AMSAFE BRIDPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-46.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£60M
-10.7% vs 2023
Employees
96
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
+484.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,445,000 | £39,955,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,756,000 | £4,294,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,317,000 | £8,914,000 | |
| Net profit | £179,000 | £7,309,000 | |
| Cash | £13,952,000 | £7,435,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,249,000 | £68,236,000 | |
| Net assets | £67,522,000 | £60,272,000 | |
| Equity | £67,522,000 | £60,272,000 | |
| Average employees | 101 | 96 | |
| Wages | £4,771,000 | £4,803,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.0% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 18.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.9% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.16x | 6.00x | |
| Interest cover | -10.61x | 18.83x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a consequence of these enquiries the directors have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period to September 2026. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- AMSAFE BRIDPORT LIMITED · parent
- Shield Restraint Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the company was awarded a $3,500,000 (£2,723,000 at time received) settlement for damages relating to Intellectual Property.”
- “As with 2023, the drafting error identified in the defined benefit pension plan documentation remains under review and the company has taken legal advice and in the process of making a rectification application.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RASHTAN, Fazil | Secretary | 2025-09-15 | — | — |
| JONES, Tracy Maria | Director | 2023-03-29 | Jun 1976 | British |
| ROSENBLUM, Benjamin Remer, Mr. | Director | 2026-04-07 | May 1984 | American |
| SABOL, Liza Ann | Director | 2019-10-16 | Mar 1978 | American |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Malcolm Stuart | Secretary | 2000-08-04 | 2012-12-31 |
| KENTFIELD, Ian Paul | Secretary | 1996-03-11 | 1996-05-22 |
| LAWRANCE, Fiona Rose | Secretary | 1995-09-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| MACSPORRAN, Graham | Secretary | — | 1995-09-01 |
| PRENTICE, Hamish Murray | Secretary | 1999-12-20 | 2000-08-14 |
| WHITEROD, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2023-06-01 | 2025-09-16 |
| ABBOTT, Jason Mark | Director | 2017-06-19 | 2021-02-01 |
| ASHTON, Jeremy Christopher | Director | 2021-09-13 | 2024-07-06 |
| BECKEMEYER, Kenneth John | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2009-01-31 |
| BOWDEN, John, Managing Director | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| BROOKS, Malcolm Stuart | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2012-12-31 |
| COWLEY, Brian Maurice | Director | — | 1993-06-24 |
| CRANDALL, Jonathan David | Director | 2018-08-29 | 2019-10-16 |
| DARLEY, Patrick Neilson | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| DILBEY, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1994-01-21 |
| GILBERT, Dennis | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2012-04-30 |
| GLUTH, Robert Charles | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2000-08-04 |
| KENTFIELD, Ian Paul | Director | 2011-03-23 | 2018-01-15 |
| KENTFIELD, Ian Paul | Director | 1996-03-11 | 1996-05-22 |
| LYONS, Terence | Director | 2009-02-03 | 2012-02-15 |
| LYONS, Terence W | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2008-04-25 |
| MACSPORRAN, Graham | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| MCILWRAITH, Alan Robert | Director | 1998-12-31 | 2011-03-23 |
| PARADIE, Terrance Mark | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2018-01-15 |
| PHILLIPS, Edward Joseph | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2005-06-30 |
| PRENTICE, Hamish Murray | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2000-08-14 |
| PRITZKER, Robert Alan | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2000-08-04 |
| ROR, Audun | Director | 2024-07-06 | 2026-01-29 |
| RUFUS, Gregory | Director | 2012-02-15 | 2016-08-03 |
| SKULINA, James Leonard | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2018-08-29 |
| STORK, Lee James | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2023-03-29 |
| WHITE, Leslie George | Director | 2013-01-03 | 2016-10-14 |
| WOODS, Geoffrey David | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2000-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transdigm Group Incorporated | Corporate entity | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-12-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+6.7%
£37,445,000 £39,955,000
-
Cash
-46.7%
£13,952,000 £7,435,000
-
Net assets
-10.7%
£67,522,000 £60,272,000
-
Employees
-5%
101 96
-
Operating profit
+214.3%
-£3,756,000 £4,294,000
-
Profit before tax
+484.7%
-£2,317,000 £8,914,000
-
Wages
+0.7%
£4,771,000 £4,803,000
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