BIKE ALERT PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£33M
+3% vs 2023
Net assets
£80M
+10.3% vs 2023
Employees
98
+5.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
-2.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIKE ALERT PLC 1990-10-02 → present
- PLATMIX PLC 1989-12-21 → 1990-10-02
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £39,465,540 | £42,490,368 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £11,603,160 | £12,463,694 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £12,366,593 | £12,064,876 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £9,536,126 | £9,282,366 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £31,949,696 | £32,917,075 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £72,740,091 | £80,203,182 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £72,447,246 | £79,920,883 | |
| Equity | £41,031,938 | £44,191,142 | £53,613,961 | £54,903,481 | £60,052,319 | £72,447,246 | £79,920,883 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | 98 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,832,015 | £1,964,797 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 29.4% | 29.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 24.2% | 21.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 16.0% | 15.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 5.72x | 9.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 105483.27x | 1240.42x |
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
- CWF & Partners Ltd
- 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's and the parent 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
- BIKE ALERT PLC · parent
- Bike Alert Inc 100%
- DJ Demades & Sons Limited 51%
- Bike Alert Limited 100%
- Bike Alert Hellas S.A. 100%
- Bike Alert Investments Limited 100%
- Wenzhou Gexin Sprocket Manufacturing Co Limited 49%
- O'Neal Europe GmbH & Co. KG 36%
Significant events
- “During the year the company made an investment in a leading motor cycle clothing and accessories company as part of the decision to add motorcycle protective clothing and accessories to its range of motorcycle replacement parts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARSH, Susan Olive | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CONSTANTINOU, Christophoros | Director | 2018-10-03 | Sep 1975 | Cypriot |
| MARSH, Susan Olive | Director | — | Sep 1957 | British |
| VASSILIOU BOYIANTZEAS, Christakis | Director | — | Jan 1955 | Cypriot |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXOPOULOS, Spyridon | Director | 1994-05-01 | 1998-12-22 |
| BOSTON, Kenneth | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2003-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christakis Vassiliou Boyiantzeas | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+7.7%
£39,465,540 £42,490,368
-
Cash
+3%
£31,949,696 £32,917,075
-
Net assets
+10.3%
£72,447,246 £79,920,883
-
Employees
+5.4%
93 98
-
Operating profit
+7.4%
£11,603,160 £12,463,694
-
Profit before tax
-2.4%
£12,366,593 £12,064,876
-
Wages
+7.2%
£1,832,015 £1,964,797
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