BRETT AGGREGATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£69M
+9.5% vs 2023
Employees
261
+5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+809.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BRETT AGGREGATES LIMITED 1999-01-05 → present
- BRETT GRAVEL LIMITED 1998-12-03 → 1999-01-05
- BRETT AGGREGATES LIMITED 1993-01-19 → 1998-12-03
- BRETT GRAVEL LIMITED 1993-01-19 → 1998-12-03
- ACE SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY LIMITED 1936-07-24 → 1993-01-19
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 | £124,527,000 | £142,168,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,000 | £5,937,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,042,000 | £7,394,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,159,000 | £5,562,000 | |
| Cash | £4,000 | £4,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,672,000 | £84,268,000 | |
| Net assets | £63,341,000 | £69,361,000 | |
| Equity | £63,341,000 | £69,361,000 | |
| Average employees | 248 | 261 | |
| Wages | £10,300,000 | £11,376,000 |
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 | 0.0% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.5% | 38.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.98x | 2.08x | |
| Interest cover | 0.01x | 16.05x |
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
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the Company's future cash forecasts and revenue projections through to December 2026 which they believe to be based on prudent market data. They are of the opinion that the forecasts and projections, which take account of possible changes in trading, show that the Company should be able to operate within its available banking facilities.”
Group structure
- BRETT AGGREGATES LIMITED · parent
- Havering Aggregates Limited 100%
- Brett Fairlop Limited 100%
- Hithermoor Soil Treatments Limited 100%
- The Alresford Sand & Ballast Company Limited 100%
- Aylett Gravel Limited 100%
- Aylett Investment Company Limited 100%
- Ferris Aggregates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On January 1, 2024 the business and trading assets of Havering Aggregates Limited and Brett Fairlop Limited, subsidiaries of Brett Aggregates Limited, were transferred to the Company.”
- “A group reorganisation which took effect from January 2024 led to the improved operating profit performance for the Company.”
- “Under a composite guarantee dated December 20, 2024 the Company has guaranteed the borrowing of certain other group companies from its bankers. At December 31, 2024, the sum guaranteed was £8,880,000 (2023 - £636,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KITCHIN, Susan Frances | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| BRETT, William John | Director | 1999-08-02 | Apr 1965 | British |
| COUPLAND, Philip David | Director | 2023-10-02 | Jun 1970 | British |
| GILBERT, John | Director | 2002-07-25 | Dec 1946 | British |
| MUTCH, Gregor John | Director | 2008-09-01 | Nov 1959 | British |
| TARN, Nicholas James | Director | 2015-06-30 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, John | Secretary | 2002-07-25 | 2020-01-01 |
| WOOLNOUGH, Peter Barry | Secretary | — | 2002-07-26 |
| BRETT, Stephen Robert | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| BRETT, Timothy William | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Michael Roderick | Director | 1993-01-06 | 1995-09-30 |
| DRURY, Martin Reilly | Director | 1993-01-06 | 1998-12-31 |
| LONGLAND, Tom Mark | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2023-04-11 |
| PEER, John Scott | Director | — | 1997-08-18 |
| RUSSELL, Simon John | Director | 1997-08-18 | 2006-12-31 |
| SMITH, Alan Henry | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| TALLON, Peter William John | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2013-09-10 |
| WOOLNOUGH, Peter Barry | Director | — | 2002-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-01 | Active |
| Robert Brett & Sons Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-01-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2024-01-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-01-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+14.2%
£124,527,000 £142,168,000
-
Cash
0%
£4,000 £4,000
-
Net assets
+9.5%
£63,341,000 £69,361,000
-
Employees
+5.2%
248 261
-
Operating profit
+65,866.7%
£9,000 £5,937,000
-
Profit before tax
+809.6%
-£1,042,000 £7,394,000
-
Wages
+10.4%
£10,300,000 £11,376,000
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