BURNSALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
-31.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.9m
-76.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
19
+46.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.4m
-4.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £12,594,447 | £13,343,775 | £14,751,204 | +10.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £7,407,351 | £5,862,536 | £6,195,586 | +5.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £7,724,877 | £6,640,982 | £6,364,475 | -4.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £5,922,727 | £4,961,631 | £4,724,895 | -4.8% | |
| Cash | £7,441,631 | £8,074,435 | £6,328,025 | £2,298,059 | £4,917,201 | £3,367,293 | -31.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,622,533 | £8,273,139 | £11,738,226 | £15,476,646 | £20,717,611 | £5,390,010 | -74% | |
| Net assets | £7,622,533 | £8,273,139 | — | £15,451,646 | £20,409,311 | £4,884,206 | -76.1% | |
| Equity | £7,622,533 | £8,273,139 | £11,738,226 | £15,451,646 | £20,409,311 | £4,884,206 | -76.1% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 19 | +46.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,011,312 | £4,075,257 | £4,582,991 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £243,062 | £1,085,994 | £2,103,750 | +93.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £243,062 | £806,340 | £656,241 | -18.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 58.8% | 43.9% | 42.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 47.0% | 37.2% | 32.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 47.9% | 28.3% | 114.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.6% | 13.5% | — | 12.1% | 11.6% | 29.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.71x | 8.92x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the accounts.”
Significant events
- “Ownership of Burnsall transferred to an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT) on 3rd April 2025”
- “During the year, the directors loans were fully repaid. The amount outstanding at the balance sheet date was £nil (2024 - £7,409,650).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENT, Richard Granger | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
| ROBINSON, Lucy Susan | Director | 2025-04-03 | May 1986 | British |
| SHANNON, Scott Edward John | Director | 2025-04-03 | May 1987 | British,Irish |
| TOMLINSON, Joseph Edward | Director | 2025-04-03 | Jan 1975 | American |
| YOUNGSON, Robert Peter William | Director | 2025-04-03 | May 1978 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACNAB, Andrew James | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2021-09-30 |
| SCRASE, Nicholas John | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2025-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorner Lane Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Andrew James Macnab | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-01-08 | Ceased 2021-09-30 |
| Mr Nicholas John Scrase | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-08 | Ceased 2021-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-21 | 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.