BEN BENNETT JR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+41% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+10.6% vs 2023
Employees
64
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+36.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £12,440,678 | £12,461,392 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,014,018 | £1,276,870 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,277,746 | £1,738,772 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £854,345 | £1,311,118 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,421,133 | £3,414,003 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £14,195,509 | £15,583,627 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £12,398,509 | £13,709,627 | |
| Equity | £8,823,396 | £9,746,663 | £10,255,431 | — | — | £12,398,509 | £13,709,627 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 64 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,915,780 | £3,092,818 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 8.2% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1% | 8.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 3.74x | 4.39x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEN BENNETT JR LIMITED · parent
- Super Limes Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the death of the company's majority shareholder, Mr B Bennett Jr who owned 67% of the share capital. These shares are currently held within his estate which is yet to distributed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINGFIELD, Ian | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | — | — |
| BARKS, David | Director | 2016-10-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| BENNETT, Jane | Director | — | Nov 1966 | British |
| BENNETT, Norma | Director | 1995-08-18 | Jun 1938 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDELL, Philip Jonathan | Secretary | — | 2019-04-30 |
| BENNETT, Benjamin James | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2025-05-09 |
| BENNETT, Benjamin | Director | — | 2011-04-05 |
| BENNETT JR, Benjamin | Director | — | 2021-10-20 |
| RAWSON, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| UDELL, Philip Jonathan | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2019-07-31 |
| UDELL, Philip | Director | — | 2002-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Barks | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-11-17 | Active |
| Mrs Norma Bennett | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-10 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
| Mr Benjamin Bennett Jr | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-25 | Ceased 2025-09-10 |
| Mrs Jane Bennett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-07-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-30 vs 2023-12-30
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Turnover
+0.2%
£12,440,678 £12,461,392
-
Cash
+41%
£2,421,133 £3,414,003
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£12,398,509 £13,709,627
-
Employees
0%
64 64
-
Operating profit
+25.9%
£1,014,018 £1,276,870
-
Profit before tax
+36.1%
£1,277,746 £1,738,772
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Wages
+6.1%
£2,915,780 £3,092,818
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