BYWATERS (LEYTON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
248
-11.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£211K
-88.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,057,814 | £41,482,507 | |
| Operating profit | £2,229,046 | £572,322 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,798,242 | £210,838 | |
| Net profit | £1,587,230 | £56,813 | |
| Cash | £9,373,007 | £9,044,187 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,737,129 | £26,432,236 | |
| Net assets | £24,869,924 | £24,776,497 | |
| Equity | £24,869,924 | £24,776,497 | |
| Average employees | 280 | 248 | |
| Wages | £10,259,985 | £9,806,715 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.9% | 41.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 3.04x | 0.81x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow projections for the period until March 2027 and are satisfied that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group forecasts and projections, which take into account reasonable possible changes in trading performance show that the group will be able to operate within the level of current banking facilities.”
Group structure
- BYWATERS (LEYTON) LIMITED · parent
- Bywaters Gateway Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group's property loan was successfully refinanced in August 2024 for a further 5 years.”
- “In November 2025, the company's lender issued a waiver in respect of the covenant test completed in December 2025, which relates to the 12 month period to 31 March 2025.”
- “We obtained our Greenhouse Gas GHG emissions ISO14064 certification in February 2025.”
- “Additionally, we partnered with our bank and linked our financial objectives with our sustainability actions by signing Sustainability Improvement Loan agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLOVER, Helen Muriel | Director | 2007-12-21 | Aug 1955 | British |
| GLOVER, John Paul | Director | 2013-01-02 | Feb 1981 | British |
| GLOVER, John Stuart | Director | — | May 1946 | British |
| GLOVER, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2007-12-21 | Mar 1958 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOVER, John Stuart | Secretary | — | 2007-12-21 |
| WENT, Paul | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2009-08-03 |
| BLYDE, William David | Director | 2008-10-30 | 2009-10-02 |
| BROWN, Amanda Jane | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2021-09-05 |
| BUTCHER, Craig Nicholas | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2012-05-21 |
| GLOVER, Malcolm Neil | Director | — | 2008-10-23 |
| HEARNE, John Barry | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-08-05 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Stuart | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2012-03-31 |
| KHANOM, Muhsima | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2017-11-02 |
| PUSEY, Michael John | Director | 2010-08-03 | 2012-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Malcolm Neil Glover | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-11 |
| Mr John Stuart Glover | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-12-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-22 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-5.8%
£44,057,814 £41,482,507
-
Cash
-3.5%
£9,373,007 £9,044,187
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£24,869,924 £24,776,497
-
Employees
-11.4%
280 248
-
Operating profit
-74.3%
£2,229,046 £572,322
-
Profit before tax
-88.3%
£1,798,242 £210,838
-
Wages
-4.4%
£10,259,985 £9,806,715
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