BGH TIMBER 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
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-32.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£36K
-87.7% vs 2023
Employees
73
-16.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£333K
-205.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-03-25
- BGH TIMBER LIMITED 2026-03-25 → present
- BENLOWE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-02-19 → 2026-03-25
- EVER 1553 LIMITED 2001-04-27 → 2002-02-19
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 | £391,168 | -£283,238 | |
| Profit before tax | £315,397 | -£333,455 | |
| Net profit | £242,932 | -£257,085 | |
| Cash | £1,877,758 | £1,264,233 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,197,154 | £763,131 | |
| Net assets | £293,211 | £36,126 | |
| Equity | £293,211 | £36,126 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 73 | |
| Wages | £2,520,285 | £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 | 5.1% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | -5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.7% | -37.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 5.16x | -5.64x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has recorded a loss for the year, market conditions remain very tough and competitive and the Directors consider that the outlook presents significant challenges and uncertainties in terms of the timing of sales, volumes and pricing. The Group preserves cash and controls the cost base wherever possible in order to allow the Group to continue to meet its debts as they fall due, however market circumstances continue to create uncertainties over future trading results and cash flow. The ability of the Group to operate as a going concern relies on it being able to meet its debts as they fall due and being able to operate within the financial covenants attached to the debt. The Goup has renegotiated with its banker's revisions to the financial covenants and capital repayment terms associated with the bank loans, through to 31 March 2026. As a consequence of this, the loan repayment terms and banking covenants now agreed are believed by the Board to be achievable. 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 Goup'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
- BGH TIMBER LIMITED · parent
- Benlowe Group Limited 100%
- Benlowe Trustees Limited 100%
- Benlowe Windows Limited 100%
- T.L. Bennett (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Thomas Lowe Joinery Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 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 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Nigel Rodney | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2026-04-23 |
| POWER, William John | Secretary | 2001-12-21 | 2004-03-31 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-04-27 | 2001-12-21 |
| DACK, David Leslie | Director | 2001-12-21 | 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 | 2001-12-21 | 2004-06-04 |
| PEAD, David William | Director | 2001-12-21 | 2009-03-20 |
| POWER, William John | Director | 2001-12-21 | 2004-03-31 |
| EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-04-27 | 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 | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Rodney James | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-25 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 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 group | |
| 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 group | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-31 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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%
£1,877,758 £1,264,233
-
Net assets
-87.7%
£293,211 £36,126
-
Employees
-16.1%
87 73
-
Operating profit
-172.4%
£391,168 -£283,238
-
Profit before tax
-205.7%
£315,397 -£333,455
-
Wages
-15.5%
£2,520,285 £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