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Cash

£4.7M

+6.7% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£4.7M

+5.6% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

59

-1.7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£346K

-64.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31

Metric Trend 2023-10-312024-10-312025-10-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £16,389,650£28,824,475£12,181,162 -57.7%
Operating profit £352,325£761,692£229,366 -69.9%
Profit before tax £377,708£978,307£346,040 -64.6%
Net profit £282,004£754,783£251,121 -66.7%
Cash £1,949,065£4,381,820£4,673,834 +6.7%
Total assets less current liabilities £3,722,646£4,477,429£4,728,550 +5.6%
Net assets £3,722,646£4,477,429£4,728,550 +5.6%
Equity £3,722,646£4,477,429£4,728,550 +5.6%
Average employees 566059 -1.7%
Wages £3,000,812£3,554,141£3,310,209 -6.9%
Directors' remuneration £274,054£371,344£360,988 -2.8%

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 2023-10-312024-10-312025-10-31
Operating margin 2.1%2.6%1.9%
Net margin 1.7%2.6%2.1%
Return on capital employed 9.5%17.0%4.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 72.6%58.8%
Current ratio 1.46x1.37x1.69x

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

  1. BRIGGS & FORRESTER SPECIAL PROJECTS LIMITED 2020-01-31 → present
  2. BRIGGS AND FORRESTER (SPECIAL PROJECTS) LIMITED 1990-10-05 → 2020-01-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
MHA
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based upon these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the Directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”

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
ASKEW, Jeremy Graham Secretary 2021-06-30
ASKEW, Jeremy Graham Director 2021-06-30 Nov 1969 British
BURTON, Paul Director 2017-09-27 Dec 1963 British
COPUS, Joel Director 2016-01-04 Jul 1971 British
CUNNINGHAM, Timothy John Director 2019-05-15 Apr 1962 British
LAWTON, Andrew Philip Director 2025-05-01 May 1987 British
Show 9 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
BRUNT, Trevor Ernest Director 2003-07-01 2019-10-25
CHAMPION, Eric Stanley Director 1996-04-26
HOLLAND, John Austin Director 2003-12-24
NOBLE, Timothy Peter Director 2009-01-05 2017-03-30
O SULLIVAN, Cornelius James Director 2006-01-01 2009-09-30
STANTON, Michael Philip Director 2020-12-31

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 115 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2020-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-03-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-06-30 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2021-06-30 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2021-03-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-09-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-03-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-01-31 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution PDF
2019-10-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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