OLIVER BONAS LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
-32.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£26m
-3% vs 2024
Employees
1,730
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.8m
-14% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £135,783,443 | £150,285,474 | £166,955,652 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | £8,952,209 | £8,202,382 | £7,245,296 | -11.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,638,782 | £7,879,015 | £6,775,928 | -14% | |
| Net profit | £6,826,442 | £5,463,778 | £5,245,538 | -4% | |
| Cash | £14,644,743 | £18,870,236 | £12,819,920 | -32.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,536,223 | £34,791,568 | £36,940,165 | +6.2% | |
| Net assets | £24,870,401 | £27,214,939 | £26,406,203 | -3% | |
| Equity | £24,870,401 | £27,214,939 | £26,406,203 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 1,553 | 1,684 | 1,730 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £31,317,417 | £35,388,429 | £39,632,967 | +12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £45,690 | £45,752 | £532,125 | +1,063.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,100 | £2,604 | £2,556 | -1.8% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £23,826 | £506,563 | +2,026.1% |
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 | 6.6% | 5.5% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 3.6% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.3% | 23.6% | 19.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.8% | 63.5% | 63.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.20x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 22.71x | 17.23x | 9.74x |
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
- OLIVER BONAS LIMITED 1999-08-26 → present
- SPEED 7804 LIMITED 1999-07-01 → 1999-08-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern...”
Group structure
- OLIVER BONAS LIMITED · parent
- Oliver Bonas (Ireland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025, our store portfolio increased to 95 stores with the opening of 9 new locations, alongside 11 existing store upsizes and relocations.”
- “After a positive start to the year in terms of sales, the launch of our new ERP system in August led to various teething problems that continued through the peak trading season.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLIDGE, Timothy Richard Naunton | Secretary | 1999-09-06 | — | British |
| HOLLIDGE, Timothy Richard Naunton | Director | 1999-09-06 | Feb 1967 | British |
| TRESS, Oliver James Mark | Director | 1999-08-12 | May 1967 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRESS, Mark Julian Cecil | Secretary | 1999-08-12 | 1999-09-06 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-01 | 1999-08-12 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-07-01 | 1999-08-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Oliver James Mark Tress | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Richard Naunton Hollidge | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.