BENNETT OPIE,LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-12 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-54.4% lowest in 10 filed years

Net assets

£22M

+8.6% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

141

-2.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£3M

+6.6% vs 2024

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

BENNETT OPIE,LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=348

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-27	2020-03-28	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£34,276,606	—	£31,617,321	—	£43,783,638	—	£44,508,767	—	£50,419,540	£52,678,279
Operating profit	£2,423,516	—	£2,571,920	—	£3,772,690	—	£1,660,014	—	£2,507,477	£2,685,123
Profit before tax	£2,473,556	—	£2,568,471	—	£3,779,318	—	£1,756,964	—	£2,802,863	£2,986,842
Net profit	£2,058,493	—	£2,098,748	—	£3,011,174	—	£1,541,857	—	£2,313,710	£2,424,283
Cash	£5,515,301	£5,515,301	£3,580,201	£3,580,201	£4,816,653	£4,816,653	£1,675,406	£1,675,406	£2,475,923	£1,128,792
Total assets less current liabilities	£11,743,069	—	£13,273,314	—	£15,578,018	—	£16,705,299	—	£18,147,438	£20,149,784
Net assets	£11,151,420	—	£13,440,498	—	£16,252,212	—	£18,360,819	—	£20,236,029	£21,979,312
Equity	£11,151,420	£11,151,420	£13,440,498	£13,440,498	£16,252,212	£16,252,212	£18,360,819	£18,360,819	£20,236,029	£21,979,312
Average employees	114	—	130	—	132	—	136	—	144	141
Wages	£4,404,683	—	£3,657,636	—	£3,791,488	—	£4,430,774	—	£5,296,785	£5,859,920

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	2020-03-27	2020-03-28	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	7.1%	—	8.1%	—	8.6%	—	3.7%	—	5.0%	5.1%
Net margin	6.0%	—	6.6%	—	6.9%	—	3.5%	—	4.6%	4.6%
Return on capital employed	20.6%	—	19.4%	—	24.2%	—	9.9%	—	13.8%	13.3%
Interest cover	268.53x	—	1579.80x	—	436.20x	—	646.17x	—	285.01x	67128.07x

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.

People

10 active · 12 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GORDON, Lee	Secretary	2023-10-20	—	—
DAVIES, William James	Director	2016-04-04	Jul 1966	British
FOX, Paul Anthony	Director	2001-08-03	Jan 1968	British
GODLEY, Mark James	Director	2016-02-18	Feb 1970	British
GORDON, Lee	Director	2023-10-20	Jan 1970	British
OPIE, Christopher Ian William	Director	2015-09-04	Mar 1978	British
OPIE, David Ian Bennett, Reverend	Director	1992-03-13	Aug 1951	British
OPIE, Philip Gerard	Director	—	May 1951	British
OPIE, William Jean	Director	—	Jun 1954	British
WITTAMS, Judith Margaret	Director	—	May 1948	British

Show 12 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BROOK, Brenda	Secretary	—	2002-03-31
WARD, Stephen Patrick	Secretary	2002-04-01	2023-10-20
BAILEY, Stuart Anthony	Director	2011-02-04	2023-10-20
LING, Darril Geoffrey	Director	2016-04-04	2019-05-03
OPIE, Betty Annie	Director	2006-06-01	2007-06-11
OPIE, Betty Annie	Director	—	2006-03-09
OPIE, Derek William	Director	—	2009-07-05
OPIE, Jeannine Alice	Director	—	2019-03-06
STRINGER, Michael Gerald William	Director	2006-06-01	2025-07-30
STRINGER, Michael Gerald William	Director	—	2002-04-08
WARD, Stephen Patrick	Director	1997-01-01	2023-10-20
WHITE, Derek Arthur	Director	1997-01-01	2016-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Bennett Opie Holdings Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-12-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-11-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-02-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-12-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-12	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-11-12	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-01-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-11-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-03-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-11-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-11-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+4.5%

£50,419,540 £52,678,279

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

-54.4%

£2,475,923 £1,128,792

lowest in 10 filed years
Net assets

+8.6%

£20,236,029 £21,979,312

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

-2.1%

144 141
Operating profit

+7.1%

£2,507,477 £2,685,123
Profit before tax

+6.6%

£2,802,863 £2,986,842
Wages

+10.6%

£5,296,785 £5,859,920

highest in 6 filed years

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

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