A.E.BURGESS & SONS,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£424K
-42.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-11.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
68
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£295K
+65.4% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-04-01 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,092,948 | £19,770,075 | £15,635,989 | £15,359,585 | |
| Operating profit | — | £152,845 | £219,991 | -£719,160 | -£108,508 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £73,205 | £103,080 | -£852,760 | -£295,225 | |
| Net profit | — | £51,573 | £32,177 | -£787,585 | -£232,399 | |
| Cash | £34,372 | £198,984 | £908,062 | £734,398 | £424,373 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,655,749 | £5,595,338 | £4,326,652 | £4,076,891 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,153,173 | £4,005,350 | £3,045,660 | £2,693,261 | |
| Equity | £4,221,600 | £4,153,173 | £4,005,350 | £3,045,660 | £2,693,261 | |
| Average employees | — | 87 | 82 | 68 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | £2,449,358 | £3,512,023 | £2,280,798 | £2,426,394 |
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 | 2018-04-01 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.9% | 1.1% | -4.6% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | 0.2% | -5.0% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.7% | 3.9% | -16.6% | -2.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.18x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.92x | 1.88x | -5.38x | -0.58x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- 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
- “Trading profits during FY24 remained broadly in line with the previous period but have been impacted by the ongoing strong macro-economic inflationary headwinds in the UK across all categories of inputs, but particularly in labour and energy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Jane | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | — | British |
| BURGESS, Norman Victor | Director | — | Feb 1947 | British |
| BURGESS, Steven Victor | Director | 1998-06-01 | May 1976 | British |
| GUNDLE, Robert | Director | 2006-12-01 | May 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Norman Victor | Secretary | — | 1997-08-01 |
| BURGESS, Muriel Elsie | Director | — | 1992-01-07 |
| PRESTON, Neil Steven | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2021-01-31 |
| REEVES, Barry Graham | Director | — | 2000-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven Victor Burgess | Individual | Shares 50–75%, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Norman Victor Burgess | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-1.8%
£15,635,989 £15,359,585
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-42.2%
£734,398 £424,373
-
Net assets
-11.6%
£3,045,660 £2,693,261
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
68 68
-
Operating profit
+84.9%
-£719,160 -£108,508
-
Profit before tax
+65.4%
-£852,760 -£295,225
-
Wages
+6.4%
£2,280,798 £2,426,394
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