NORTHERN BEAR PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-27 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-13
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+306.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+10.1% vs 2024
Employees
424
+3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+42.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NORTHERN BEAR PLC 2006-11-30 → present
- NORTHERN BEAR LIMITED 2006-04-13 → 2006-11-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,681,000 | £78,110,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,432,000 | £3,385,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,138,000 | £3,052,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,624,000 | £2,305,000 | |
| Cash | £978,000 | £3,974,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,208,000 | £25,388,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,262,000 | £22,313,000 | |
| Equity | £20,262,000 | £22,313,000 | |
| Average employees | 411 | 424 | |
| Wages | £16,354,000 | £18,407,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.5% | 47.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 8.27x | 8.77x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Group should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities for at least the next 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NORTHERN BEAR PLC · parent
- Isoler Limited 100%
- Springs Roofing Limited 100%
- Wensley Roofing Limited 100%
- MGM Limited 100%
- Jennings Roofing Limited 100%
- Alcor Handling Solutions Limited 100%
- A1 Industrial Trucks Limited 100%
- Northern Bear Safety Limited 100%
- Arcas Building Solutions Limited 100%
- H Peel & Sons Limited 100%
- J Lister Electrical Limited 100%
- Northern Bear Roofing Limited 100%
- Northern Bear Construction Limited 100%
- System Roofing Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “One-off provision costs in FY25 of £0.4m in relation to the costs of the closure of H Peel”
- “Share repurchase via tender offer in December 2023 for 5,000,000 ordinary shares”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDGELL, Wendy Ann | Secretary | 2011-10-26 | — | — |
| CARR, Simon Alexander | Director | 2024-07-17 | Aug 1958 | British |
| DAVIES, John Peter | Director | 2024-01-18 | May 1966 | British |
| SAMUEL, Harry Jacob | Director | 2021-11-11 | Jun 1965 | Canadian,British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST, Graham Stuart Lindsay | Secretary | 2011-05-04 | 2011-10-11 |
| FORREST, Graham Stuart Lindsay | Secretary | 2006-04-13 | 2007-05-14 |
| HAYES, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2009-10-29 | 2011-05-04 |
| JAY, David | Secretary | 2007-05-14 | 2009-12-02 |
| OSBORNE NOMINEES TWO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-13 | 2006-04-13 |
| BARYSHNIK, Jeff Matthew | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2023-11-15 |
| BODEN, Martin Brett | Director | 2023-09-13 | 2026-03-18 |
| DAVIS, Julian Nigel | Director | 2025-05-09 | 2025-12-01 |
| FORREST, Graham Stuart Lindsay | Director | 2006-04-13 | 2011-10-11 |
| GOLD, Howard Barry | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2020-08-01 |
| GRAY, Steven | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2013-02-07 |
| HAYES, Thomas Edward | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2025-01-01 |
| HOLROYD, John Carless | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2021-11-11 |
| JAY, David | Director | 2007-05-11 | 2010-01-29 |
| JENNINGS, Graham Roy | Director | 2008-04-08 | 2020-03-31 |
| KHERA, Anil | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2024-07-31 |
| MCLEAN, Ian Thomas | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2021-02-26 |
| PITHER, Johnathon Peter | Director | 2006-04-13 | 2008-10-21 |
| ROBERTS, Steven Mark | Director | 2024-01-18 | 2025-09-04 |
| ROBERTS, Steven Mark | Director | 2006-11-08 | 2021-08-24 |
| SOULSBY, Keith | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2024-03-31 |
| SOULSBY, Keith | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2011-09-23 |
| STANLEY, Roy Robert Edward | Director | 2006-11-08 | 2007-05-11 |
| YEOMAN, Marcus | Director | 2006-11-08 | 2008-06-30 |
| OSBOURNE NOMINEES ONE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-04-13 | 2006-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarvale Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-11 | Ceased 2023-12-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-05-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2024-04-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+13.7%
£68,681,000 £78,110,000
-
Cash
+306.3%
£978,000 £3,974,000
-
Net assets
+10.1%
£20,262,000 £22,313,000
-
Employees
+3.2%
411 424
-
Operating profit
+39.2%
£2,432,000 £3,385,000
-
Profit before tax
+42.8%
£2,138,000 £3,052,000
-
Wages
+12.6%
£16,354,000 £18,407,000
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