B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-16
Watchouts
Cash
£349K
+108.4% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-2.5% vs 2024
Employees
128
-3.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£17K
-97.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- PARDENE LIMITED 1981-09-11 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £17,010,347 | £17,722,820 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £640,024 | £92,617 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £569,195 | £16,610 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £111,967 | — | £669,195 | £22,584 | |
| Cash | — | £235,109 | £39,949 | — | £167,280 | £348,647 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,122,286 | £3,040,888 | — | £4,354,761 | £4,637,106 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,705,383 | £2,817,350 | — | £4,354,761 | £4,245,439 | |
| Equity | £2,163,551 | £2,705,383 | £2,817,350 | £3,539,094 | £4,354,761 | £4,245,439 | |
| Average employees | — | 141 | 132 | — | 133 | 128 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £4,740,287 | £5,288,978 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 3.8% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 3.9% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 14.7% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.09x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 9.04x | 1.22x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BK Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Window Wipers Technology Inc. 100%
- Monitor Marine Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £120,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDDY, Jonathan Phillip | Secretary | 2018-11-27 | — | — |
| EDDY, Andrew Charles George | Director | — | Mar 1951 | British |
| EDDY, Edward | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| EDDY, Jonathan Phillip | Director | — | Sep 1954 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGNALL, Craig Michael | Secretary | 2012-10-15 | 2018-11-27 |
| DALTON, Neil Geoffrey | Secretary | 2009-02-01 | 2012-12-18 |
| EDDY, Jonathan Phillip | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2009-02-01 |
| O`CONNOR, Elizabeth Ruth | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2005-12-19 |
| PERRY, Geoffrey Cochrane | Secretary | — | 1999-02-26 |
| EDDY, Dorothy Brenda | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| PERRY, Geoffrey Cochrane | Director | — | 1999-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Hepworth And Company Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Philip Eddy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Andrew Charles George Eddy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+4.2%
£17,010,347 £17,722,820
-
Cash
+108.4%
£167,280 £348,647
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-2.5%
£4,354,761 £4,245,439
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Employees
-3.8%
133 128
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-85.5%
£640,024 £92,617
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Profit before tax
-97.1%
£569,195 £16,610
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Wages
+11.6%
£4,740,287 £5,288,978
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