BESA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£120k
-7.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£2.6m
+21.4% vs 2025
Employees
4
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£2m
+3.7% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-11.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,133,083 | £11,246,253 | +23.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,917,757 | £1,985,394 | +3.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,922,410 | £1,993,503 | +3.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,135,963 | £1,619,817 | +42.6% | |
| Cash | £130,468 | £120,142 | -7.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,694,398 | £3,481,148 | +29.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,152,326 | £2,611,882 | +21.4% | |
| Equity | £2,152,326 | £2,611,882 | +21.4% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £11,750 | — |
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 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.0% | 17.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 71.2% | 57.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.2% | 82.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 0.93x |
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
- BESA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED 2015-12-17 → present
- B&ES PUBLICATIONS LTD 2012-05-30 → 2015-12-17
- HVCA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED 2011-11-16 → 2012-05-30
- SENNA PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED 1995-03-17 → 2011-11-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDY, Skye Anne | Secretary | 2020-02-29 | — | — |
| COGAN, Kirsty | Director | 2022-07-29 | Nov 1981 | British |
| FRISE, David William | Director | 2022-07-29 | Apr 1960 | British |
| HARDY, Skye Anne | Director | 2020-02-29 | Oct 1984 | British |
| ROPNER, Henry John William, Sir | Director | 2022-07-29 | Oct 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, David John | Secretary | 1995-03-17 | 1997-03-01 |
| GREEN, Susan | Secretary | 1997-03-01 | 2010-12-17 |
| KIRTON, Richard Bruce | Secretary | 2010-12-17 | 2020-02-29 |
| FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-17 | 1995-03-17 |
| GREEN, Andrew Clifford | Director | 1995-03-17 | 2010-12-17 |
| GREEN, Arthur George | Director | 1996-10-17 | 2000-06-30 |
| GREEN, David John | Director | 1997-03-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| KIRTON, Richard Bruce | Director | 2010-12-17 | 2020-02-29 |
| FNCS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-17 | 1995-03-17 |
| WELPLAN LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-12-17 | 2022-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&Esa Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-01 | Active |
| Welplan Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-03-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-02-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.