THOMAS BROADBENT & SONS,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-19 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+33.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+16.2% vs 2023
Employees
182
+9.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+102.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,909,678 | £33,698,540 | |
| Operating profit | £1,515,731 | £2,398,020 | |
| Profit before tax | £824,270 | £1,671,760 | |
| Net profit | £634,874 | £1,173,684 | |
| Cash | £1,941,908 | £2,594,034 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,836,827 | £13,156,766 | |
| Net assets | £7,870,543 | £9,146,438 | |
| Equity | £7,870,543 | £9,146,438 | |
| Average employees | 166 | 182 | |
| Wages | £7,310,740 | £7,631,345 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 18.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 2.19x | 3.29x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result of unforeseen execution difficulties relating to a particular contract, the Group breached an EBITDA financial covenant in August 2025 and is anticipated to remain in a short-term breach position until November 2025 before returning to covenant compliance. The lender has confirmed they will continue to fund and support the Group under the original terms of the facility during the period of non-compliance and has provided a written covenant compliance waiver for this period.”
Group structure
- THOMAS BROADBENT & SONS,LIMITED · parent
- Broadbent Inc.
- Broadbent China Limited
- Broadbent (Thailand) Limited
- Broadbent India PVT Ltd
- Centrifugal Engineering Limited
- Broadbent Laundry Systems Limited
Significant events
- “In October 2024 the Company successfully completed an Asset Based Lending Facility with IGF to replace the lending facility provided by HSBC. This was a complex transaction which took many months to achieve given the international nature of our business. The new facility will support the Company's efforts to improve operational capabilities and grow in traditional and new markets.”
- “As a result of unforeseen execution difficulties relating to a particular contract, the Group breached an EBITDA financial covenant in August 2025 and is anticipated to remain in a short-term breach position until November 2025 before returning to covenant compliance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DURKIN-JONES, Matthew Nicholas | Secretary | 2021-10-13 | — | — |
| BROADBENT, Simon Andrew | Director | — | Aug 1953 | British |
| COUCH, Nicholas Hartley | Director | — | Nov 1932 | British |
| DURKIN-JONES, Matthew Nicholas | Director | 2021-10-13 | Dec 1966 | British |
| GRIMWOOD, Geoffrey Clive, Dr | Director | — | Oct 1952 | British |
| STANDRING, Martin James | Director | 2016-01-29 | Aug 1964 | British |
| TAYLOR, Daniel James | Director | 2025-03-21 | Sep 1986 | British |
| THEWLIS, Michael John | Director | 2018-01-22 | Mar 1962 | British |
| ZHAO, Weihong, Dr | Director | 2016-01-29 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELL, Douglas William | Secretary | — | 1997-04-14 |
| KNAPP, John Emerson | Secretary | 1997-04-14 | 2021-10-13 |
| AINSWORTH, Alan | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2021-12-31 |
| BEAUMONT, Roger David | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2006-04-05 |
| BROADBENT, Peter | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| DEAN, Anthony John | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2015-07-10 |
| GRIMWOOD, Geoffrey Luther | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| KELL, Douglas William | Director | — | 1997-04-14 |
| KNAPP, John Emerson | Director | 1997-04-14 | 2021-10-13 |
| LIVESEY, Ian | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2025-03-04 |
| NEWBERY, Leslie Alan | Director | 1992-12-15 | 2002-12-16 |
| WRIGHT, John | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Andrew Broadbent | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£29,909,678 £33,698,540
-
Cash
+33.6%
£1,941,908 £2,594,034
-
Net assets
+16.2%
£7,870,543 £9,146,438
-
Employees
+9.6%
166 182
-
Operating profit
+58.2%
£1,515,731 £2,398,020
-
Profit before tax
+102.8%
£824,270 £1,671,760
-
Wages
+4.4%
£7,310,740 £7,631,345
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