BERESFORD GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+263.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+14.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
206
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£643K
+152.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BERESFORD GROUP LIMITED 1990-05-22 → present
- BERESFORD MASS GROUP LIMITED 1987-09-07 → 1990-05-22
- CULTKEEN LIMITED 1987-04-09 → 1987-09-07
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,339,666 | £16,238,962 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£1,265,717 | £640,058 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,223,004 | £643,172 | |
| Net profit | -£21,403 | — | -£926,626 | £436,537 | |
| Cash | £858,209 | — | £784,166 | £2,848,888 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,631,771 | — | £4,196,422 | £4,535,967 | |
| Net assets | £3,074,443 | — | £3,033,685 | £3,470,222 | |
| Equity | £3,074,443 | £3,430,069 | £3,033,685 | £3,470,222 | |
| Average employees | 7 | — | 213 | 206 | |
| Wages | £545,964 | — | £8,320,577 | £9,074,036 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -9.5% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -6.9% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -30.2% | 14.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.23x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -12.06x | 5.67x |
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
- Rickard Luckin Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director is satisfied that the company is able to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due, for at least the next twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Therefore the director considers that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BERESFORD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Beresfords Lettings Limited 100%
- Beresfords Financial Services Limited 100%
- Beresfords Residential Limited 100%
- Flagstone Financial Management Limited 100%
- Beresfords Commercial Limited 100%
- R Cheke & Co Limited 100%
- Whybrow & Dodds Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 23 June 2015, an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) share option scheme was established. The EMI share option scheme will give key management the option to acquire a total of 2.4% of the company's ordinary share capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERESFORD, Paul Charles | Director | — | Apr 1956 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERESFORD, Eileen Gladys | Secretary | — | 2022-04-05 |
| LUCKMAN, Gary Neil | Secretary | 2022-04-05 | 2025-07-04 |
| BERESFORD, Eileen Gladys | Director | — | 2002-03-27 |
| BERESFORD, Reginald Donald | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2009-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Charles Beresford | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-01-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-04-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+21.7%
£13,339,666 £16,238,962
-
Cash
+263.3%
£784,166 £2,848,888
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+14.4%
£3,033,685 £3,470,222
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-3.3%
213 206
-
Operating profit
+150.6%
-£1,265,717 £640,058
-
Profit before tax
+152.6%
-£1,223,004 £643,172
-
Wages
+9.1%
£8,320,577 £9,074,036
highest 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