BRETT CONCRETE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£34M
-11.9% vs 2023
Employees
70
+20.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-45.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRETT CONCRETE LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- BRETT READY MIXED CONCRETE COMPANY LIMITED 1959-11-05 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,498,000 | £45,821,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,505,000 | -£2,631,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,765,000 | -£5,462,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,089,000 | -£4,069,000 | |
| Cash | — | £8,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,591,000 | £7,182,000 | |
| Net assets | -£30,782,000 | -£34,431,000 | |
| Equity | -£30,782,000 | -£34,431,000 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 70 | |
| Wages | £2,440,000 | £2,980,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.2% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | -7.6% | -8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -26.1% | -36.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.77x | |
| Interest cover | -1.10x | -0.93x |
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
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the Company's future cash forecasts and revenue projections through to December 2026 which they believe to be based on prudent market data. They are of the opinion that the forecasts and projections, which take account of possible changes in trading, show that the Company should be able to operate within its available banking facilities.”
Significant events
- “On April 17, 2024 the company acquired the trade and assets of Easycrete Limited for a total consideration of £1,100,000.”
- “Under a composite guarantee dated December 20, 2024 the Company has guaranteed the borrowing of certain other group companies from its bankers. At December 31, 2024, the sum guaranteed was £12,082,000 (2023: £906,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KITCHIN, Susan Francis | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| BRETT, William John | Director | 1993-02-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Christopher Robin | Director | 1999-10-14 | Jun 1956 | British |
| GILBERT, John | Director | 2002-07-25 | Dec 1946 | British |
| SMITH, Victoria Louise | Director | 2024-06-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| TARN, Nicholas James | Director | 2015-06-30 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, John | Secretary | 2002-07-25 | 2020-01-01 |
| WOOLNOUGH, Peter Barry | Secretary | — | 2002-07-26 |
| BRETT, Margaret Ann | Director | — | 2007-09-30 |
| BRETT, Stephen Robert | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| BRETT, Timothy William | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| NETTING, Lee Leonard | Director | 2019-11-22 | 2024-06-03 |
| PEER, John Scott | Director | — | 1997-08-18 |
| RUSSELL, Simon John | Director | 1997-08-18 | 2006-12-31 |
| SMITH, Alan Henry | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| STEWARD, David John Frederick | Director | 1993-02-01 | 1997-01-06 |
| WOOLNOUGH, Peter Barry | Director | — | 2002-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-01 | Active |
| Robert Brett & Sons Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-01-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2024-01-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-01-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-01-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+13.1%
£40,498,000 £45,821,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-11.9%
-£30,782,000 -£34,431,000
-
Employees
+20.7%
58 70
-
Operating profit
-5%
-£2,505,000 -£2,631,000
-
Profit before tax
-45.1%
-£3,765,000 -£5,462,000
-
Wages
+22.1%
£2,440,000 £2,980,000
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