BPW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-20 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£61K
-63.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£46M
+5.3% vs 2023
Employees
125
-2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-10% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BPW LIMITED 1989-11-23 → present
- BPW-MARCAR LIMITED 1984-05-10 → 1989-11-23
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 | £82,853,634 | £73,493,057 | |
| Operating profit | £3,354,874 | £2,861,956 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,947,854 | £2,651,847 | |
| Net profit | £3,007,973 | £2,293,970 | |
| Cash | £169,860 | £61,381 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,052,517 | £47,320,859 | |
| Net assets | £43,386,389 | £45,680,359 | |
| Equity | £43,386,389 | £45,680,359 | |
| Average employees | 128 | 125 | |
| Wages | £4,863,333 | £4,972,220 |
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 | 4.0% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 2.10x | |
| Interest cover | 6.54x | 9.78x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”
Group structure
- BPW LIMITED · parent
- Transpec (UK) Limited 100%
- EMS-FP&S Limited 100%
- EMS (Truck and Trailer Parts) Limited 100%
- Transpec Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, David John | Secretary | 2016-12-16 | — | — |
| GROVES, Neill | Director | 2011-04-06 | Jun 1970 | British |
| KOTZ, Achim | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jan 1975 | German |
| SMITH, David John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGMORE, Mark | Secretary | — | 1992-07-01 |
| TURTON, Stephen | Secretary | 1992-07-01 | 2017-08-07 |
| BOOK, Sebastian | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2017-12-31 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Svend Erik Bjerring | Director | 1991-10-01 | 1998-03-20 |
| GIBBS, Richard Arthur | Director | — | 2011-04-06 |
| KOTZ, Christian Peter | Director | — | 2007-04-11 |
| LAUNDSZUN, Heinz Josef, Dr | Director | — | 1991-10-01 |
| LOCHNER, Dirk Christian | Director | 2007-04-11 | 2008-06-23 |
| PFEIFFER, Friedrick Michael | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| ROSTOK, Peter Adolf | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| TURTON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2022-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-11.3%
£82,853,634 £73,493,057
-
Cash
-63.9%
£169,860 £61,381
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£43,386,389 £45,680,359
-
Employees
-2.3%
128 125
-
Operating profit
-14.7%
£3,354,874 £2,861,956
-
Profit before tax
-10%
£2,947,854 £2,651,847
-
Wages
+2.2%
£4,863,333 £4,972,220
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