WATTS BLAKE BEARNE AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£105M
-7.4% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-19.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WATTS BLAKE BEARNE AND COMPANY LIMITED 2008-07-30 → present
- WATTS BLAKE BEARNE AND COMPANY P.L.C. 1914-01-20 → 2008-07-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,697,000 | £2,172,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,063,000 | £1,601,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £113,306,000 | £104,907,000 | |
| Net assets | £113,306,000 | £104,907,000 | |
| Equity | £113,306,000 | £104,907,000 | |
| Average employees | 4 | — | |
| Wages | £804,000 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 63.44x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment, which included trading since the year end, the base case and downside forecast scenarios of future performance, the availability of funds through the cash pool and £27m deposit agreement arrangements via WBB, as well as the ability of Silfin NV to provide such a facility as and when required to be drawn down, for the going concern assessment period to 31 December 2026, the directors believe that the UK group of companies and the entity itself will be able to meet their liabilities as and when they fall due for that period. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WATTS BLAKE BEARNE AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Glassflake Ltd 25.1%
- Sibelco Minerals and Chemicals (Holdings) Ltd 100%
- WBB Eastern Europe Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHTON, Daniel Mark, Mr. | Director | 2025-03-17 | Jun 1978 | British |
| BURFEIND, Arne, Mr. | Director | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1972 | German |
| LOIX, Benny Jozef Maria | Director | 2021-04-13 | Nov 1967 | Belgian |
| MORDOVCHENKO, Elena | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1971 | French |
| UPHILL, Benjamin Mark, Mr. | Director | 2025-03-17 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWDEN, David Bertram | Secretary | — | 1993-05-27 |
| FORREST, Chantal Benedicte | Secretary | 2002-02-21 | 2008-07-31 |
| HOLYOAK, Ian David | Secretary | 2001-01-01 | 2002-02-21 |
| WATTS, William John Christopher | Secretary | 1993-05-27 | 2000-12-31 |
| ASH, Eric | Director | — | 1995-12-20 |
| BECKETT, Michael Ernest | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| BOENS, Laurence | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2022-04-29 |
| BOWDEN, David Bertram | Director | — | 1996-05-24 |
| BROWN, Wilson Dyet | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2006-05-31 |
| CUTBUSH, Thomas Charles | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2015-01-01 |
| DANIELS, Adam Bradley | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2025-03-17 |
| DECAT, Kurt Jean-Emile Elise | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| DELEERSNYDER, Jean-Luc Andre Victor | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2020-08-31 |
| DESLYPERE, Frédéric | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2026-03-31 |
| EMSENS, Jacques | Director | 1993-12-31 | 2019-06-25 |
| EMSENS, Stanislas | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| FORREST, Chantal Benedicte | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2008-07-31 |
| GARGOUR, Gilbert Nicholas | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| GROLL, Eckart | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| GROSSPETER, Horst | Director | — | 1995-05-01 |
| HERREMANS, Jean Louis | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2015-03-01 |
| HERREMANS, Jean Louis | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2008-06-25 |
| HIGGS, Michael Ruston | Director | 2002-09-26 | 2007-12-31 |
| HILLEBRAND, Gerhard | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2006-12-31 |
| JAMES, Mark Christopher | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| JEWSON, Richard Wilson, Sir | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| LAWSON, Graham Bernard, Dr | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2002-07-11 |
| LENTON, Aylmer Ingram | Director | — | 1993-12-24 |
| LESSER, Frederick Alan Simon | Director | 1993-12-24 | 2002-05-10 |
| MATTHEWSON, Howard James | Director | 2000-12-08 | 2002-05-21 |
| MITCHELL, Dennis | Director | — | 1995-12-30 |
| MORENO DIAZ, Felix | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2019-12-31 |
| PIKE, Claude Drew | Director | — | 1995-07-27 |
| PIKE, John Drew | Director | — | 2001-04-03 |
| ROBERTSON, Timothy Patrick Vyvyan | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Ronald | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2003-10-01 |
| SPEECKAERT, Alain | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2010-07-27 |
| TAWNEY, Christopher | Director | 2001-02-16 | 2007-03-31 |
| TORRES, Francisco Fernando Fernandez | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2004-05-14 |
| VAN PUT, John Willem | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| VINCK, Karel Clement Jozef | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2002-09-01 |
| YOUNG, Michael Robert, Dr | Director | 1996-05-24 | 2001-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scr Sibelco Nv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 323 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-08 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-7.4%
£113,306,000 £104,907,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-19.5%
£2,697,000 £2,172,000
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