ELLIOTT BROTHERS (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-11
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+119.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
+2.5% vs 2023
Employees
324
-0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-36% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-11.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,568,000 | £92,870,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,060,000 | £2,093,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,557,000 | £1,636,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,976,000 | £1,133,000 | |
| Cash | £627,000 | £1,378,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,145,000 | £45,011,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,910,000 | £33,747,000 | |
| Equity | £32,910,000 | £33,747,000 | |
| Average employees | 326 | 324 | |
| Wages | £11,388,000 | £11,856,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 5.54x | 4.25x |
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
- Fiander Tovell 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
- ELLIOTT BROTHERS (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED · parent
- Elliott Brothers Limited 100%
- E B International Limited 100%
- Fordams (Fordingbridge) Limited 100%
- Elliotts Premier Roofing Limited 100%
- Premier Roofing Services Limited 100%
- Hardleys Kitchens and Bathrooms Limited 100%
- Futuremost Group Limited 100%
- Futuremost Limited 100%
- The Pyramid Centre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the directors approved and delivered the acquisition of Futuremost Limited, a PVC and aluminium window fabricator. It represents the largest acquisition in the history of Elliotts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHADWICK, Paul | Secretary | 2017-11-07 | — | — |
| CHADWICK, Paul | Director | 2024-12-10 | Jan 1979 | British |
| CHASE, Nicholas John | Director | 2017-06-30 | Apr 1949 | British |
| HAYWARD, Guy Desmond | Director | 2021-03-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| MASON-ELLIOTT, Stuart Graham | Director | — | Sep 1951 | British |
| MASON-ELLIOTT, Thomas Edward | Director | 2011-01-01 | Mar 1984 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHASE, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2006-01-24 | 2017-11-07 |
| MASON-ELLIOTT, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2011-01-01 |
| PLATT, David John | Secretary | — | 2006-01-24 |
| ASKHAM, Francis Guy Lewis | Director | — | 2017-06-30 |
| ECCLES, Bryan | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2011-01-01 |
| ELLIOTT, George Edgar Newlyn Mason | Director | — | 2007-05-28 |
| EMERY, Harry | Director | — | 1999-04-27 |
| PLATT, David John | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2021-02-02 |
| WILLIAMS, Caroline Ann, Dr | Director | 2017-05-16 | 2024-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-07-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+1.4%
£91,568,000 £92,870,000
-
Cash
+119.8%
£627,000 £1,378,000
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£32,910,000 £33,747,000
-
Employees
-0.6%
326 324
-
Operating profit
-31.6%
£3,060,000 £2,093,000
-
Profit before tax
-36%
£2,557,000 £1,636,000
-
Wages
+4.1%
£11,388,000 £11,856,000
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