BENDALLS ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+171.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+13.3% vs 2023
Employees
182
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+151.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-24
- BENDALLS ENGINEERING LIMITED 2025-04-24 → present
- CARR'S ENGINEERING LIMITED 2016-05-10 → 2025-04-24
- CARRS ENGINEERING LIMITED 1999-09-15 → 2016-05-10
- JAMES BENDALL & SONS LIMITED 1997-12-24 → 1999-09-15
- JAMES A BENDALL (PROPERTY) LIMITED 1988-08-05 → 1997-12-24
- JAMES BENDALL & SONS LIMITED 1946-12-19 → 1988-08-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-02 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,362,942 | £28,518,740 | |
| Operating profit | £3,260,706 | £2,417,405 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,483,645 | £1,779,034 | |
| Net profit | -£3,483,645 | £1,245,982 | |
| Cash | £496,559 | £1,348,525 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,457,582 | £19,761,026 | |
| Net assets | £11,626,486 | £13,176,100 | |
| Equity | £11,626,486 | £13,176,100 | |
| Average employees | 177 | 182 | |
| Wages | £6,910,838 | £7,659,350 |
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 | 2023-09-02 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | -15.6% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.1% | 68.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 3.63x | 3.52x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has sufficient financial resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least the next twelve months. The directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis. Further details can be found in the going concern section of the statement of accounting policies on page 15.”
Group structure
- BENDALLS ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Walischmiller Engineering GmbH 100%
- NW Total Engineered Solutions Ltd 100%
- Chirton Engineering Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since year end the ultimate parent company, Carr's Group plc, agreed to dispose of its shareholding in Carr's Engineering Limited to Cadre Holdings, Inc. The disposal is expected to complete shortly after the signing of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBY, Chad Eliot | Director | 2025-04-22 | Mar 1972 | American |
| BROWERS, Blaine Aaron | Director | 2025-04-22 | Dec 1978 | American |
| SAUNDERS, Sean Michael | Director | 2021-11-10 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, George | Secretary | — | 1996-07-24 |
| RATCLIFFE, Matthew | Secretary | 2016-11-25 | 2023-09-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Paula | Secretary | 2023-09-25 | 2025-04-22 |
| WOOD, Katie | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2016-11-25 |
| WOOD, Ronald Chalmers | Secretary | 1996-07-24 | 2013-01-01 |
| AUSTIN, Neil | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2023-02-21 |
| BEATTIE, Susan | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| BENDALL, Joyce Elizabeth | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| DAVIES, Timothy John | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-01-12 |
| HARTLEY, Graham Michael | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2021-02-16 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Nigel Couper | Director | 1996-07-24 | 2013-07-31 |
| MURRAY, Frederick Robert | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2003-08-30 |
| MURRAY, Neil Harvey | Director | 1999-11-22 | 2008-09-08 |
| PELHAM, Hugh Marcus | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2021-10-11 |
| STUART, Ian | Director | — | 1996-06-28 |
| WELSH, John Crawford | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| WHITE, David Andrew | Director | 2023-02-21 | 2025-04-22 |
| WOOD, Ronald Chalmers | Director | 1996-07-24 | 2013-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadre Holdings, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-22 | Active |
| Carr's Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-24 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-05-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-09-02
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Turnover
+27.5%
£22,362,942 £28,518,740
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Cash
+171.6%
£496,559 £1,348,525
-
Net assets
+13.3%
£11,626,486 £13,176,100
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Employees
+2.8%
177 182
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Operating profit
-25.9%
£3,260,706 £2,417,405
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Profit before tax
+151.1%
-£3,483,645 £1,779,034
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Wages
+10.8%
£6,910,838 £7,659,350
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