BOURNE GROUP LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+0.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-23.4% vs 2023
Employees
161
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£545K
-164.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BOURNE GROUP LTD. 2018-09-10 → present
- BOURNE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING LTD 2007-11-13 → 2018-09-10
- BOURNE STEEL LTD 1997-04-02 → 2007-11-13
- FORELLE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1988-10-31 → 1997-04-02
- BOURNE STEEL LIMITED 1946-06-05 → 1988-10-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,610,623 | £46,329,687 | |
| Operating profit | £437,364 | £1,937,458 | |
| Profit before tax | £849,194 | -£545,310 | |
| Net profit | £722,901 | -£1,071,822 | |
| Cash | £8,192,552 | £8,265,269 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,539,727 | £7,105,905 | |
| Net assets | £11,840,977 | £9,074,655 | |
| Equity | £11,840,977 | £9,074,655 | |
| Average employees | 160 | 161 | |
| Wages | £10,608,739 | £11,403,036 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 27.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.9% | 45.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 26.13x | 78.55x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Director's 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 Group and Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BOURNE GROUP LTD. · parent
- Bourne Construction Ltd 100%
- Bourne Parking Ltd 100%
- Bourne Off-Site Solutions Ltd 100%
- Bourne Construction Engineering Ltd 100%
- Bourne Structures Ltd 100%
- Bourne Steel Ltd 100%
- Bourne Rail and Special Projects Ltd 100%
- Bourne London Ltd 100%
- Bourne Engineering Ltd 100%
- Bourne Nuclear Ltd 100%
- Bourne Design And Build Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In August 2024, Administrators were appointed following the demise of main contractor ISG Construction Ltd. The failure of this business was anticipated, and the Company had already taken steps to reduce exposure to new work with this client. Nevertheless, a loss was suffered on one long term project.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Howard | Director | 2005-06-24 | Apr 1972 | British |
| GALWAY, Craig Antony | Director | 2025-05-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| GOVIER, Stephen Philip William | Director | 2008-02-07 | Feb 1966 | British |
| HATTON, Nicholas Michael | Director | 2016-11-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Howard | Secretary | 2007-01-30 | 2021-07-16 |
| KING, Roger Charles | Secretary | — | 2007-01-31 |
| BAVEYSTOCK, Robert Harold | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2000-03-17 |
| BURKE, Rex | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| BUTTERS, Karl James | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2026-02-05 |
| COLES, Keith Neil | Director | 1997-04-28 | 2007-11-02 |
| DAY, Nicholas John | Director | 1991-11-22 | 1992-03-16 |
| DRANE, David Michael | Director | 1997-04-28 | 2006-01-03 |
| FERGUSON, Alasdair Forbes | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| FOX, Frederick Roy | Director | 1997-04-28 | 2000-12-29 |
| GRAHAM, Curzon | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-11-02 |
| GRANT, Geoffrey | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2005-01-07 |
| HAYES, Nicholas Roy | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| JONES, Michael John | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2002-06-28 |
| KING, Roger Charles | Director | — | 2007-01-31 |
| MOSS, Nigel John | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2024-06-13 |
| MOSS, Nigel John | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2007-11-02 |
| NOLSON, William Norman Brook | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2006-09-29 |
| PILLINGER, Alan Harold | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| PILLINGER, Alan Harold | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2007-11-02 |
| SANDS, David Frederick | Director | — | 2014-11-06 |
| SPICER, Peter | Director | 1998-03-12 | 2001-02-28 |
| WILLIAMSON, Robert Algie | Director | — | 1998-03-12 |
| WISCOMBE, Philip James | Director | 1997-04-28 | 2003-10-24 |
| WOOD, Terence James | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2015-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourne Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-8.5%
£50,610,623 £46,329,687
-
Cash
+0.9%
£8,192,552 £8,265,269
-
Net assets
-23.4%
£11,840,977 £9,074,655
-
Employees
+0.6%
160 161
-
Operating profit
+343%
£437,364 £1,937,458
-
Profit before tax
-164.2%
£849,194 -£545,310
-
Wages
+7.5%
£10,608,739 £11,403,036
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