BONA LIMITED
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Cash
£494k
-11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.7m
+28% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
23
+4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£501k
+88.4% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,914,055 | £8,346,023 | — | £8,650,470 | £9,255,087 | +7% | |
| Operating profit | £304,481 | — | — | £321,026 | £546,551 | +70.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £277,446 | £226,933 | — | £265,777 | £500,620 | +88.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £198,170 | £373,729 | +88.6% | |
| Cash | £418,827 | £543,804 | £474,432 | £560,519 | £494,384 | -11.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £2,177,647 | £2,407,678 | +10.6% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £1,334,355 | £1,708,084 | +28% | |
| Equity | £1,261,714 | £1,392,105 | £1,136,185 | £1,334,355 | £1,708,084 | +28% | |
| Average employees | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £1,039,436 | £1,064,979 | — | £1,123,891 | £1,164,758 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | — | — | 3.7% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.3% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 14.7% | 22.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 63.5% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.78x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 5.81x | 11.32x |
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
- BONA LIMITED 2009-01-16 → present
- BONAKEMI LIMITED 1999-02-22 → 2009-01-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cottons Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Alexandra Louise | Secretary | 2016-11-11 | — | — |
| LINDELL, Kerstin, Dr | Director | 2024-09-27 | Nov 1967 | Swedish |
| TERSTEEG, Eric | Director | 2024-09-27 | Mar 1968 | Dutch |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURRANT, Christopher Robert | Secretary | 1999-02-22 | 2000-07-01 |
| MORGAN, Olwen Mary | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2016-11-11 |
| ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-22 | 1999-02-22 |
| ANDERSSON, Lars-Olle | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2010-12-13 |
| ANDERSSON, Magnus | Director | 2022-05-02 | 2024-08-14 |
| AXELSSON, Torbjorn Lars Ake | Director | 2010-12-13 | 2018-11-18 |
| BJORCK, Claes | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2004-07-01 |
| CORNELIUS, Peter Pontus | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2022-01-10 |
| FJELLANDER, Pia | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| FROST, Ronald Anthony | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| IGELBRINK, Ansgar | Director | 2002-05-02 | 2007-02-28 |
| JOHANSSON, Stefan | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2007-01-25 |
| LINDELL, Kerstin, Dr | Director | 2022-01-10 | 2022-05-02 |
| LINDELL, Kerstin, Dr | Director | 2007-01-25 | 2021-02-22 |
| LINDSTROM, Mats | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2000-07-01 |
| SJOBERG, Peter | Director | 2022-05-02 | 2024-08-20 |
| TUVNER, Joakim Lars | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2020-09-01 |
| ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-02-22 | 1999-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bona Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.