SIR JACOB BEHRENS & SONS,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
+25.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+12.7% vs 2023
Employees
80
+23.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+19.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £22,841,742 | £25,812,538 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,114,852 | £2,384,094 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,478,713 | £2,965,736 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,146,829 | £2,234,118 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £7,788,703 | £9,785,534 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £18,180,938 | £20,453,900 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £18,098,215 | £20,395,224 | |
| Equity | — | — | £16,165,290 | £18,098,215 | £20,395,224 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 65 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,008,594 | £3,816,432 |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 9.3% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 9.4% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 11.6% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.58x | 3.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 402.45x |
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
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- SIR JACOB BEHRENS & SONS,LIMITED · parent
- Den-co-wear Limited 51%
- 1D Agency Ltd 60%
Significant events
- “Following the acquisition of 1D Agency Ltd in the year the group now also provides a range of advertising services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Christopher David Maxwell | Secretary | — | — | British |
| HUGHES, Christopher David Maxwell | Director | — | Mar 1957 | British |
| HUGHES, George Christopher John | Director | 2016-09-06 | Oct 1989 | British |
| HUGHES, Henry Christopher David | Director | 2023-03-01 | Sep 1992 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHRENS, Charles William Dalrymple | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2014-09-25 |
| BEHRENS, John Stephen | Director | — | 2017-05-07 |
| HUGHES, George David | Director | — | 2014-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tbrtts Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-26 | Active |
| Mr Christopher David Maxwell Hughes | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-26 |
| Mr Christopher David Maxwell Hughes | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+13%
£22,841,742 £25,812,538
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Cash
+25.6%
£7,788,703 £9,785,534
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Net assets
+12.7%
£18,098,215 £20,395,224
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Employees
+23.1%
65 80
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Operating profit
+12.7%
£2,114,852 £2,384,094
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Profit before tax
+19.6%
£2,478,713 £2,965,736
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Wages
+26.9%
£3,008,594 £3,816,432
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