ORIGINAL B.T.C. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-25 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-32.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-9.5% vs 2023
Employees
79
-19.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£630K
-20.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,521,473 | £8,314,679 | |
| Operating profit | £774,001 | £608,309 | |
| Profit before tax | £793,863 | £629,621 | |
| Net profit | £750,795 | £435,548 | |
| Cash | £2,366,173 | £1,606,025 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,402,228 | £10,553,901 | |
| Net assets | £10,920,183 | £9,878,774 | |
| Equity | £10,920,183 | £9,878,774 | |
| Average employees | 98 | 79 | |
| Wages | £2,639,049 | £2,438,748 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.16x | 4.62x | |
| Interest cover | 49.91x | 44.84x |
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
- Curo Professional Services 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
- ORIGINAL B.T.C. LIMITED · parent
- Davey Lighting Limited 100%
- English Antique Glass Limited 100%
- Staffordshire Heritage Fine China Limited 100%
- Original BTC USA LLC 100%
- Original BTC France Sarl 100%
- Original BTC GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Beadlight Ltd was demerged from the group during the year for the long term good of both Beadlight Ltd and Original BTC group.”
- “On the 28 March 2024 Original BTC Limited undertook a de-merger of the investment held in Beadlight Limited. The shares held in Beadlight Limited we transferred to the shareholders in Original BTC Limited as a distribution in specie in the same proportion as the shares held in the company.”
- “The disposal totalling £550,000 relates to the demerger of Beadlight Limited from the group in March 2024.”
- “In April 2024 a legal claim was settled in favour of Original BTC Limited regarding disruption to trade as a result of negligence from a third party. The receipt was received in full during the year to 31 December 2024 and is disclosed within other income.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLES, Julia Rae | Secretary | 1998-10-15 | — | British |
| BOWLES, Charles Edward Peter | Director | 2012-12-02 | Feb 1986 | British |
| BOWLES, Henrietta Rae Francesca | Director | 2020-01-01 | Sep 1991 | British |
| BOWLES, Peter Robert | Director | 1998-10-15 | Jan 1957 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-15 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Robert Bowles | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mrs Julia Rae Bowles | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-03-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2018-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-21%
£10,521,473 £8,314,679
-
Cash
-32.1%
£2,366,173 £1,606,025
-
Net assets
-9.5%
£10,920,183 £9,878,774
-
Employees
-19.4%
98 79
-
Operating profit
-21.4%
£774,001 £608,309
-
Profit before tax
-20.7%
£793,863 £629,621
-
Wages
-7.6%
£2,639,049 £2,438,748
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