J.N. BENTLEY LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-01 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£32M

+4.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£39M

+34.2% vs 2023

Employees

2,035

+23.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£19M

+38.7% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

J.N. BENTLEY LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£388,340,000	£510,234,000
Operating profit	£12,854,000	£17,549,000
Profit before tax	£13,545,000	£18,787,000
Net profit	£10,491,000	£13,925,000
Cash	£30,650,000	£32,126,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£36,969,000	£52,207,000
Net assets	£29,061,000	£38,986,000
Equity	£29,061,000	£38,986,000
Average employees	1,642	2,035
Wages	£95,951,000	£123,176,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	3.3%	3.4%
Net margin	2.7%	2.7%
Return on capital employed	34.8%	33.6%
Current ratio	1.10x	1.08x
Interest cover	131.16x	179.07x

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: BDO LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In determining whether the Company annual financial statements can be prepared on the going concern basis, the Board considered all factors likely to affect its future development, performance and financial position, including cash flows, liquidity position and the risks and uncertainties relating to its business activities and relationship with shareholders and business model as explained above. Uncertainty regarding the ability to recruit staff with specialist construction or design skills and supply chain challenges have been considered as part of the Company's adoption of the going concern basis. We have also considered risk around operational performance, including health and safety, associated direct margin delivery and general uncertainty over workload timing as we transition from AMP7 to AMP8.”

Group structure

J.N. BENTLEY LIMITED · parent
1. Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited 75% · England and Wales · Civil engineering contractors
2. JBA Bentley Limited 75% · England and Wales · Civil engineering contractors

Significant events

“2024 has continued to be a very successful year in terms of industry and client recognition with a total of 52 award wins, commendations and short-listings (2023: 50) for the technical excellence of our projects, innovation, digital delivery, efficiency, environment, temporary works, apprenticeships and STEM.”

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

People

8 active · 27 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
RHODES, Jonathan David	Secretary	2018-12-20	—	—
BENTLEY, Paul Rogerson	Director	1999-05-28	May 1967	British
BESTER, Ian	Director	2022-10-03	Aug 1981	British
HARRIS, James Huw Keir	Director	2014-09-18	Jun 1968	Welsh
RHODES, Jonathan David	Director	2018-12-20	Oct 1974	British
ROUD, Edwin George	Director	2014-09-18	Sep 1963	British
TETLOW, Steven Christopher	Director	2022-10-03	Jun 1966	British
TRAVERS, Catherine Helen	Director	2024-12-31	Oct 1964	British

Show 27 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ARMITSTEAD, Christopher John	Secretary	2003-01-24	2008-07-25
FOWLER, Sara Elizabeth	Secretary	1993-12-15	2003-01-24
GREY, Richard Julian	Secretary	—	1993-12-14
THOMPSON, Helen Marie	Secretary	2015-04-30	2018-12-20
ARMITSTEAD, Christopher John	Director	2001-05-22	2008-07-25
BEAN, David John	Director	—	1993-11-01
BENTLEY, David Mark	Director	2013-01-11	2020-04-01
BENTLEY, John Nicholas	Director	—	2000-11-30
BENTLEY, Martin Matthew	Director	2004-10-14	2014-12-15
BINNS, John Alastair	Director	2001-05-22	2019-09-20
BRADSHAW, John Neil	Director	—	2000-07-28
CAIN, Jonathan Michael Field	Director	1999-05-28	2013-03-31
CUNDILL, Philip Robert	Director	2015-01-09	2020-04-01
DAVIES, Andrew Robert	Director	2008-07-25	2015-04-30
FIELD, Richard David, Doctor	Director	2012-05-21	2013-01-11
FITTON, James Richard	Director	2013-01-11	2020-04-01
GREENWOOD, John Matthew	Director	2013-04-09	2020-04-01
HAIGH, Michael David	Director	2014-09-18	2022-07-29
JEFFERY, Judith	Director	2015-01-09	2020-04-01
MARSH, George Robert	Director	2008-02-01	2012-04-12
PEARSON, David Peter	Director	2008-02-01	2008-12-19
RIDGE, Angus James Anderson	Director	2015-01-09	2020-04-01
RIDINGS, John Gordon	Director	2008-02-29	2013-01-11
RISDON, Richard, Mr.	Director	2013-01-11	2022-10-03
STAIANO, Harry Francis	Director	—	2004-06-01
TETLOW, Steven Christopher	Director	2013-01-11	2020-04-01
TOZER, Rodney	Director	—	1992-10-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Bentley Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-10-01	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 189 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-09-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-05-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-04-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-29	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-06-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-14	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
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

+31.4%

£388,340,000 £510,234,000
Cash

+4.8%

£30,650,000 £32,126,000
Net assets

+34.2%

£29,061,000 £38,986,000
Employees

+23.9%

1,642 2,035
Operating profit

+36.5%

£12,854,000 £17,549,000
Profit before tax

+38.7%

£13,545,000 £18,787,000
Wages

+28.4%

£95,951,000 £123,176,000

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

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