BELL CONTRACTING LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Kilsby & Williams LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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 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

1. BELL CONTRACTING LIMITED · parent
   1. Acexel Limited 49% · England and Wales · construction education and training

Significant events

• “The wider residential construction sector continues to experience challenging economic conditions influenced by market uncertainty, inflationary pressures and changes within the regulatory environment.”
• “The company continues to experience margin pressures arising from increased costs and heightened commercial expectations from clients, alongside ongoing industry-wide challenges relating to the availability of skilled labour.”
• “Regulatory changes affecting development activity, particularly within Wales, have also created uncertainty during the period under review.”
• “Operating profit increased significantly following the release of grant-related obligations, allowing a balance to be recognised within the year's accounts.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +9.2%

  £50,191,507 → £54,810,317

• Cash

  +8.8%

  £13,919,002 → £15,139,900

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +21%

  £15,718,721 → £19,021,711

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -8.8%

  215 → 196

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +128.1%

  £1,226,060 → £2,796,622

  highest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  +93%

  £1,774,766 → £3,424,973

  highest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  -1.6%

  £7,815,381 → £7,693,358

  lowest 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