BROOKS AND WOOD LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3M
-49.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.3M
+3.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
85
+1.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£561K
-41.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,698,560 | £16,361,181 | £21,441,618 | £26,915,319 | £33,342,061 | £26,524,184 | -20.4% | |
| Operating profit | £670,799 | £709,253 | £714,999 | £932,770 | £962,532 | £547,076 | -43.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £725,828 | £698,643 | £705,952 | £935,038 | £959,514 | £560,909 | -41.5% | |
| Net profit | £579,506 | £548,034 | £576,629 | £716,421 | £730,455 | £414,668 | -43.2% | |
| Cash | £1,267,593 | £759,020 | £1,570,826 | £2,250,665 | £2,624,512 | £1,319,705 | -49.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,175,410 | £2,938,525 | £2,783,929 | £3,104,157 | £3,369,160 | £3,477,899 | +3.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,788,109 | £2,632,223 | £2,614,932 | £2,893,433 | £3,190,714 | £3,295,969 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £2,788,109 | £2,632,223 | £2,614,932 | £2,893,433 | £3,190,714 | £3,295,969 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 79 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 85 | +1.2% | |
| Wages | £2,766,930 | £2,724,743 | £3,356,610 | £4,952,240 | £5,907,063 | £5,030,184 | -14.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £100,938 | £102,583 | £86,263 | £1,240,855 | £1,849,177 | £864,236 | -53.3% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.1% | 24.1% | 25.7% | 30.0% | 28.6% | 15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 79.0% | 67.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.29x | 1.20x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | 42.06x | 66.21x | 77.79x | 96.18x | — | 63.74x |
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
- Ensors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BROOKS AND WOOD LIMITED · parent
- Brooks & Wood (Building) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2025 our auditors, Ensors Accountants LLP, merged with Azets Audit Services Limited. Accordingly Ensors Accountants LLP formally resigned as the company's auditors with the directors duly appointing Azets Audit Services Limited, trading as Ensors to fill the vacancy arising.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDLEY, Stuart James | Director | 2015-11-23 | Feb 1985 | British |
| FRENCH, Paul Jon | Director | 2015-11-23 | Jan 1971 | British |
| RUSSELL, Steven James | Director | 2015-11-23 | Jul 1976 | British |
| YOUNG, Greg Matthew | Director | 2015-11-23 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRACKNELL, Richard Keith | Secretary | 2000-06-14 | 2015-11-23 |
| FRENCH, Peter | Secretary | — | 2000-06-13 |
| AUGER, Anthony Leonard | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| CRACKNELL, Richard Keith | Director | — | 2015-11-23 |
| FRENCH, Peter | Director | — | 2000-06-13 |
| NORRIS, Paul Keith | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2015-06-04 |
| WHITING, Brian Edward | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| WOOD, Anthony John | Director | — | 2015-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks And Wood Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-12 | Active |
| Mr Stuart James Boardley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-07-12 |
| Mr Paul Jon French | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-07-12 |
| Mr Steven James Russell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-07-12 |
| Mr Greg Matthew Young | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-07-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.