BUSHBOARD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-18 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-21.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+3.4% vs 2023
Employees
78
-11.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£458K
-35.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BUSHBOARD LIMITED 2006-10-31 → present
- CASTLINE LIMITED 2000-03-09 → 2006-10-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,869,000 | £21,984,000 | |
| Operating profit | £715,000 | £465,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £712,000 | £458,000 | |
| Net profit | £382,000 | £724,000 | |
| Cash | £2,169,000 | £1,705,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,235,000 | £20,891,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,260,000 | £20,957,000 | |
| Equity | £20,260,000 | £20,957,000 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 78 | |
| Wages | £3,514,000 | £3,363,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.5% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.89x | 7.42x | |
| Interest cover | 238.33x | 66.43x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the performance throughout 2024 and 2025, the Directors are confident that the Company has reserves and liquidity well in excess of those necessary to meet any unexpected setbacks in the next 12 months and, for this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation for these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During Q3 of FY2024, Bushboard Limited experienced an abnormal level of bad debt from one of the Company's large customers totalling £0.661m.”
- “During the financial year 2024, exceptional expenses of £69k (2023: £344k) were recognised relating to group restructuring costs. The restructuring costs were associated to the rationalisation and centralisation of production.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELKINS, Christopher John | Director | 2021-03-02 | Apr 1961 | British |
| PEARSON, Alan Timothy | Director | 2016-10-31 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPDEN, David John | Secretary | 2001-03-20 | 2016-10-31 |
| THESING, William Joseph, Mr. | Secretary | 2016-10-31 | 2023-03-15 |
| ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-03-09 | 2000-03-10 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-03-10 | 2001-03-20 |
| BESSELING, Marco Frederikus Martinus | Director | 2019-09-02 | 2021-03-01 |
| BIRCH, Ian Gregory | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2001-03-20 |
| CAMPDEN, David John | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2016-10-31 |
| CARLE, Steven Alexander Anderson | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2004-02-18 |
| DAVIES, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2006-10-01 |
| JOHN, Ian | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2002-05-21 |
| LEE, Jeffrey Scott, Mr. | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2019-06-14 |
| MORLEY, Candida Elizabeth | Director | 2004-02-18 | 2004-12-15 |
| REES, Martin Gareth | Director | 2001-03-20 | 2004-12-15 |
| ROBB, Jeffrey Hugh | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2019-09-02 |
| VARNEY, Michael Shaun | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2016-10-31 |
| WHITE, Stuart Charles | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2016-10-31 |
| ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-09 | 2000-03-10 |
| EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-03-10 | 2000-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsonart Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
-3.9%
£22,869,000 £21,984,000
-
Cash
-21.4%
£2,169,000 £1,705,000
-
Net assets
+3.4%
£20,260,000 £20,957,000
-
Employees
-11.4%
88 78
-
Operating profit
-35%
£715,000 £465,000
-
Profit before tax
-35.7%
£712,000 £458,000
-
Wages
-4.3%
£3,514,000 £3,363,000
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