J.N. BENTLEY LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the Mott MacDonald Group, the company provides civil engineering, mechanical, and electrical contracting services primarily for the UK water and environmental sectors.
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Cash
£48m
+49.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£48m
+24.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,216
+8.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£26m
+37.4% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £388,340,000 | £510,234,000 | £533,840,000 | +4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £12,854,000 | £17,549,000 | £24,558,000 | +39.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,545,000 | £18,787,000 | £25,817,000 | +37.4% | |
| Net profit | £10,491,000 | £13,925,000 | £19,383,000 | +39.2% | |
| Cash | £30,650,000 | £32,126,000 | £47,979,000 | +49.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,969,000 | £52,207,000 | £60,777,000 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £29,061,000 | £38,986,000 | £48,369,000 | +24.1% | |
| Equity | £29,061,000 | £38,986,000 | £48,369,000 | +24.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,642 | 2,035 | 2,216 | +8.9% | |
| Wages | £95,951,000 | £123,176,000 | £137,827,000 | +11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,152,000 | £1,380,000 | £1,482,000 | +7.4% |
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 | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.8% | 33.6% | 40.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.6% | 69.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.08x | 1.09x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In determining whether the Company annual financial statements can be prepared on the going concern basis, the Board considered all factors likely to affect its future development, performance and financial position, including cash flows, liquidity position and the risks and uncertainties relating to its business activities and relationship with shareholders and business model as explained above. In preparing our forecasts for a period through to 30 June 2027 the following key sensitivities were used; margin reductions (as a result of risks impacting margin delivery) and working capital pressures brought upon by delayed client settlements. We have performed reverse stress tests on the forecasts to consider the potential impact on the Company's financial results of weaker market conditions and of delays in recovery of receivables which is considered to be consistent with the scenario that could occur should a customer have financial difficulties. These scenarios, along with consideration of the mitigating actions that could be taken should they arise, led the directors to consider there to be a remote likelihood of the company not remaining a going concern for the forecast period. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Our evaluation of the Directors' assessment of the Group and the Parent Company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting included: Challenging the rationale for the assumptions used in the cash flow forecasts prepared to facilitate the Directors' conclusions related to the use of the going concern basis of accounting, using our knowledge of the business and the sector; Considering the appropriateness of the Directors' forecasts by testing their mathematical accuracy, assessing historical forecasting accuracy and understanding the Directors' consideration of downside sensitivity analysis and reverse stress testing; Reperforming sensitivities on the Directors' base case and stressed case scenarios, considering the likelihood of these occurring, and understanding and challenging the mitigating actions the Directors' would take under these scenarios; and Assessing the going concern disclosures against the requirements of the accounting standards, and assessing the consistency of the disclosures with the Directors' forecasts and assessment. 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 and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- J.N. BENTLEY LIMITED · parent
- Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited 75%
- JBA Bentley Limited 75%
Significant events
- “There has been no significant post statement of financial position events identified.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2018-12-20 | — | — |
| BENTLEY, Paul Rogerson | Director | 1999-05-28 | May 1967 | British |
| BESTER, Ian | Director | 2022-10-03 | Aug 1981 | British |
| HARRIS, James Huw Keir | Director | 2014-09-18 | Jun 1968 | Welsh |
| RHODES, Jonathan David | Director | 2018-12-20 | Oct 1974 | British |
| ROUD, Edwin George | Director | 2014-09-18 | Sep 1963 | British |
| TETLOW, Steven Christopher | Director | 2022-10-03 | Jun 1966 | British |
| TRAVERS, Catherine Helen | Director | 2024-12-31 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITSTEAD, Christopher John | Secretary | 2003-01-24 | 2008-07-25 |
| FOWLER, Sara Elizabeth | Secretary | 1993-12-15 | 2003-01-24 |
| GREY, Richard Julian | Secretary | — | 1993-12-14 |
| THOMPSON, Helen Marie | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2018-12-20 |
| ARMITSTEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2008-07-25 |
| BEAN, David John | Director | — | 1993-11-01 |
| BENTLEY, David Mark | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2020-04-01 |
| BENTLEY, John Nicholas | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| BENTLEY, Martin Matthew | Director | 2004-10-14 | 2014-12-15 |
| BINNS, John Alastair | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2019-09-20 |
| BRADSHAW, John Neil | Director | — | 2000-07-28 |
| CAIN, Jonathan Michael Field | Director | 1999-05-28 | 2013-03-31 |
| CUNDILL, Philip Robert | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2020-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Andrew Robert | Director | 2008-07-25 | 2015-04-30 |
| FIELD, Richard David, Doctor | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2013-01-11 |
| FITTON, James Richard | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2020-04-01 |
| GREENWOOD, John Matthew | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2020-04-01 |
| HAIGH, Michael David | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2022-07-29 |
| JEFFERY, Judith | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2020-04-01 |
| MARSH, George Robert | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2012-04-12 |
| PEARSON, David Peter | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2008-12-19 |
| RIDGE, Angus James Anderson | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2020-04-01 |
| RIDINGS, John Gordon | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2013-01-11 |
| RISDON, Richard, Mr. | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2022-10-03 |
| STAIANO, Harry Francis | Director | — | 2004-06-01 |
| TETLOW, Steven Christopher | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2020-04-01 |
| TOZER, Rodney | Director | — | 1992-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.