BANCROFT LIMITED
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Cash
£25m
+200.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£26m
-24.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
133
+13.7% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.5m
+15.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,382,728 | £56,507,480 | £49,506,683 | £59,616,571 | £69,592,223 | £100,288,879 | +44.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,756,111 | £1,057,228 | £444,876 | £1,444,788 | £3,706,417 | £4,279,683 | +15.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,754,458 | £1,037,380 | £428,913 | £1,501,339 | £3,912,784 | £4,528,462 | +15.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,013,025 | £1,504,336 | £691,219 | £1,465,578 | £3,370,445 | £3,792,293 | +12.5% | |
| Cash | £6,475,591 | £6,009,363 | £3,149,801 | £3,031,814 | £8,383,276 | £25,205,891 | +200.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,534,284 | £36,588,587 | £36,521,972 | £38,083,580 | £40,345,612 | £32,211,171 | -20.2% | |
| Net assets | £29,499,392 | £29,603,728 | £30,294,947 | £31,760,525 | £33,830,970 | £25,623,263 | -24.3% | |
| Equity | £29,499,392 | £29,603,728 | — | £31,760,525 | £33,830,970 | £25,623,263 | -24.3% | |
| Average employees | 117 | 110 | 107 | 108 | 117 | 133 | +13.7% | |
| Wages | £8,477,282 | £9,653,475 | £9,046,646 | £11,735,932 | £14,291,866 | £17,512,397 | +22.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,224,928 | £2,664,899 | £1,930,911 | £3,708,942 | £5,409,466 | £7,556,452 | +39.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £10,237 | £9,246 | £7,925 | -14.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £1,799,372 | £2,270,429 | £3,991,131 | +75.8% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 5.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 4.8% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 9.2% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.4% | 16.3% | -13.6% | 42.4% | 40.9% | 61.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.00x | 2.14x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | 37.76x | 13.10x | 82.39x | — | — |
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
- BANCROFT LIMITED 1995-12-15 → present
- ELECTRICAL & COMMUNICATION SERVICES LIMITED 1994-03-10 → 1995-12-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Haslers Assurance LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- BANCROFT LIMITED · parent
- Gradeley Limited 100%
- Bancroft Blue Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors declared a dividend of £12,000,000 (2024 £1,300,000) in order to pay down historic intercompany debt.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCKRELL, Brett | Secretary | 1995-06-06 | — | British |
| BISSEKER, Adrian Keith John | Director | 2004-05-06 | Oct 1971 | British |
| COCKRELL, Brett | Director | 1999-10-21 | Jan 1962 | British |
| DODD, Jason | Director | 2013-02-12 | Jan 1968 | British |
| HORTON, Daniel John | Director | 2019-01-14 | Nov 1979 | British |
| MARTIN, Barry William | Director | 2007-07-19 | Mar 1979 | British |
| MARTIN, Tony | Director | 1995-06-21 | Oct 1952 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTONE, Margaret | Secretary | 1994-03-25 | 1995-06-06 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-10 | 1994-04-12 |
| BAKER, Scott | Director | 2004-09-14 | 2009-01-04 |
| CAYZER, Gregory Charles | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2003-08-01 |
| COCKRELL, Brett | Director | 1998-10-24 | 1999-04-09 |
| COURT, James Edward | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2022-11-02 |
| DEAL, David William | Director | 1996-09-17 | 1999-08-31 |
| FITT, Ian Charles | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2007-06-30 |
| GEARY, John William | Director | 2018-01-11 | 2021-10-08 |
| GIPSON, Gary Frederick | Director | 2009-03-17 | 2015-12-17 |
| HUGHES, Alan | Director | 1998-10-24 | 2004-04-30 |
| HYATT, David Leslie George | Director | 2010-12-13 | 2012-07-23 |
| JOHNSON, Sasha Liann | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2023-11-10 |
| MARDLE, Philip Brian, Mr. | Director | 2009-03-17 | 2012-08-17 |
| MARTIN, William | Director | 1994-03-25 | 1997-08-31 |
| MINT, Colin | Director | 2001-05-31 | 2008-10-31 |
| MOORE, Martin John | Director | 1994-03-25 | 1995-02-17 |
| NEWITT, David John | Director | 2004-12-23 | 2011-10-14 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Katie Marie | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2021-09-23 |
| PAIGE, Simon Jonathon | Director | 1995-06-21 | 1996-04-30 |
| PENNY, Jeffrey John | Director | 1999-08-07 | 2004-02-27 |
| WHEELER, Ian David | Director | 1998-06-12 | 2001-01-25 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-03-10 | 1994-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft Group Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Teem Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.