BOWMER AND KIRKLAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
Cash
£477M
-1.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£672M
+6.2% vs 2024
Employees
2,252
+14.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£76M
+11.2% vs 2024
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,290,857,000 | £1,372,565,000 | |
| Operating profit | £35,441,000 | £47,363,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £68,705,000 | £76,410,000 | |
| Net profit | £50,054,000 | £57,098,000 | |
| Cash | £485,334,000 | £476,783,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £625,937,000 | £666,319,000 | |
| Net assets | £632,724,000 | £671,864,000 | |
| Equity | £632,730,000 | £672,147,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,962 | 2,252 | |
| Wages | £110,887,000 | £137,215,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.90x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 145.85x | 168.55x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 or the 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
- BOWMER AND KIRKLAND LIMITED · parent
- Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Limited 100%
- AEP Arizona LLC 100%
- Denton Associates (Group) Ltd. 100%
- County Town Properties (Durham) Limited 100%
- Urbo (West Bar) Limited 49%
- Soncell Middle East LLC (1) 49%
- FD Power 1 Ltd 80%
Significant events
- “During the year we launched Your Space by B+K, a specialist fit out unit of Bowmer and Kirkland, and we acquired DENTON, a design-led fit-out company based in London and Manchester.”
- “On 6 October 2024, the company acquired the entire share capital of County Town Properties (Durham) Limited for consideration of £2,246,000.”
- “On 21 August 2025, the company acquired the entire share capital of Denton Associates (Group) Ltd. for consideration of £21,345,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUCKLESTONE, Michelle Ann | Secretary | 2010-04-23 | — | British |
| ARNO, Christopher John | Director | 2022-09-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| BROOK, Neil Kenneth | Director | 2020-09-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| CRUTTENDEN, Matthew Charles | Director | 2020-09-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| KIRKLAND, Christopher Robert | Director | 2015-03-01 | May 1982 | British |
| KIRKLAND, John Alexander Charles | Director | 2009-04-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
| KIRKLAND, Michael John | Director | 2009-04-01 | Sep 1979 | British |
| MCDONALD, Kevin Daniel | Director | 2024-09-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
| MUCKLESTONE, Michelle Ann | Director | 2012-10-03 | Oct 1966 | British |
| TOWNSEND, Mark Gary | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWMER, Robert John | Secretary | — | 2010-04-05 |
| BETTERTON, John Henry | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
| JONES, Ralph Charles | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| KIRKLAND, Christopher Robert | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2013-05-07 |
| KIRKLAND, John Nigel | Director | — | 2019-01-01 |
| KIRKLAND, Robert Malcolm | Director | — | 2019-01-01 |
| LEE, Kenneth Sydney | Director | — | 2001-05-04 |
| LOMAS, John Paul | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| PARKIN, Howard | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| PASHLEY, Alan | Director | — | 1993-10-08 |
| SHELDON, Melvin Stuart | Director | 1995-02-03 | 2015-03-31 |
| WALKER, David James | Director | — | 2008-05-15 |
| WHITMORE, Keith | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2004-12-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kevin Daniel Mcdonald | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-09-01 | Ceased 2024-09-01 |
| Mr Mark Gary Townsend | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-09-01 | Ceased 2022-09-01 |
| Mr Christopher John Arno | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-09-01 | Ceased 2022-09-01 |
| Mr Matthew Charles Cruttenden | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-09-01 | Ceased 2020-09-01 |
| Mr Neil Kenneth Brook | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-09-01 | Ceased 2020-09-01 |
| Mr John Paul Lomas | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-31 |
| Mr John Nigel Kirkland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
| Mr Robert Malcolm Kirkland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
| Mr Michael John Kirkland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Christopher Robert Kirkland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Ralph Charles Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Michelle Ann Mucklestone | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr John Alexander Charles Kirkland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
+6.3%
£1,290,857,000 £1,372,565,000
-
Cash
-1.8%
£485,334,000 £476,783,000
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£632,724,000 £671,864,000
-
Employees
+14.8%
1,962 2,252
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Operating profit
+33.6%
£35,441,000 £47,363,000
-
Profit before tax
+11.2%
£68,705,000 £76,410,000
-
Wages
+23.7%
£110,887,000 £137,215,000
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