BUDDIES ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
Cash
£611K
+2.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£685K
-6.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£76K
-130.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company is not currently carrying out its principal activity, having made the decision to cease trading. The Directors intend to commence wind up procedures and liquidate the Company. Therefore, the Directors do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. As a result, the Financial Statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. No additional adjustments have been required to the financial statements as a result of them being prepared on a basis other than going concern.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BUDDIES ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2011-06-28 → present
- GUIDEFIGURE LIMITED 2000-06-13 → 2011-06-28
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 | £246,000 | £152,000 | |
| Operating profit | £248,000 | -£76,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £248,000 | -£76,000 | |
| Net profit | £189,000 | -£51,000 | |
| Cash | £594,000 | £611,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £736,000 | £685,000 | |
| Equity | £736,000 | £685,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 100.8% | -50.0% | |
| Net margin | 76.8% | -33.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.2% | 23.1% |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company is not currently carrying out its principal activity, having made the decision to cease trading. The Directors intend to commence wind up procedures and liquidate the Company. Therefore, the Directors do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. As a result, the Financial Statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. No additional adjustments have been required to the financial statements as a result of them being prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased trading on 31 March 2025 with the intention to commence wind up procedures. The firm's authorisation with the Financial Conduct Authority was formally cancelled on 16 June 2025.”
- “There have been no material subsequent events after the SOFP date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TWEMLOW, Christopher Mcgowan | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| DIFFEY, Stuart | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| HILLON, James | Director | 2024-11-15 | Dec 1975 | British |
| TOPHAM, Henry | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILHESPY, Jane Claire | Secretary | 2000-09-06 | 2007-04-19 |
| JACK-KEE, Robin Christian | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| ROBERTS, Janet Margaret | Secretary | 2007-04-19 | 2017-09-22 |
| LEGAL & GENERAL CO SEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-01-05 | 2019-12-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-06-13 | 2000-09-06 |
| AGIUS, Cheryl Margaret | Director | 2018-01-12 | 2019-07-31 |
| BATEMAN, Arthur | Director | 2001-06-05 | 2005-05-20 |
| BATEMAN, Lynette Adele | Director | 2008-06-14 | 2009-11-19 |
| CRANE, Michael Paul | Director | 2023-11-07 | 2024-04-30 |
| CRANE, Michael Paul | Director | 2021-04-30 | 2022-01-20 |
| GILHESPY, Jane Claire | Director | 2000-09-06 | 2008-04-04 |
| HURLEY, Christopher Mark | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2021-06-30 |
| LEVINE, Avi | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2019-09-05 |
| METAXAS, Marianne Brenda | Director | 2000-09-06 | 2019-09-05 |
| MISSON, Keith | Director | 2022-01-20 | 2024-11-14 |
| RAFFARD, Serge | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| SHARMAN, Jeremy William | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2018-01-05 |
| THORNHILL, Nicholas James | Director | 2018-04-19 | 2022-01-20 |
| TRELOAR, Stephen | Director | 2022-01-20 | 2023-06-30 |
| WENZEL, Kevin Peter | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2023-09-14 |
| WREN-KIRKHAM, Christopher James | Director | 2018-01-12 | 2021-04-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-06-13 | 2000-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmead Insurance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-05 | Active |
| Ms Marianne Brenda Metaxas | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-05 |
| Mr Jeremy William Sharman | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-05-08 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-04-01 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-01 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-04-01 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-06-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-38.2%
£246,000 £152,000
-
Cash
+2.9%
£594,000 £611,000
-
Net assets
-6.9%
£736,000 £685,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
-130.6%
£248,000 -£76,000
-
Profit before tax
-130.6%
£248,000 -£76,000
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