BOWER GREEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+80.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+74.8% vs 2024
Employees
68
+4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£780K
+47.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BOWER GREEN LIMITED 1997-08-05 → present
- READCO 165 LIMITED 1997-05-09 → 1997-08-05
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £12,703,869 | £16,407,627 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £553,382 | £782,151 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £527,742 | £779,767 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £322,739 | £302,527 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,111,270 | £2,008,568 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £4,547,613 | £9,127,093 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £4,339,193 | £7,582,824 | |
| Equity | £3,171,148 | £3,449,408 | — | — | — | £4,339,193 | £7,582,824 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,078,180 | £2,209,339 |
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 | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.4% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 42.1% | 33.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.64x | 1.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 21.58x | 328.08x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.”
Group structure
- BOWER GREEN LIMITED · parent
- Bower Green (Shipping & Forwarding) Limited 100%
- Bower Green Warehousing Limited 100%
- Donald Pattison & Co Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025-26 is proving to be a challenging year with problems in the supply chain continuing to be felt throughout the country exacerbated by the conflict in Iran.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATTISON, Alan Mark | Director | 1997-07-26 | Apr 1967 | British |
| PATTISON, Roger Michael | Director | 1997-07-26 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Guy Collingwood | Nominee Secretary | 1997-05-09 | 1997-07-26 |
| PATTISON, Ian | Secretary | 1997-07-26 | 2010-05-06 |
| SMITH, Patricia Mary | Secretary | 2010-05-06 | 2019-05-01 |
| CROSSLEY, Robert Henry | Nominee Director | 1997-05-09 | 1997-07-26 |
| GREEN, Jeremy Mark | Director | 1997-07-24 | 1997-07-26 |
| JACKSON, Guy Collingwood | Nominee Director | 1997-05-09 | 1997-07-26 |
| PATTISON, Ian | Director | 1997-07-26 | 2015-06-23 |
| PATTISON, Jodie Miles | Director | 1999-12-03 | 2026-04-01 |
| SHARP, Graham | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2017-11-30 |
| SMITH, Patricia Mary | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2019-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jodie Miles Pattison | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2026-04-01 |
| Mr Alan Mark Pattison | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Roger Michael Pattison | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
+29.2%
£12,703,869 £16,407,627
-
Cash
+80.7%
£1,111,270 £2,008,568
-
Net assets
+74.8%
£4,339,193 £7,582,824
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Employees
+4.6%
65 68
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Operating profit
+41.3%
£553,382 £782,151
-
Profit before tax
+47.8%
£527,742 £779,767
-
Wages
+6.3%
£2,078,180 £2,209,339
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