BEN-MOTOR AND ALLIED TRADES BENEVOLENT FUND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+48.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
-2.7% vs 2024
Employees
288
-1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,955,000 | £15,341,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£7,298,000 | -£1,138,000 | |
| Cash | £1,861,000 | £2,767,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,720,000 | £39,859,000 | |
| Net assets | £39,720,000 | £38,643,000 | |
| Equity | £39,720,000 | £38,643,000 | |
| Average employees | 292 | 288 | |
| Wages | £10,640,000 | £11,244,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -43.0% | -7.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.47x | 4.48x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board considers that adequate resources continue to be available to fund the activities of the Charity for this period and the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual accounts.”
Group structure
- BEN-MOTOR AND ALLIED TRADES BENEVOLENT FUND · parent
- BenTrade Limited 1%
- Rise Lodge Developments Limited 1%
- Claude Wallis Limited 1%
- Automotive UK Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Completion of the transfers of Birch Hill and Town Thorns care centres and our Lynwood site (including both Lynwood Court care home and Lynwood Village) to new owners took place in early FY26. The transfers will deliver net proceeds of approximately £42.0m.”
- “Successful leadership transition as Rachel Clift moved into the CEO role (from November 2024), taking over from Zara Ross.”
- “Industry Leaders Challenge raising £113,000 and a new partnership with Motability who very kindly agreed to donate £1 for every vehicle sold on its mfl platform.”
- “Ben Ball raised over £107,000 net.”
- “Legacies received £641,000 this year (FY24 £41,000), including an extraordinarily generous gift of more than £385,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Martin | Secretary | 2025-07-21 | — | — |
| DALTON, William John Harling | Director | 2020-02-27 | Jun 1962 | British |
| HALL, Shirley Helen | Director | 2020-02-27 | Mar 1966 | British |
| LATHAM, Katherine Jane | Director | 2023-05-04 | Jan 1971 | British |
| NEWTON, Tracey Ann | Director | 2023-09-07 | May 1976 | British |
| OUTHWAITE, Mark Robert Canning | Director | 2018-09-20 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTRELL, Brian | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2011-07-23 |
| COX, Jonathan | Secretary | 2019-06-28 | 2025-07-21 |
| ELLIS, David James | Secretary | 2016-09-19 | 2019-06-28 |
| FELMER, Beata Maria | Secretary | 2012-04-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| PRESCOTT, David John | Secretary | — | 2005-12-31 |
| ARCHER, Anthony Bernard | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2010-09-29 |
| ASHCROFT, Sharon | Director | 2018-10-08 | 2024-11-21 |
| BACK, Brian Philip | Director | 2007-03-30 | 2021-04-01 |
| BAYLISS, Sarah Elaine | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2023-03-09 |
| BROWNSON, Susan Ann | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2012-10-24 |
| CHEYNE, Alistair Richard | Director | 1997-01-24 | 2004-01-22 |
| CORNISH, Andrew John | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2005-05-12 |
| DEWEY, Steven | Director | 2005-10-20 | 2016-09-15 |
| EVANS, Tudor Lloyd | Director | 1994-09-22 | 2009-09-24 |
| FELMER, Beata Maria | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2012-04-02 |
| FERGUSON, Brian David | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2009-09-24 |
| GOOSEY, David Charles, Mr. | Director | 2004-07-22 | 2010-09-29 |
| GREENWELL, Joseph | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2014-09-25 |
| GUPTA, Daksh | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2023-12-14 |
| HALL, Desmond Thomas Ballantyne | Director | — | 1992-05-07 |
| HICKS, Jeremy Christopher | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2025-12-18 |
| HOLMES, John | Director | 1995-11-23 | 1996-09-19 |
| HOLMES, Timothy Victor | Director | 1997-03-21 | 2018-09-14 |
| HUGHES, James Enoch | Director | 1994-09-22 | 1996-09-19 |
| IDE, Richard Birkett | Director | 1992-09-24 | 2000-09-21 |
| JEFFCOAT, Richard Anthony | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2020-06-25 |
| JESSUP, Alan | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| JUDGE, Michael | Director | 2005-01-20 | 2020-11-13 |
| KANE, John Joseph | Director | — | 1995-09-13 |
| KEIR, Kenneth William | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2005-05-27 |
| LACEY, Geoffrey Richard | Director | — | 1997-11-10 |
| LEE, Gerald Ernest | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2023-12-14 |
| LIDDELL, Christopher | Director | 1997-07-25 | 1999-09-22 |
| LINDSAY, Nan Stewart | Director | 1993-04-20 | 2004-07-22 |
| MACGOWAN, Christopher John | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2014-09-25 |
| MACGREGOR, John Forbes | Director | — | 1992-05-07 |
| MACKEY, Gerald Anthony | Director | — | 1993-03-18 |
| MCDERMOTT, Donna | Director | 2020-02-27 | 2024-11-21 |
| MOBBS, Frank Alfred | Director | — | 1992-10-28 |
| MURRAY, Alec Barclay | Director | 1998-09-17 | 2001-09-20 |
| MYERS, Karen | Director | 2004-01-22 | 2007-03-30 |
| NASH, Steven Garry | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2025-12-18 |
| ODDIE, Vincent Ashley | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2004-09-21 |
| POND, Alan Charles | Director | — | 1995-09-11 |
| POTTS, Graeme John | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2025-12-18 |
| RATCLIFFE, Leslie | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2015-09-16 |
| ROSS, Alexander Mitchel Forbes | Director | — | 1999-01-22 |
| ROSS, Zara Elizabeth Margaret, Dr | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2016-07-04 |
| SACKETT, Anthony | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2013-09-25 |
| SCHEELE, Nicholas | Director | 1993-06-28 | 1997-09-18 |
| SHAW, Robin | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2019-09-19 |
| SHERLEY, Geoffrey David | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2007-09-27 |
| SILLARS, Sarah Jane | Director | 2009-09-24 | 2012-10-24 |
| SMITH, Robert Graham | Director | 2010-01-27 | 2015-09-16 |
| SUTTON, Leslie | Director | — | 1996-09-19 |
| TAYLOR, David Anthony | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2010-09-29 |
| THOMAS, Christopher David | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2022-11-10 |
| THOMAS, Vivian | Director | 1995-11-23 | 2003-07-24 |
| TINKER, John Joseph | Director | — | 2005-10-20 |
| UPHAM, Lesley Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2018-09-14 |
| WAITE, Robin Derek | Director | — | 2005-07-21 |
| WALKER, Douglas Macdonald | Director | — | 1997-02-21 |
| WEBBER, Denzil James | Director | — | 2005-01-29 |
| WHEELER, Graham | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2017-11-15 |
| WILKIE, David White | Director | — | 2000-03-17 |
| WISEMAN, Pauline Anne | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2017-09-20 |
| WISEMAN, Pauline Anne | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2014-04-29 |
| WOODLEY, Anthony Jonathan | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2003-01-23 |
| WOOLCOCK, Robin Arthur John | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2025-12-18 |
| WORTHY, Antony Robert | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2011-09-21 |
| YOUNG, Ronald James | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 296 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
-9.5%
£16,955,000 £15,341,000
-
Cash
+48.7%
£1,861,000 £2,767,000
-
Net assets
-2.7%
£39,720,000 £38,643,000
-
Employees
-1.4%
292 288
-
Wages
+5.7%
£10,640,000 £11,244,000
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