BIG BOX STORAGE CENTRES LIMITED

1. BIG BOX STORAGE CENTRES LIMITED 2000-07-14 → present
2. ARTS INTERNATIONAL MOVING LIMITED 1993-01-04 → 2000-07-14

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

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the expectation of refinancing the loan, forecasts approved by the Board and the confirmation from TKG-StorageMart Partners, L.P., the company's ultimate parent undertaking, that it will not take any actions which would be detrimental to the company's status as a going concern, at the time of approving the financial statements the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BIG BOX STORAGE CENTRES LIMITED · parent
   1. Absolute Uckfield Ltd. 100% · England · Collection agent
   2. BBSC HW Ltd 100% · England · Collection agent
   3. BBSC Ins Limited 100% · England · Provision of insurance on storage sites
   4. BBSC Ton Limited 100% · England · Collection agent
   5. Big Box Storage Company Limited 100% · England · Collection agent
   6. Keepsafe Brighton Trading Limited 100% · England · Collection agent
   7. Self Storage Space (UK) Limited 100% · England · Collection agent
   8. Strandbase Ltd 100% · England · Collection agent
   9. SMARTCO TRS UK Limited 100% · England · Business support service activities

Significant events

• “The group has had several new competitors open within its operating areas over the last 10+ years and has opened new stores in areas with already strong competition present. In each case, evidence points to growth in the local market by increased knowledge of the existence of the product.”
• “During the year, the company exercised its contractual option to extend the facility from the original repayment date of 11 November 2025 by 12 months. As a result, the loan is now due to be repaid in full on 11 November 2026.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +4.8%

  £15,699,620 → £16,460,331

• Cash

  +62.3%

  £2,925,088 → £4,748,641

• Net assets

  -3.5%

  £56,614,299 → £54,648,709

• Employees

  +2.3%

  43 → 44

• Operating profit

  +3.2%

  £5,355,587 → £5,526,357

• Profit before tax

  +42.4%

  -£2,579,080 → -£1,485,574

• Wages

  +6.2%

  £1,618,042 → £1,718,756

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