COPEWELL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-16 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-02
Watchouts
Cash
£3K
-80% vs 2023
Net assets
£770K
+33.9% vs 2023
Employees
472
+1.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+4.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The continuing operational existence of the Company is linked to the parent undertaking, Bidwells LLP. On 6th April 2025, the assets and employees of Copewell Limited were transferred under protected employment to Bidwells LLP and Copewell Limited ceased to trade. As a result, these accounts are prepared on a basis other than going concern. No adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,116,000 | £33,959,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,073,000 | £1,126,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,043,000 | £1,089,000 | |
| Net profit | £824,000 | £675,000 | |
| Cash | £15,000 | £3,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £648,000 | £1,334,000 | |
| Net assets | £575,000 | £770,000 | |
| Equity | £575,000 | £770,000 | |
| Average employees | 464 | 472 | |
| Wages | £24,162,000 | £25,533,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 165.6% | 84.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 35.77x | 30.43x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The continuing operational existence of the Company is linked to the parent undertaking, Bidwells LLP. On 6th April 2025, the assets and employees of Copewell Limited were transferred under protected employment to Bidwells LLP and Copewell Limited ceased to trade. As a result, these accounts are prepared on a basis other than going concern. No adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 6th April 2025, the assets and employees of Copewell Limited were transferred under protected employment to Bidwells LLP and Copewell Limited ceased to trade.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, Bidwells Holdings Limited, the immediate parent undertaking, was liquidated on 9 August 2025. From this date, Copewell Limited became wholly owned by the ultimate parent, Bidwells LLP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, David | Director | 2022-01-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| DERBYSHIRE, Michael | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HILLS, Nicholas William | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
| PETTIT, Nicholas Roy | Director | 2011-03-24 | Oct 1967 | British |
| WESTERN, Saul Rafe | Director | 2022-01-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Gerald Peter Leslie | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| LIVINGSTON BOOTH, John Timothy | Secretary | — | 1998-09-01 |
| BRIGGS, Edward Henry Stephen | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2018-07-31 |
| BUCKINGHAM, Brian Steven | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2020-04-09 |
| BUXTON, Aubrey James Francis | Director | 1996-08-12 | 2011-03-31 |
| CAREY, Christopher | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| CARPENTER, Michael Andrew | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| CLARK, Finlay Campbell | Director | 2010-01-20 | 2025-12-31 |
| COLLINS, Gerald Peter Leslie | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| COMFORT, Graham Albert | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2010-05-31 |
| CRAIG, Eilzabeth Fiona | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2021-12-31 |
| DOBSON, Giles Alexander Lee | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| HART, Anthony Cyril | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2007-12-31 |
| HORWOOD-SMART, John | Director | — | 1995-06-01 |
| LAMBTON, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2008-03-31 |
| LIVINGSTON-BOOTH, John Timothy | Director | 1996-08-12 | 1998-09-01 |
| LLOYD JONES, Jock | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2007-12-31 |
| MCMAHON, Patrick Leo | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| MONKS, Ian Mighell | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2016-06-17 |
| PEMBERTON, Peter Richard Wingate William | Director | — | 1996-08-12 |
| PILSWORTH, Richard John | Director | 2010-01-20 | 2025-12-31 |
| SPICE, John Simon | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2010-08-31 |
| SPITZER, Catherine Anne | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| WOODFIELD, Patricia Ann | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2014-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidwells Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+5.7%
£32,116,000 £33,959,000
-
Cash
-80%
£15,000 £3,000
-
Net assets
+33.9%
£575,000 £770,000
-
Employees
+1.7%
464 472
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Operating profit
+4.9%
£1,073,000 £1,126,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.4%
£1,043,000 £1,089,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£24,162,000 £25,533,000
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