BURBIDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
-£843k
-26.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £7,790,333 | £7,219,667 | £6,743,649 | -6.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,501,766 | -£456,483 | -£754,399 | -65.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,589,057 | -£668,022 | -£843,171 | -26.2% | |
| Net profit | -£1,208,057 | -£572,134 | -£1,441,171 | -151.9% | |
| Cash | £267,774 | £198,226 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,172,235 | £5,937,544 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,933,329 | £5,363,983 | — | — | |
| Equity | £4,933,329 | £5,363,983 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 60 | 53 | — | — | |
| Wages | £2,042,277 | £1,904,960 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £468,127 | £385,571 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,697 | £25,374 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £134,009 | £101,291 | — | — |
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 | -19.3% | -6.3% | -11.2% | |
| Net margin | -15.5% | -7.9% | -21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -29.0% | -7.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.3% | 28.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 2.13x | — | |
| Interest cover | -11.95x | -2.63x | -4.63x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dafferns Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the working capital requirements of the Group and believe that the resources available to them are sufficient and appropriate for the ongoing trading needs of the business. As a result of this assessment, the going concern assumption continues to be adopted in the preparation of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- BURBIDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Burbidge & Son Limited 100%
- BSL Pension Trustee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 06 August 2025, the scheme entered into a bulk annuity policy. the reduction in the surplus is shown within Other Comprehensive Income on page 10.”
- “On 03 July 2026, the group completed the sale of its investment property located at Burnsall Road for £1,000,000, being the fair value of the property, see note 13.”
- “On 30 June 2026, the group entered into a new £671k bank loan facility with Natwest Bank. The loan bears interest at 8.14% per annum and is repayable in August 2027.”
- “In January 2026, one of the directors advanced £250,000 to the Group in the form of a loan. Interest is charged on the loans at a flat rate of 10%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURBIDGE, Emma Jane | Secretary | 2010-03-23 | — | British |
| BURBIDGE, Benedict James | Director | 2010-03-23 | Jul 1967 | British |
| KEELING, Benjamin Rhys | Director | 2025-06-18 | May 1994 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAVEN, Graham | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2026-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Lovell Burbidge | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
| Mrs Sandra Elizabeth Burbidge | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
| Mr Benedict James Burbidge | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2020-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.