B T Q LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-54.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
-10.9% vs 2023
Employees
163
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+11.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- B T Q LIMITED 2002-12-19 → present
- FAITHFUL GROUP LIMITED 1986-02-26 → 2002-12-19
- MITRIX LIMITED 1985-11-27 → 1986-02-26
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 | £23,136,000 | £23,149,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,408,000 | -£3,201,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,963,000 | -£2,628,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,392,000 | -£1,296,000 | |
| Cash | £3,996,000 | £1,805,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,021,000 | £28,734,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,369,000 | £27,073,000 | |
| Equity | £30,369,000 | £27,073,000 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 163 | |
| Wages | £4,408,000 | £5,238,000 |
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 | -14.7% | -13.8% | |
| Net margin | -10.3% | -5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.3% | -11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.5% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 2.45x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young 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 group and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for 12 months from signing of financial statement.”
Group structure
- B T Q LIMITED · parent
- BTQ Holdings Limited 100%
- Bristol Managed Services Limited 100%
- Bristol Uniforms Limited 100%
- Bell Apparel Limited 100%
- Bufire Overseas Limited 100%
- Bristol Care Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Bell Apparel Limited was dissolved via voluntary strike-off from the Company Register on 25 November 2025 and a dividend of £121,197 was paid to BTQ Limited on 20 March 2025 at the end of activity.”
- “All rights and obligations under FMS contracts were moved from Bristol Managed Services Limited to Bristol Uniforms Limited due to the closure of Bristol Managed Services Limited in March 2025.”
- “The process of launching a new Bristol product: Rescue Stretch started in September 2025.”
- “MSA Groups plant footprint reorganization that intends to expand a MSA Plant in Morocco (Neptun project) and shift some of the labor-intensive production to that plant.”
- “In 2017, the Group successfully won a long-term framework contract for the collaborative procurement of PPE open to all UK fire brigades. These are a mix of FMS contracts, each of approximately eight years duration, and direct sale business over the coming years. Contracts under this framework went live beginning in 2018 and two new contracts were implemented in 2022, no new contracts in 2023 and 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAUGHERTY, James Michael | Director | 2021-01-25 | Aug 1969 | American |
| IRANI, Magdalena Edyta | Director | 2024-06-13 | Nov 1984 | Polish |
| ROWAN, Jonathon Michael | Director | 2026-04-08 | Jul 1993 | Irish |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Stephen Leslie | Secretary | — | 2003-07-18 |
| RING, Anthony John | Secretary | 2003-07-18 | 2013-08-13 |
| THOMPSON, David | Secretary | 2013-08-13 | 2021-07-22 |
| DORRELL, Alan David | Director | — | 2021-01-25 |
| DORRELL, Christine Irene | Director | — | 2021-01-25 |
| DORRELL, Penelope Anne Wears | Director | — | 2001-07-13 |
| DORRELL, Philip George | Director | — | 1994-11-08 |
| DORRELL, Stephen James | Director | 1997-08-20 | 2006-12-31 |
| JAMES, Amanda Claire | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2021-01-25 |
| KOCH, Nino | Director | 2023-06-07 | 2024-10-16 |
| LEENEN, Bob Willem | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2024-06-13 |
| MILES, Joanne | Director | 2024-10-16 | 2026-04-02 |
| MITCHELL, Ian Peter | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2021-01-25 |
| TRAYNOR, William Jason | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2023-06-07 |
| WARR, Peter Richard | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msa Great Britain Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-25 | Active |
| Mr Alan David Dorrell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£23,136,000 £23,149,000
-
Cash
-54.8%
£3,996,000 £1,805,000
-
Net assets
-10.9%
£30,369,000 £27,073,000
-
Employees
-4.7%
171 163
-
Operating profit
+6.1%
-£3,408,000 -£3,201,000
-
Profit before tax
+11.3%
-£2,963,000 -£2,628,000
-
Wages
+18.8%
£4,408,000 £5,238,000
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