BARTLETT MITCHELL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-25
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-02 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-19
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+5.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+60.6% vs 2023
Employees
819
+10.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+29% vs 2023
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-27 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,806,000 | £67,882,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,691,000 | £4,760,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,692,000 | £4,763,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,792,000 | £3,537,000 | |
| Cash | £4,032,000 | £4,270,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,837,000 | £9,374,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,837,000 | £9,374,000 | |
| Equity | £5,837,000 | £9,374,000 | |
| Average employees | 744 | 819 | |
| Wages | £25,409,000 | £30,075,000 |
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 | 2023-12-27 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 63.2% | 50.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.9% | 83.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.19x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the business results and outlook, coupled with the continued support of the parent WSH, reinforce confidence that the Company can meet all its obligations as they fall due through to at least the end of 2026. Accordingly, the directors have formed a judgement that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “2024 represented a significant year of growth.”
- “Trial and roll out of new serving, cleaning and training processes in coffee bars. A particular focus for the business following a competitors' dairy allergen incidents during 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Marc | Secretary | 2020-10-28 | — | — |
| BRADLEY, Marc | Director | 2020-10-28 | Apr 1975 | British |
| BRYDON, Angus James Macdonald | Director | 2023-04-21 | Sep 1977 | British |
| HARTE, Ronan Brian | Director | 2023-04-21 | May 1970 | Irish |
| MITCHELL, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2025-12-31 | Apr 1982 | British |
| STOREY, Alastair Dunbar | Director | 2020-10-28 | Jan 1953 | British |
| TROTIGNOT, Frederic | Director | 2023-04-21 | Nov 1968 | French,British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Wendy Pamela | Secretary | 2005-12-29 | 2006-03-07 |
| BARTLETT, Wendy Pamela | Secretary | 2001-09-05 | 2004-07-26 |
| DOUGLAS, Irene Crawford | Secretary | 2006-03-07 | 2019-10-17 |
| SMITH, Fiona Margaret | Secretary | 2004-07-26 | 2005-12-29 |
| STOPFORD, Michelle | Secretary | 1999-08-19 | 2001-09-05 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-08-19 | 1999-08-19 |
| BARTLETT, Wendy Pamela | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2026-01-01 |
| JAMES, David Richard | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2017-10-20 |
| MITCHELL, Ian Maxwell Robert | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2020-10-28 |
| PRENTICE, Antony George | Director | 2023-04-21 | 2025-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Ian Lincoln | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2020-10-28 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-08-19 | 1999-08-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wsh Uk & Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-29 | Active |
| Bartlett Mitchell Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-29 |
| Ms Wendy Pamela Bartlett | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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 2024-12-25 vs 2023-12-27
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Turnover
+17.4%
£57,806,000 £67,882,000
-
Cash
+5.9%
£4,032,000 £4,270,000
-
Net assets
+60.6%
£5,837,000 £9,374,000
-
Employees
+10.1%
744 819
-
Operating profit
+29%
£3,691,000 £4,760,000
-
Profit before tax
+29%
£3,692,000 £4,763,000
-
Wages
+18.4%
£25,409,000 £30,075,000
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