BURNS & WILCOX GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£27m
+1.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£15m
-13.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
+24.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.9m
-275.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £13,188,626 | £11,706,603 | £10,780,741 | -7.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,602,734 | £759,324 | -£3,258,539 | -529.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,477,032 | £1,624,408 | -£2,856,259 | -275.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,911,658 | £1,048,552 | -£2,283,669 | -317.8% | |
| Cash | £31,950,237 | £26,140,635 | £26,632,491 | +1.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,286,541 | £17,241,116 | £14,984,878 | -13.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,286,541 | £17,241,116 | £14,984,878 | -13.1% | |
| Equity | £16,286,541 | £17,241,116 | £14,984,878 | -13.1% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 73 | 91 | +24.7% | |
| Wages | £7,667,549 | £7,198,187 | £7,902,141 | +9.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,089,823 | £1,005,389 | £1,247,307 | +24.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £116,475 | £65,078 | £62,877 | -3.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £480,968 | £477,802 | £600,000 | +25.6% |
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 | 12.2% | 6.5% | -30.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 9.0% | -21.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.8% | 4.4% | -21.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.2% | 70.3% | 85.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.42x | 0.89x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-14
- BURNS & WILCOX GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2025-07-14 → present
- CHESTERFIELD INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 1999-01-06 → 2025-07-14
- JASMAG INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1996-02-14 → 1999-01-06
- BURGINHALL 802 LIMITED 1995-01-24 → 1996-02-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BURNS & WILCOX GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Lochain Patrick Insurance Brokers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 15th September 2025, the Company acquired Lochain Patrick Insurance Brokers Limited as part of a group reorganisation under common control. The transaction has been accounted for at book value reflecting the carrying value of the net assets at the date of transfer.”
- “In preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025, the Company identified prior period errors in respect of certain legacy balance sheet accounts which should have been written off before 1 January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANE, Emily Rose | Secretary | 2026-08-25 | — | — |
| GREENSMITH, Richard Paul | Director | 2025-09-19 | Jan 1975 | British |
| JONES-BAK, Helen Rachel | Director | 2025-09-19 | Jan 1972 | British |
| KAUFMAN DAVIS, Jodie | Director | 2026-09-18 | Aug 1981 | American |
| TRITTON, Jonathan | Director | 2025-11-30 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEFFORD, Kenneth Jack | Secretary | 1995-11-24 | 1999-05-28 |
| WILLIAMS, David Benjamin | Secretary | 1999-05-28 | 2025-02-11 |
| GRAY'S INN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-24 | 1995-11-24 |
| ATTFIELD, Paul Steven | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2015-11-30 |
| BAILEY, Richard Leslie | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2025-06-04 |
| BOYLE, Rupert Alexander | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2004-06-17 |
| BUCKENHAM, Joanna | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2012-01-27 |
| BUCKENHAM, John Keith | Director | 1995-11-24 | 1999-12-14 |
| BULLOCK, Michael Jonathan | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2003-04-11 |
| FRASER, Simon John | Director | 1995-11-24 | 1999-12-14 |
| GRIFFITHS, David Howard | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2026-01-31 |
| HIRST, Gary Mark | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2014-08-08 |
| KAUFMAN, Alan Jay | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2019-11-22 |
| KAUFMAN, Daniel Joshua | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2019-11-22 |
| MCGRAW, Alan John | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2018-02-07 |
| MCKENZIE, Stephen Alan | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2004-09-07 |
| MULDOWNEY, Daniel Thomas | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2019-11-22 |
| RITCHIE, Miles Malcolm | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2003-06-30 |
| STEVENSON, James Roger | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2026-08-04 |
| SUPRAMANIAM, Ratnajothy | Director | 2007-09-28 | 2019-12-31 |
| THACKER, Andrew | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2025-02-13 |
| WILLIAMS, David Benjamin | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2025-02-11 |
| ZOIDIS, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2019-11-22 |
| DH & B DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-24 | 1995-11-24 |
| DH & B MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-24 | 1995-11-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-14 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-07-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.