BAMFORD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+81.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£32M
-6.2% vs 2024
Employees
131
-11.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
+37.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BAMFORD LIMITED 2003-12-04 → present
- OFFSHELF 306 LTD 2003-11-03 → 2003-12-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,500,048 | £15,208,883 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,018,522 | -£1,887,644 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,018,522 | -£1,887,644 | |
| Net profit | -£3,018,522 | -£1,887,644 | |
| Cash | £1,319,428 | £2,397,806 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£30,607,509 | -£32,495,153 | |
| Net assets | -£30,607,509 | -£32,495,153 | |
| Equity | -£30,607,509 | -£32,495,153 | |
| Average employees | 148 | 131 | |
| Wages | £4,991,093 | £4,793,604 |
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 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -20.8% | -12.4% | |
| Net margin | -20.8% | -12.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.9% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.27x | 0.25x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. At 29 March 2025, the Company was in a net current liabilities position of £35,207,779, which included £43,240,985 owed to group undertakings. A letter has been provided to the Company by Lady Bamford, the Company's ultimate majority shareholder, confirming that she will provide support to the Company to repay these debts should they be called due. Lady Bamford has confirmed that she will continue to provide this support for the foreseeable future to enable the Company to continue in operational existence and to settle its liabilities as they fall due, being for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of the authorisation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BAMFORD LIMITED · parent
- Bamford France 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the period end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert | Secretary | 2004-01-30 | — | British |
| BAMFORD, Anthony Paul, Lord | Director | 2004-01-30 | Oct 1945 | British |
| BAMFORD, Carole Gray, Lady | Director | 2004-01-30 | Apr 1946 | British |
| KENNEDY, Ruth Anne Francis | Director | 2010-02-27 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHERS INTERESTS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-03 | 2004-01-30 |
| MITCHELL, Jamie Matthew | Director | 2010-02-27 | 2014-03-31 |
| OFFSHELF LTD | Corporate Director | 2003-11-03 | 2004-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Carole Bamford | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-08-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-05-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-19 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2021-06-08 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-29
-
Turnover
+4.9%
£14,500,048 £15,208,883
-
Cash
+81.7%
£1,319,428 £2,397,806
-
Net assets
-6.2%
-£30,607,509 -£32,495,153
-
Employees
-11.5%
148 131
-
Operating profit
+37.5%
-£3,018,522 -£1,887,644
-
Profit before tax
+37.5%
-£3,018,522 -£1,887,644
-
Wages
-4%
£4,991,093 £4,793,604
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