FOWLERS OF BRISTOL LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-20 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-05-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£213K

+3.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£9M

-7.8% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£1M

-1,014.9% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FOWLERS OF BRISTOL LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£30,659,412	£31,902,811	—	£35,024,581	£32,464,023
Operating profit	—	—	-£502,853	£889,834	—	£200,447	-£864,965
Profit before tax	—	—	-£520,194	£893,001	—	£110,903	-£1,014,687
Net profit	—	—	-£450,465	£667,474	—	-£79,815	-£795,985
Cash	—	—	£2,940,571	£2,020,271	—	£206,490	£212,814
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£9,809,961	£10,430,892	—	£11,383,230	£9,508,538
Net assets	—	—	£9,324,758	£9,992,232	—	£10,142,463	£9,346,478
Equity	£9,765,547	£9,775,223	£9,324,758	£9,992,232	£10,222,278	£10,142,463	£9,346,478
Average employees	—	—	156	146	—	0	0
Wages	—	—	£4,132,124	£4,235,613	—	£4,808,555	£4,269,923

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	-1.6%	2.8%	—	0.6%	-2.7%
Net margin	—	—	-1.5%	2.1%	—	-0.2%	-2.5%
Return on capital employed	—	—	-5.1%	8.5%	—	1.8%	-9.1%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	1.95x	1.76x
Interest cover	—	—	-25.28x	—	—	1.84x	-5.64x

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: Corrigan Accountants Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have considered a period of twelve months from the date of the approval of the financial statements and believe that the company is able to meet liabilities as they fall due. 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Group structure

FOWLERS OF BRISTOL LIMITED · parent
1. Artdeans Limited 100% · England and Wales
2. Key Wholesale Limited 100% · England and Wales
3. Numberworth Limited 100% · England and Wales
4. P W Ranger Motorcycles 100% · England and Wales
5. Tommy Robb Motorcycles Limited 100% · England and Wales
6. Weise Motorcycle Accessories Limited 99% · England and Wales

Significant events

“The difficulties of the UK economy continued from 2023 into 2024 and the motorcycle industry has been particularly badly hit. Our own business has also been hit by ongoing roadworks in ours access roads making it particularly difficult to access our site.”
“Our new ERP system went live in December 2024 and is expected to drive further efficiencies throughout the trade business.”
“We are investing heavily in a new website to facilitate improvement in sales throughout both the trade and retail business. We currently expect the website to go live in early 2026.”
“We have therefore decided to withdraw from these brands (electric bikes) during 2023/2024 and to focus on our core brands.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 10 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BENNETT, Neil Stanley	Secretary	2007-03-15	—	British
BENNETT, Neil Stanley	Director	2009-04-27	Sep 1957	British
FOWLER, Lionel David	Director	—	Apr 1946	British
FOWLER, Stephanie Lyn	Director	—	Jul 1947	British
HART, Frederick Robert	Director	—	Aug 1947	British
JOHNSON, Gillian Helen, Dr	Director	1995-10-01	Nov 1948	British

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ASHURST, Ian David	Secretary	2000-10-27	2007-03-15
HART, Gillian Helen	Secretary	—	1995-10-01
OVENS, Graham John	Secretary	1995-10-01	2000-10-27
ANDREWS, Jonathon Mark	Director	1995-10-01	2003-06-18
COKAYNE, Frank Anthony	Director	1992-07-30	1994-10-31
DAVISON, Gerald Richard	Director	1995-01-26	2009-07-03
FOWLER, Eileen Florence	Director	—	1996-12-31
FOWLER, Harold Charles	Director	—	2006-08-28
GOODGER-BROWNE, Douglas William	Director	—	1994-04-01
OVENS, Graham John	Director	1996-12-06	2000-10-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Doctor Gillian Helen Johnson	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Ms Stephanie Lynn Fowler	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
St James Parade(107) Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 145 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date
2025-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-16	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-06-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 10
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-7.3%

£35,024,581 £32,464,023
Cash

+3.1%

£206,490 £212,814
Net assets

-7.8%

£10,142,463 £9,346,478
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

-531.5%

£200,447 -£864,965

lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

-1,014.9%

£110,903 -£1,014,687

lowest in 4 filed years
Wages

-11.2%

£4,808,555 £4,269,923

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

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