BENNETTS COACHES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+12.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+12.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
80
+5.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-35.5% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,672,012 | £1,078,891 | |
| Net profit | — | £233,051 | — | — | — | £1,300,116 | £871,423 | |
| Cash | — | £668,772 | £708,636 | £647,148 | £1,014,166 | £1,037,023 | £1,166,622 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,310,861 | £2,410,506 | £2,793,587 | £2,833,521 | £3,361,801 | £3,498,208 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,886,470 | £2,023,015 | £2,061,942 | £2,209,481 | £2,263,819 | £2,537,647 | |
| Equity | £1,715,736 | £1,886,470 | £2,023,015 | £2,061,942 | £2,209,481 | £2,263,819 | £2,537,647 | |
| Average employees | — | 56 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 76 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,614,946 | £2,726,762 |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Smith Heath Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “economic environment in the UK, there has been a general price inflation which has resulted in a reduction in operating profit to £1.10m compared to £1.69m for 2023. By controlling costs and continue to invest in people, the company is anticipating growth for 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Gavin Peter | Director | 2017-08-31 | May 1979 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Peter | Director | 2010-07-13 | 2017-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gavin Peter Bennett | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-07-01 | Ceased 2023-06-15 |
| Bennetts Coaches Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-31 | Active |
| Mr Peter Bennett | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-13 | Ceased 2017-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+12.5%
£1,037,023 £1,166,622
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+12.1%
£2,263,819 £2,537,647
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+5.3%
76 80
highest in 6 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-35.5%
£1,672,012 £1,078,891
-
Wages
+4.3%
£2,614,946 £2,726,762
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers