BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
-0.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
-12.3% vs 2023
Employees
857
-3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-14.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- R.J.LUFF LIMITED 1933-08-23 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £222,208,000 | £219,476,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,325,000 | £7,059,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,050,000 | £6,859,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,499,000 | £6,280,000 | |
| Cash | £12,384,000 | £12,329,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,607,000 | £36,502,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,471,000 | £33,751,000 | |
| Equity | £38,471,000 | £33,751,000 | |
| Average employees | 888 | 857 | |
| Wages | £28,442,000 | £28,763,000 |
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 | 3.7% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 19.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 30.27x | 33.30x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Closure of the Exeter branch... The branch had been losing money for a number of years and thus was a substantial drain on management time. The capital released from the closure, and site sale, will become available to fund future growth in other locations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEY, John Graham | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1954 | British |
| HARWOOD, Lee Brian | Director | 2017-03-22 | Dec 1975 | British |
| YOUNG, David Andrew Walsh | Director | 2015-04-30 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERSUCH, Kevin John | Secretary | — | 2008-10-31 |
| HAUGHTON, Adrian Paul, Mr. | Secretary | 2008-10-31 | 2017-12-31 |
| ADAMS, George Miles Bramston | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-12-06 |
| ATHERSUCH, Kevin John | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| BAGGARLEY, Richard John | Director | 1998-03-01 | 1998-04-22 |
| BRADFORD, Peter Stanley | Director | — | 2006-08-22 |
| BRADFORD, Stephen Paul Job | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| BRIANT, Nicholas Adrian, Mr. | Director | 2015-03-05 | 2018-06-30 |
| CHURCH, Ian Stanton, Mr. | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2019-03-19 |
| CLARKE, Joseph Frederick | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| DAVID, Michael John | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| EBURNE, Mark Andrew | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2019-03-19 |
| GAMBLE, Andrew | Director | 1994-05-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| HAUGHTON, Adrian Paul, Mr. | Director | 2006-08-30 | 2017-12-31 |
| HOOLE, Peter | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2016-01-14 |
| KING, Gordon | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Rachel Marie | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-04-07 |
| LOVE, Simon Paul | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2003-01-01 |
| MERRIAM, Andrew William Kennedy | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2015-02-26 |
| MOYLE, Kingsley John | Director | 2019-05-21 | 2019-11-12 |
| SLADE, Peter David | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2011-01-07 |
| SMITH, Dennis James | Director | 1999-01-11 | 2014-04-08 |
| TIDMARSH, Michael John | Director | — | 2011-08-04 |
| WEBB, Ian John | Director | 2017-12-31 | 2018-07-09 |
| WOZENCROFT, Brian Charles William | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2003-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford And Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-1.2%
£222,208,000 £219,476,000
-
Cash
-0.4%
£12,384,000 £12,329,000
-
Net assets
-12.3%
£38,471,000 £33,751,000
-
Employees
-3.5%
888 857
-
Operating profit
-15.2%
£8,325,000 £7,059,000
-
Profit before tax
-14.8%
£8,050,000 £6,859,000
-
Wages
+1.1%
£28,442,000 £28,763,000
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