BEARING MAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-06 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+17.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7M
-6.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
72
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-29.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BEARING MAN LIMITED 1996-01-23 → present
- BEARING MAN (U.K.) LIMITED 1989-06-29 → 1996-01-23
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £15,648,992 | £17,274,540 | £18,119,925 | £17,744,138 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,910,468 | £1,339,818 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,503,271 | £1,994,291 | £1,910,468 | £1,340,785 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,212,367 | £1,518,691 | £1,433,346 | £1,001,120 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,748,880 | £1,426,478 | £2,691,623 | £3,152,986 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £7,373,940 | £7,693,231 | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £7,367,240 | £7,685,931 | £7,769,277 | £7,270,397 | |
| Equity | £5,436,229 | £6,148,953 | £6,982,082 | £7,367,240 | £7,685,931 | £7,769,277 | £7,270,397 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 64 | 68 | 72 | 72 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,881,628 | £2,151,238 | £2,373,575 | £2,435,423 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 7.7% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 5.21x | 2.81x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and preparing integrated profit and loss account and cash flow forecasts for the wider Hayley group for one year from the date the financial statements are signed, the directors have formed a judgement that, as at the date of approving the financial statements, there is a reasonable expectation that the company, with any required support from the wider group, has adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINLAN, Gary Joseph | Secretary | 2022-04-30 | — | — |
| BRINTON, James Nicholas | Director | 2024-05-02 | Jun 1979 | British |
| COLEY, Timothy Kevin | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| NOAKES, Ben Edward | Director | 2022-04-30 | Mar 1985 | British |
| QUINLAN, Gary Joseph | Director | 2022-04-30 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINTON, Garth Nicholas | Secretary | 2000-05-05 | 2022-04-30 |
| STIMPSON, Michael William | Secretary | — | 2000-05-05 |
| ARMSTRONG, William John | Director | — | 2002-06-07 |
| ARNOLD, Melvin Roy | Director | — | 2009-07-01 |
| EVANS, Paul Anthony | Director | 1991-09-01 | 1994-04-30 |
| GRAHAM, David | Director | — | 1992-04-30 |
| HUGHES, Steven John | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| HUGHES, Steven John | Director | 1997-12-12 | 1999-01-01 |
| KELLY, Steven Hugh | Director | 1997-12-12 | 1999-01-01 |
| LOCKETT, Graham | Director | — | 1992-06-29 |
| MACDONALD, Ronald | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2004-04-30 |
| NOAKES, Ben Edward | Director | 2022-04-30 | 2022-04-30 |
| NOAKES, Bernard Carl | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2022-04-30 |
| PINCHER, Terence James | Director | — | 2000-04-06 |
| STIMPSON, Michael William | Director | — | 2000-05-05 |
| WILLITTS, Leon Nigel Wallis | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2022-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayley Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Hayley Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-06 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2022-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.1%
£18,119,925 £17,744,138
-
Cash
+17.1%
£2,691,623 £3,152,986
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-6.4%
£7,769,277 £7,270,397
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
72 72
-
Operating profit
-29.9%
£1,910,468 £1,339,818
-
Profit before tax
-29.8%
£1,910,468 £1,340,785
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+2.6%
£2,373,575 £2,435,423
highest in 4 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