BRETT MARTIN DAYLIGHT SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7K
-68.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£24M
+3.8% vs 2023
Employees
193
-2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-33.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BRETT MARTIN DAYLIGHT SYSTEMS LIMITED 2005-03-07 → present
- HARTINGTON CONWAY LIMITED 2003-02-03 → 2005-03-07
- HARTCON LIMITED 1997-09-30 → 2003-02-03
- DIFEHURST LIMITED 1975-09-10 → 1997-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,379,436 | £35,273,012 | |
| Operating profit | £1,651,910 | £1,187,879 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,535,070 | £1,024,770 | |
| Net profit | £1,174,095 | £892,993 | |
| Cash | £24,016 | £7,460 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,150,495 | £25,194,593 | |
| Net assets | £23,605,219 | £24,498,212 | |
| Equity | £23,605,219 | £24,498,212 | |
| Average employees | 197 | 193 | |
| Wages | £6,296,602 | £6,651,254 |
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 | 4.7% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 4.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.31x | 2.68x | |
| Interest cover | 14.14x | 7.28x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Macro-economic uncertainty late in 2023 continued into 2024, resulting in delays and postponements of large logistics projects with a direct effect on the company's order book. The management planned for this outcome and diverted commercial activity into other sectors which remained more buoyant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, Stephen | Secretary | 2018-04-16 | — | — |
| MARTIN, Brian James | Director | 2003-02-04 | Apr 1961 | British |
| MARTIN, William Laurence | Director | 2003-02-04 | Nov 1957 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZSIMONS, Gordon William | Secretary | 2003-02-04 | 2012-03-28 |
| GRAY, Michael Samuel | Secretary | 2012-03-28 | 2017-12-05 |
| MARTIN, Brian James | Secretary | 2017-12-05 | 2018-06-25 |
| OGILVIE, Mary Grace Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2003-02-04 |
| EWEBANK, Josephine Anne | Director | — | 1997-06-01 |
| FITZSIMONS, Gordon William | Director | 2003-02-04 | 2012-03-28 |
| MORGAN, Donald Bruce | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| OGILVIE, Mary Grace Elizabeth | Director | 1995-06-20 | 2003-02-04 |
| OGILVIE, Myles Gordon | Director | — | 2003-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Martin Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-04-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2018-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-12-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
-0.3%
£35,379,436 £35,273,012
-
Cash
-68.9%
£24,016 £7,460
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£23,605,219 £24,498,212
-
Employees
-2%
197 193
-
Operating profit
-28.1%
£1,651,910 £1,187,879
-
Profit before tax
-33.2%
£1,535,070 £1,024,770
-
Wages
+5.6%
£6,296,602 £6,651,254
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