PATTERSONS (BRISTOL) LIMITED

• ⚠

  Annual accounts overdue

  Due 2026-04-30.

• ◆

  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. PATTERSONS (BRISTOL) LIMITED 1982-01-28 → present
2. PATTERSONS(R.S.PATTERSON & SONS AND HARRIS AND KINGDOM)LIMITED 1973-04-10 → 1982-01-28

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Old Mill Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company bought back preference shares to reduce financial burden, which has been crucial in ensuring liquidity and ability to continue with its strategy to return to profitability. On this basis, directors are satisfied going concern is appropriate.”

Group structure

1. PATTERSONS (BRISTOL) LIMITED · parent
   1. Pattersons (Gloucester) Limited 100% · England · Dormant
   2. KMC Distribution Limited 100% · England · Dormant

Significant events

• “After the year end, the redeemable preference shares were bought back for 25% of their value. The value of the preference shares at 30 April 2024 is £1,027,985 and they have been bought back for a value of £256,996.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.3%

  £14,446,713 → £14,772,475

• Cash

  +406.3%

  £17,510 → £88,652

  highest in 3 filed years

• Net assets

  +16.2%

  £1,115,320 → £1,295,514

• Employees

  0%

  66 → 66

• Operating profit

  -25.9%

  £694,555 → £514,561

• Profit before tax

  +225.1%

  -£331,620 → £414,710

  highest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +6.1%

  £1,686,017 → £1,788,431

  highest in 3 filed years

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