BERRY PALMER & LYLE LIMITED
Get an alert when BERRY PALMER & LYLE LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£27M
-16.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+38.2% vs 2024
Employees
54
+5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
+23.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,866,347 | £20,929,091 | |
| Operating profit | £9,552,617 | £11,592,152 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,016,256 | £12,383,969 | |
| Net profit | £7,813,683 | £9,034,006 | |
| Cash | £32,048,693 | £26,764,399 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,335,166 | £14,535,005 | |
| Net assets | £8,681,701 | £12,002,033 | |
| Equity | £8,681,701 | £12,002,033 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 54 | |
| Wages | £13,568,982 | £14,224,319 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 45.8% | 55.4% | |
| Net margin | 37.4% | 43.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 84.3% | 79.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 783.52x | 2318430.40x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have determined that the going concern basis of preparation of these financial statements remains appropriate having assessed the principal risks and having considered the ongoing impact of stresses in the world economy and geo-political situation.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the owners of the Company entered into an agreement for Preservation Capital Partners ("PCP") to acquire 45% of the share capital of BPL (Holdings) Limited. The acquisition has been agreed by BPL (Holdings) Limited and PCP and is contingent on regulatory approval. The estimated completion date is 1 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLIS, Timothy John | Secretary | 2017-03-14 | — | — |
| CULLIS, Timothy John | Director | 2015-11-24 | Jan 1979 | British |
| ESDAILE, James William | Director | 2004-04-08 | Jul 1974 | British |
| GRAHAM, Matthew John | Director | 2017-05-15 | Apr 1986 | British |
| RADCLIFFE, Charles Hugh Yonge | Director | 2022-12-06 | Jun 1984 | British |
| REYNOLDS, James Christopher Coutts | Director | 2025-11-24 | Apr 1987 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, Sui Lun | Secretary | — | 2017-03-14 |
| ASHWORTH, Emma Patricia | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2019-06-18 |
| ASPINALL, Sian Dawn | Director | 2014-06-05 | 2025-11-24 |
| BELLORD, George | Director | 2006-10-14 | 2019-06-18 |
| BERRY, John Charles Howard | Director | — | 2022-12-06 |
| BRINDLEY, Dermot John Barry | Director | 2010-06-25 | 2019-06-18 |
| CUTTS, John William | Director | — | 1994-06-15 |
| DARROCH DE HALDEVANG, Bernard Goetz Michael Imka, Baron De Haldevang | Director | — | 1996-08-30 |
| EVANS, Samuel John Geoffrey | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2019-06-18 |
| EVERITT, Joanne Deborah | Director | 1999-01-04 | 1999-03-31 |
| HARPER, Robin Francis | Director | 1996-01-02 | 2017-03-14 |
| KOTECHA, Reshma Kantilal | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2019-06-18 |
| LAGRUE, Michael Joseph | Director | 2001-02-12 | 2019-06-18 |
| LIU, Sui Lun | Director | 1992-07-28 | 2017-03-14 |
| MILLER, Andrew Jeremy | Director | — | 2012-03-31 |
| NEWALL, James Wyndham Gordon | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2007-03-30 |
| NICOL, Margaret Helen | Director | 1992-07-28 | 1996-04-09 |
| PALMER, Anthony Athelwold Howard | Director | — | 2017-03-14 |
| RADCLIFFE, Charles Hugh Yonge | Director | 2014-01-07 | 2019-06-18 |
| REYNOLDS, James Christopher Coutts | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2019-06-18 |
| RICHARDS, Philip James | Director | — | 2007-07-30 |
| SIMON, Isabelle | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2014-02-04 |
| TAYLOR, Anthony John | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2019-06-18 |
| TORRINGTON, Paul Graham | Director | — | 2019-06-18 |
| WATSON, Peter Edward Foote | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2003-07-21 |
| WOODS, Tracy Kim | Director | 1992-07-28 | 1995-01-04 |
| WRIGHT, Oliver Gerald William | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2019-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bpl (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£20,866,347 £20,929,091
-
Cash
-16.5%
£32,048,693 £26,764,399
-
Net assets
+38.2%
£8,681,701 £12,002,033
-
Employees
+5.9%
51 54
-
Operating profit
+21.4%
£9,552,617 £11,592,152
-
Profit before tax
+23.6%
£10,016,256 £12,383,969
-
Wages
+4.8%
£13,568,982 £14,224,319
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