BOWER ROEBUCK & CO.,LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Simpson Wood Limited

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

1. BOWER ROEBUCK & CO.,LIMITED · parent
   1. A Laverton & Co (Huddersfield) Limited 100% · England & Wales · Dormant
   2. Savile Clifford Limited 100% · England & Wales · Cloth merchant
   3. Lassiere Mills Limited 100% · England & Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “Adjustments in the luxury market following the post-COVID surge in 2023.”
• “Soft demand during the first three quarters, with a partial recovery in Q4.”
• “Continued pressure on labour costs due to wage inflation mandated by the UK government.”
• “Customer demand and order intake in the first half followed the trend observed in the second half of 2023. In response, we intensified efforts to gain market share in adjacent segments by launching a new brand, Fernmoor, supported by a sophisticated and refined collection targeting womenswear.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -21.4%

  £10,493,008 → £8,246,258

• Cash

  -88.3%

  £770,479 → £90,282

• Net assets

  +4.5%

  £4,668,305 → £4,876,311

• Employees

  -5.7%

  70 → 66

• Operating profit

  -67.9%

  £965,331 → £309,781

• Profit before tax

  -75%

  £832,172 → £208,006

• Wages

  -2.8%

  £2,372,471 → £2,305,728

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers