BENOY LIMITED
BENOY LIMITED is a private limited company incorporated in the UK, specialising in architectural activities, urban planning, and landscape architectural services, with Handley House Limited as its largest shareholder.
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Cash
£5.5m
-56.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
-40.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
400
-7.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£12m
-2,152.8% lowest 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 | £40,148,000 | £43,446,000 | £33,125,000 | -23.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,403,000 | £459,000 | -£12,529,000 | -2,829.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,343,000 | £606,000 | -£12,440,000 | -2,152.8% | |
| Net profit | -£2,888,000 | -£758,000 | -£11,874,000 | -1,466.5% | |
| Cash | £11,826,000 | £12,643,000 | £5,473,000 | -56.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,659,000 | £23,764,000 | £16,244,000 | -31.6% | |
| Net assets | £23,642,000 | £23,841,000 | £14,233,000 | -40.3% | |
| Equity | £23,642,000 | £23,841,000 | £14,233,000 | -40.3% | |
| Average employees | 422 | 433 | 400 | -7.6% | |
| Wages | £23,125,000 | £24,463,000 | £22,209,000 | -9.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £886,000 | £988,000 | £860,000 | -13% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £278,000 | £288,000 | £354,000 | +22.9% |
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 | -6.0% | 1.1% | -37.8% | |
| Net margin | -7.2% | -1.7% | -35.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.2% | 1.9% | -77.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.6% | 37.2% | 64.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.45x | 2.58x | 2.09x | |
| Interest cover | -89.00x | — | — |
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
- BENOY LIMITED 1996-01-24 → present
- WINTON LIMITED 1992-07-27 → 1996-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the directors' assessment of the current and forecast future trading and cash flows... we have concluded that it remains appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BENOY LIMITED · parent
- Benoy (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- Benoy (North America) Limited 100%
- Benoy (KSA) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, on 12th January 2026, we announced the closure of our studios in Hong Kong and Singapore.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTLEDGE, Graham Stanley | Director | 1992-09-02 | Jan 1947 | British |
| CARTLEDGE, Thomas | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| MORLING, Neil Andrew | Director | 2023-07-27 | Feb 1962 | British |
| THORNTON, Amy | Director | 2023-11-30 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORD, Joan Mary | Secretary | 2001-12-31 | 2020-03-31 |
| MARSHALL, Lee | Secretary | 2002-12-18 | 2007-07-16 |
| MCGRATH, Derek John | Secretary | 1992-09-02 | 2001-12-31 |
| PEARS, Carolyn | Secretary | 2007-08-20 | 2018-08-31 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-07-27 | 1993-07-27 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-07-27 | 1993-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Cartledge | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Graham Stanley Cartledge | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Handley House Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-15 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.