BEN BURGESS & CO LIMITED
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Cash
£149k
+29.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£13m
+6.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
276
-4.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4m
-1.8% 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 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £177,597,918 | £183,766,946 | £170,777,725 | -7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,652,476 | £4,404,187 | £3,921,496 | -11% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,086,938 | £3,475,225 | £3,411,998 | -1.8% | |
| Net profit | £3,812,435 | £2,430,140 | £2,554,801 | +5.1% | |
| Cash | £3,513,817 | £115,004 | £149,310 | +29.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,115,160 | £20,907,328 | £21,655,275 | +3.6% | |
| Net assets | £11,773,738 | £11,803,878 | £12,558,679 | +6.4% | |
| Equity | £11,773,738 | £11,803,878 | £12,558,679 | +6.4% | |
| Average employees | 285 | 290 | 276 | -4.8% | |
| Wages | £11,264,089 | £11,791,283 | £10,863,134 | -7.9% | |
| 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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.1% | 21.1% | 18.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 85.2% | 84.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.05x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 9.99x | 4.74x | 7.55x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BEN BURGESS & CO LIMITED 2004-02-04 → present
- BEN BURGESS NEWMARKET LIMITED 2001-05-21 → 2004-02-04
- LEGISLATOR 1520 LIMITED 2001-03-05 → 2001-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILD, Alexander James | Director | 2024-09-27 | Sep 1983 | British |
| FAIRMAN, David Gerard | Director | 2015-05-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| FULLER, Martin John | Director | 2015-05-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| LOCKHART, Peter James | Director | 2001-05-18 | Dec 1962 | British |
| TURNER, Benjamin Thomas Burgess | Director | 2019-08-01 | Feb 1985 | British |
| TURNER, Benjamin Burgess | Director | 2001-05-18 | Sep 1956 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERCY, Adam | Secretary | 2011-02-22 | 2012-09-27 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-05 | 2001-05-18 |
| SUMNER, Raymond Leslie Garner | Secretary | 2001-05-18 | 2011-02-21 |
| WADE, Alex | Secretary | 2012-09-27 | 2024-02-01 |
| PICKERSGILL, Dominic James | Director | 2001-03-05 | 2001-05-18 |
| POOLEY, Maureen | Nominee Director | 2001-03-05 | 2001-05-18 |
| RUPP, John Ferdinand | Director | 2002-06-10 | 2021-03-31 |
| WHATLING, Robin Keith | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2008-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Burgess Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-04-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-17 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.