BELL,SONS & CO.(DRUGGISTS)LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PBG Associates Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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

• “During the period sales decreased from £53,652,924 to £51,868,281 and the profit on ordinary activities before taxation was £6,151,982 (2024: £7,588,182). Turnover has decreased year on year by 3% due to decrease in customer demand, changes in product mix.”
• “Energy consumption and Greenhouse gas emissions during the year, we consumed 805,652 kWh of electricity (a 39% decrease on previous year) and 451,175 kWh of gas (a 14% increase on previous year). ...Our Scope 1 and Scope 2 gross greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year ended 31 March 2025 was 85.7 tonnes of CO2 (a 70% decrease on previous year).”
• “Energy saving initiatives have been progressed in 2024 with 379 self-consumption photovoltaic units (solar panels) across 979m2 of the Southport factory & office roof space giving 204 kWh. This is delivering a further electricity saving of 27%.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -3.3%

  £53,652,924 → £51,868,281

• Cash

  +0.9%

  £7,083,255 → £7,148,176

• Net assets

  +18.4%

  £25,982,340 → £30,763,788

• Employees

  -6.4%

  204 → 191

• Operating profit

  -18.9%

  £7,582,273 → £6,151,982

• Profit before tax

  -18.9%

  £7,588,182 → £6,151,982

• Wages

  -6.1%

  £5,995,803 → £5,630,110

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