BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-06 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+8.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£45M
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
162
-3.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-50.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED 2019-05-01 → present
- BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1877-10-26 → 2019-05-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,812,250 | £22,684,854 | |
| Operating profit | £2,258,106 | £940,380 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,494,251 | £1,225,016 | |
| Net profit | £1,762,045 | £1,030,394 | |
| Cash | £11,573,235 | £12,570,983 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,058,906 | £52,927,827 | |
| Net assets | £44,069,592 | £45,071,028 | |
| Equity | £44,069,592 | £45,071,028 | |
| Average employees | 168 | 162 | |
| Wages | £5,377,045 | £5,217,208 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.6% | 20.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.23x | 5.49x | |
| Interest cover | 1026.41x | 765.16x |
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
- Hill Osborne Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 and parent 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.”
Group structure
- BERTHON BOAT COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Berthon International Limited 100%
- Express Cruisers Limited 100%
- Berthon France SARL 100%
- Lymington Marina Limited 100%
- Berthon Power Limited 100%
- Berthon RIB Solutions Limited 100%
- BHG Marine Limited 100%
- BHG Service Limited 100%
- Marine IP Limited 100%
- Berthon International Yacht Sales Spain S.L 70%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHT, Karen Marie | Secretary | 2016-07-04 | — | — |
| MAY, Brian Oliver John | Director | — | Jun 1961 | British |
| MAY, Dominic Oliver | Director | — | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETHERIDGE, Ian Martin | Secretary | 1996-08-05 | 2016-07-04 |
| GRANTHAM-HILL, Rodney Peter | Secretary | — | 1994-06-27 |
| GRAVES, John Michael | Secretary | 1994-06-27 | 1996-04-04 |
| MAY, Dominic Oliver | Secretary | 1996-04-04 | 1996-08-05 |
| HEMINGWAY, John Gwilym | Director | — | 2003-09-30 |
| MAY, David Oliver | Director | — | 2002-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brian Oliver John May | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-04-22 | Active |
| Mr Dominic Oliver May | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-04-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-22 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-0.6%
£22,812,250 £22,684,854
-
Cash
+8.6%
£11,573,235 £12,570,983
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£44,069,592 £45,071,028
-
Employees
-3.6%
168 162
-
Operating profit
-58.4%
£2,258,106 £940,380
-
Profit before tax
-50.9%
£2,494,251 £1,225,016
-
Wages
-3%
£5,377,045 £5,217,208
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers