BRIGGS & FORRESTER ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£12M
+25.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14M
+14.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
224
-10.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+37.7% 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 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £105,555,183 | £134,827,786 | £124,347,530 | -7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,290,963 | £1,703,537 | £2,362,248 | +38.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,310,123 | £1,754,212 | £2,415,227 | +37.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,001,479 | £1,315,762 | £1,797,018 | +36.6% | |
| Cash | £8,494,948 | £9,268,971 | £11,596,736 | +25.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,118,445 | £12,437,058 | £14,237,437 | +14.5% | |
| Net assets | £11,118,445 | £12,434,207 | £14,231,225 | +14.5% | |
| Equity | £11,118,445 | £12,434,207 | £14,231,225 | +14.5% | |
| Average employees | 255 | 250 | 224 | -10.4% | |
| Wages | £15,516,150 | £16,704,444 | £15,154,426 | -9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £638,622 | £999,722 | £832,092 | -16.8% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.6% | 13.7% | 16.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.7% | 80.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.23x | 1.27x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BRIGGS & FORRESTER ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED 2004-11-01 → present
- BRIGGS & FORRESTER (MECHANICAL SERVICES) LIMITED 1973-04-05 → 2004-11-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- 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 for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Our key climate ambition continues to be to achieve net zero in our own scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and be net zero across our business and supply chain by 2040.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASKEW, Jeremy Graham | Secretary | 2021-06-30 | — | — |
| ASKEW, Jeremy Graham | Director | 2021-06-30 | Nov 1969 | British |
| BURTON, Paul | Director | 2004-11-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| HOLMES, Kenny Charles James | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Ian Francis | Director | 2014-09-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| NEWMAN, William John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1985 | British |
| SHEAF, Martin Barrie | Director | 2023-12-01 | Aug 1983 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Graham Richard | Secretary | — | 1996-08-30 |
| NOON, Alan John | Secretary | 1996-08-30 | 2010-03-26 |
| SIMSON, John Charles | Secretary | 2010-03-26 | 2021-06-30 |
| CHAMPION, Eric Stanley | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| CHURCH, Christopher Michael | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| CLEASBY, Daniel | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2005-07-14 |
| GREENSILL, Neil Franklin | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| MOORE, Barry Roy | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2010-10-31 |
| PAILING, Malcolm Charles | Director | — | 2003-12-24 |
| PAYNE, Mark | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| SARJEANT, Alec George | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2023-05-15 |
| STANTON, Michael Philip | Director | 1996-04-26 | 2020-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Glynne | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| WORTH, Philip John | Director | — | 1992-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs & Forrester Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.