BIGHAMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-17 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-35.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+16.5% vs 2023
Employees
644
+0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+36.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £132,608,592 | £144,276,562 | |
| Operating profit | £6,391,732 | £8,399,166 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,586,201 | £7,648,632 | |
| Net profit | £4,701,231 | £5,256,958 | |
| Cash | £1,739,716 | £1,116,406 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,083,566 | £34,462,188 | |
| Net assets | £17,899,656 | £20,846,663 | |
| Equity | £17,899,656 | £20,846,663 | |
| Average employees | 638 | 644 | |
| Wages | £31,348,880 | £35,162,758 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 24.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.8% | 65.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 5.17x | 6.25x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- 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.”
Group structure
- BIGHAMS LIMITED · parent
- By Ruby Food Limited 100%
- By Ruby Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Successfully launched our TV advertising campaign.”
- “Major upgrade to Business Systems were successfully launched.”
- “Significantly reduced our proportion of edible food that goes to waste.”
- “Major project to install solar electricity panels on our London kitchen was completed.”
- “Successfully recertified as a B Corp.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGHAM, Charlie Richard Petty | Director | 1996-08-02 | Apr 1967 | British |
| BOXER, Jason Edward | Director | 2020-09-08 | May 1969 | British |
| CAIRNS, Patrick David | Director | 2017-03-06 | May 1967 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGHAM, Charles Richard Petty | Secretary | 2007-04-30 | 2008-03-01 |
| MOHAMED NAHEEM, Haseen | Secretary | 2010-07-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| NELSON, Howard Paul | Secretary | 2008-03-01 | 2010-06-24 |
| TREASURE, Joyce | Secretary | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-05 |
| WATKINS, Amanda Jane | Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2007-04-30 |
| WORTHINGTON, Claire Joanna | Secretary | 1996-08-22 | 2005-04-01 |
| ALLCHURCH, Thomas David | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2016-12-22 |
| BIGHAM, James Edward Conway | Director | 1999-08-03 | 2005-07-31 |
| CHALLIFOUR, Rachel Clare Kelley | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2013-01-01 |
| DOWN, Mark | Director | 1998-08-06 | 2002-09-15 |
| KELLEY, Rachel | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2017-05-17 |
| LEIGHTON, Allan Leslie | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2015-02-25 |
| MCLAREN, Guy | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2012-07-18 |
| MOHAMED NAHEEM, Haseen | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| NELSON, Howard Paul | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2010-06-24 |
| PUCELLE, Boris Robert Paul | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2014-03-26 |
| THOMPSON, Andrea Jayne | Director | 2016-04-14 | 2016-12-22 |
| WATKINS, Amanda Jane | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2007-04-30 |
| WHYTE, Paul Daniel | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2015-05-29 |
| WORRALL, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2005-10-20 | 2008-09-12 |
| WORTHINGTON, Claire Joanna | Director | 1998-08-06 | 1999-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charlie Richard Petty Bigham | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+8.8%
£132,608,592 £144,276,562
-
Cash
-35.8%
£1,739,716 £1,116,406
-
Net assets
+16.5%
£17,899,656 £20,846,663
-
Employees
+0.9%
638 644
-
Operating profit
+31.4%
£6,391,732 £8,399,166
-
Profit before tax
+36.9%
£5,586,201 £7,648,632
-
Wages
+12.2%
£31,348,880 £35,162,758
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