BEATSON CLARK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£36M
+12.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£66M
+7.1% vs 2023
Employees
259
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
-23.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BEATSON CLARK LIMITED 2010-12-21 → present
- BEATSON CLARK PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1910-06-15 → 2010-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,128,000 | £82,640,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,090,000 | £8,393,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,498,000 | £9,521,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,297,000 | £6,364,000 | |
| Cash | £31,779,000 | £35,794,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,275,000 | £66,003,000 | |
| Net assets | £61,216,000 | £65,580,000 | |
| Equity | £61,216,000 | £65,580,000 | |
| Average employees | 256 | 259 | |
| Wages | £8,683,000 | £9,392,000 |
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 | 13.7% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.7% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.0% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.53x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, based on trading results, future cash flow forecasts, and the significant amount of unencumbered assets in the group, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from time of approval. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEATSON CLARK LIMITED · parent
- Beatson Clark Trustees Limited 100%
- Lewis & Towers Limited 100%
- Johnsen & Jorgenson Limited 100%
- Glass Container Decorating Services UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Key to the company's future success is the ongoing significant investment in the Rotherham facility.”
- “The company is committed to various projects to increase the efficiency and productivity of the manufacturing facility in Rotherham, including the design and production of lightweight containers, which use less material in their production but retain the integrity of the original container.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-09-29 | — | — |
| ETHERINGTON, Damien Mark | Director | 2023-06-02 | Jun 1969 | British |
| MALPASS, Mark David | Director | 2025-07-25 | Mar 1980 | British |
| NEWMAN, John Watson | Director | 2009-10-01 | Nov 1945 | British |
| NEWMAN, Richard John | Director | 2012-02-10 | Feb 1979 | British |
| PICKERING, Edward Arthur | Director | 2023-02-21 | May 1970 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALE, Andrew Paul | Secretary | 2001-04-27 | 2022-09-29 |
| HEMPSHALL, John Arthur | Secretary | 1993-03-15 | 2005-07-04 |
| STONES, Frank | Secretary | — | 1993-03-15 |
| ARMATAGE, David | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2016-03-30 |
| BALE, Andrew Paul | Director | 2001-04-27 | 2022-09-29 |
| CLARK, John Frederick Beatson | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| CLARKSON, Jeremy David | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2022-11-25 |
| COMONTE, Sheridan Willoughby Austell | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| COMPSON, Stephen Edwin John | Director | 2001-04-27 | 2019-06-28 |
| ENTWISTLE, Graham Michael | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2001-05-15 |
| ETHERINGTON, Damien Mark | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2023-02-24 |
| HEMPSHALL, John Arthur | Director | 1993-03-15 | 2005-07-04 |
| HIND, John Charles | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2010-06-01 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Bainbridge | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-10-26 |
| JONES, Alan Alfred | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2009-10-01 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Anthony Vincent | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2013-06-26 |
| MONTGOMERY, Robert Turner | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| MORAN, Peter | Director | — | 2002-03-29 |
| NEWMAN, John Watson | Director | — | 1996-05-02 |
| PARFORD, John Frederick Glinn | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| PYNE, Jeffrey Charles | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| ROBERTS, David | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2022-04-05 |
| SALTER, David | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2009-03-31 |
| SHIPP, Nicholas Damante | Director | — | 1996-05-02 |
| SIDEBOTTOM, Lynn | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2023-03-31 |
| STONES, Frank | Director | — | 1993-03-15 |
| WAINWRIGHT, John Charles | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2007-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newship Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr John Newman | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
-6.2%
£88,128,000 £82,640,000
-
Cash
+12.6%
£31,779,000 £35,794,000
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£61,216,000 £65,580,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
256 259
-
Operating profit
-30.6%
£12,090,000 £8,393,000
-
Profit before tax
-23.8%
£12,498,000 £9,521,000
-
Wages
+8.2%
£8,683,000 £9,392,000
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