BENLOWE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-10 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-27
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-32.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-7.9% vs 2023
Employees
73
-16.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£374K
-228.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BENLOWE GROUP LIMITED 1999-10-29 → present
- NO. 386 LEICESTER LIMITED 1999-05-27 → 1999-10-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,658,206 | £5,007,469 | |
| Operating profit | £321,388 | -£353,018 | |
| Profit before tax | £290,426 | -£374,484 | |
| Net profit | £224,056 | -£298,114 | |
| Cash | £1,877,506 | £1,263,981 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,964,296 | £3,546,744 | |
| Net assets | £3,766,929 | £3,468,815 | |
| Equity | £3,766,929 | £3,468,815 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 73 | |
| Wages | £2,532,946 | £2,128,387 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | -7.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | -10.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.57x | 2.80x | |
| Interest cover | 10.38x | -16.45x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared more detailed profit and cash forecasts incorporating the revised agreed bank loan repayment profile and making certain assumptions concerning the renewal of the bank facilities in March 2026, possible changes in trading performance and the timing of likely future orders for the Company's products which demonstrates that the Group continues to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. With the above taken into account, the Directors consider that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BENLOWE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- T.L. Bennett (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Thomas Lowe Joinery Limited 100%
- Bennett Windows Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLT, John | Director | 2025-06-05 | Oct 1964 | British |
| SIDEBOTTOM, John Paul | Director | 2024-06-26 | Oct 1970 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Nigel Rodney | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2026-04-23 |
| POWER, William John | Secretary | 1999-10-22 | 2004-03-31 |
| PRATT, Nicola Amy | Secretary | 1999-05-27 | 1999-10-22 |
| DACK, David Leslie | Director | 1999-09-28 | 2003-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Michael | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2024-06-28 |
| JAMES, Nigel Rodney | Director | 2004-08-20 | 2025-11-26 |
| MORTIMER, Geoffrey Gimson | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2004-06-04 |
| PEAD, David William | Director | 2001-12-21 | 2009-03-20 |
| PERKIN, Clyve | Director | 1999-09-28 | 2001-12-21 |
| POWER, William John | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2004-03-31 |
| SANDERSON, Helen Susan | Director | 1999-05-27 | 1999-09-28 |
| TEMPLE, John | Director | 1999-10-22 | 2001-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Holt | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-05-05 | Active |
| Mr John Paul Sidebottom | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Michael Harris | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Rodney James | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-11 | AM01 | insolvency | Liquidation in administration appointment of administrator | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-34.6%
£7,658,206 £5,007,469
-
Cash
-32.7%
£1,877,506 £1,263,981
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Net assets
-7.9%
£3,766,929 £3,468,815
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Employees
-16.1%
87 73
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Operating profit
-209.8%
£321,388 -£353,018
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Profit before tax
-228.9%
£290,426 -£374,484
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Wages
-16%
£2,532,946 £2,128,387
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