
- BICKNELL HOLDINGS PLC 1982-11-05 → 2025-10-07
- BICKNELL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1971-07-14 → 1982-11-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Western Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BICKNELL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Canynge Bicknell (Street) Limited 100%
- Street Business Park Management Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 10 May 2021, the company and the trustees of the company's defined benefit pension scheme transacted a bulk annuity contract with an insurance company.”
- “During the current year, the investment in associated companies was subject to a reorganisation, such that Canynge Bicknell (Street) Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary and the investment in Canynge Bicknell (Lenfestey) Limited was disposed of.”
- “The company was re-registered from an unlisted public limited company (PLC) to a private limited company (Ltd) on 7th October 2025.”
- “The trustees triggered the formal winding up of the scheme with effect from 15 March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BICKNELL, Carl Royston | Director | 2014-06-01 | Jul 1976 | British |
| BICKNELL, Stephen Barrie | Director | 1992-10-01 | Jun 1950 | British |
| CASTELL, John Edward | Director | 1999-10-01 | Oct 1953 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BICKNELL, Eileen Lillian | Secretary | 2004-01-29 | 2026-02-05 |
| SCOTT, Rosalind Muriel | Secretary | 1993-07-01 | 2004-01-29 |
| SMITH, Edward Colin | Secretary | 1991-07-14 | 1993-06-30 |
| BICKNELL, Brian Robert | Director | 1991-07-14 | 2019-07-30 |
| BICKNELL, Eric Arthur | Director | 1991-07-14 | 1993-02-21 |
| BICKNELL, Patricia Marie | Director | 1991-07-14 | 2010-09-13 |
| SCOTT, Rosalind Muriel | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2021-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Carl Royston Bicknell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-08-26 | Active |
| B R Bicknell Will Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-09-30 | Ceased 2021-08-26 |
| Mr Brian Robert Bicknell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-30 |
| Mr Stephen Barrie Bicknell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-07 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-10-07 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-10-03 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-10-01 CC02 Notice removal restriction on company articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-07 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-10-07 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-10-07 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-03 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-10-01 | CC02 | change-of-constitution | Notice removal restriction on company articles | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.