BRYKEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-11
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+40.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11M
+12.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
98
+3.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+28% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-11.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BRYKEN LIMITED 2012-04-27 → present
- BRYKEN HIGH SPEED TURNINGS LIMITED 1991-12-11 → 2012-04-27
- BRYKEN PRECISION ENGINEERING CO LIMITED 1982-10-15 → 1991-12-11
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,647,415 | £17,702,215 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,103,917 | £3,101,730 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,078,021 | £2,055,440 | £2,630,540 | |
| Net profit | £1,039,254 | £1,755,924 | £1,995,963 | |
| Cash | £743,065 | £734,538 | £1,029,006 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,393,671 | £11,153,487 | £12,442,421 | |
| Net assets | £8,235,677 | £9,782,401 | £11,032,064 | |
| Equity | £8,235,677 | £9,782,401 | £11,032,064 | |
| Average employees | 99 | 95 | 98 | |
| Wages | £3,464,745 | £3,602,571 | £3,420,767 |
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 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.4% | 17.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.2% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 18.9% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.09x | 2.64x | |
| Interest cover | — | 39.24x | 27.33x |
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
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company has achieved a better than expected result for the year. Turnover increased by 13.1% to £17.7m (2023: £15.6m), and gross profit margin increased to 36.4% (2023: 32.4%). Gross profit increased to £6.5m (2023: £5.1m).”
- “The company continues to invest in the development of its technology.”
- “Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £746,300 (2024).”
- “An impairment loss on fixed asset investments of £359,000 was recognised for 2024.”
- “The company had outstanding commitments for future acquisition of tangible fixed assets of £1,170,000 (2023: £1,725,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Stewart Philip | Secretary | 2005-06-27 | — | British |
| TAYLOR, Brian | Director | — | Jun 1952 | British |
| TAYLOR, Natalie | Director | 2020-06-29 | Nov 1983 | British |
| TAYLOR, Phillip | Director | 2018-03-01 | May 1974 | British |
| TAYLOR, Stewart Philip | Director | 2018-03-01 | May 1974 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVASTON, Kenneth Richard | Secretary | — | 2005-06-27 |
| DOVASTON, Kenneth Richard | Director | — | 2005-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryken (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
+13.1%
£15,647,415 £17,702,215
-
Cash
+40.1%
£734,538 £1,029,006
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+12.8%
£9,782,401 £11,032,064
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+3.2%
95 98
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Operating profit
+47.4%
£2,103,917 £3,101,730
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Profit before tax
+28%
£2,055,440 £2,630,540
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-5%
£3,602,571 £3,420,767
lowest 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