BYWEST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-4.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+31.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
+13.8% 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 Event of Default indicates a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We draw attention to Note 1.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that an Event of Default has occurred and the Facility Agent has the right to full repayment of outstanding borrowings.
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 | £25,687,000 | £28,675,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,728,000 | £4,059,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,361,000 | £3,824,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,565,000 | £2,868,000 | |
| Cash | £5,265,000 | £5,038,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,153,000 | £43,500,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,096,000 | £9,360,000 | |
| Equity | £7,096,000 | £9,360,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 14.5% | 14.2% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | 9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.0% | 87.5% | |
| Current ratio | 7.37x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 1.46x | 1.64x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Event of Default indicates a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. We draw attention to Note 1.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that an Event of Default has occurred and the Facility Agent has the right to full repayment of outstanding borrowings.”
Significant events
- “The Company has breached 'Other Obligations' of the Facilities Agreement ("FA") in relation to obtaining the consent of the Majority Banks prior to entering into Indemnity Letters and Formal Variation Documents with the Trust, resulting in a technical Event of Default (EoD).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VERCITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-06-07 | — | — |
| HAYMAN, Simon | Director | 2019-08-16 | Jun 1966 | British |
| NEWBY, Glynn | Director | 2013-10-17 | Jan 1966 | British |
| THORNE, Alexander Victor | Director | 2024-05-31 | Mar 1989 | British |
| WOODBURN, Neil Andrew | Director | 2021-11-03 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAZELL, Anthony John | Secretary | 2001-11-21 | 2005-08-18 |
| JENKINSON, Louisa Jane | Secretary | 2005-08-18 | 2007-02-26 |
| MILLER, Philip | Secretary | 2007-02-26 | 2008-10-17 |
| MONFORT, Olivier | Secretary | 2000-09-25 | 2001-11-21 |
| OWEN, Stephen | Secretary | 2008-10-17 | 2011-03-01 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-03-01 | 2017-06-06 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-25 |
| BODIN, Bruno Albert | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2011-04-14 |
| CARR, David John | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2012-12-03 |
| CHRISTOLOMME, Lionel | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2007-12-11 |
| COOPER, Phillip John | Director | 2006-05-31 | 2011-10-02 |
| GLEDHILL, Sarah Louise | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2023-09-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Mark John | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2019-08-01 |
| HOLDEN, Mark Geoffrey David | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2023-07-31 |
| HOLLIDAY, Simon Roger | Director | 2005-06-07 | 2008-03-06 |
| JONES, Bryn David Murray | Director | 2001-01-29 | 2007-10-12 |
| JOSEPH, Vincent | Director | 2007-12-11 | 2008-08-06 |
| MCDONALD, Stephen Howard | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2018-02-28 |
| MCERLANE, Andrew John | Director | 2023-09-30 | 2024-05-31 |
| MINAULT, Pascal | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2007-12-11 |
| MURPHY, Dean | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2013-09-24 |
| O'HALLORAN, James Anthony | Director | 2009-04-17 | 2012-07-04 |
| PATEL, Mandesh Vishnubhai | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2013-05-01 |
| PIGACHE, Guy Roland Marc | Director | 2001-01-29 | 2002-12-06 |
| QUAIFE, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2018-09-17 |
| RACINE, Oliver Marie | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2002-09-16 |
| TURNBULL, Rachel Louise | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2018-10-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bywest (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Infrastructure Investments Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+11.6%
£25,687,000 £28,675,000
-
Cash
-4.3%
£5,265,000 £5,038,000
-
Net assets
+31.9%
£7,096,000 £9,360,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+8.9%
£3,728,000 £4,059,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.8%
£3,361,000 £3,824,000
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