BEVERLEY FUNERALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-12.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
-18.2% vs 2024
Employees
217
+5.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-246% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BEVERLEY FUNERALS LIMITED 2013-01-10 → present
- RETAINED FUNERALS LIMITED 2012-11-13 → 2013-01-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,976,104 | £29,203,775 | |
| Operating profit | £2,511,474 | £813,680 | |
| Profit before tax | -£744,696 | -£2,576,852 | |
| Net profit | -£1,129,333 | -£2,616,833 | |
| Cash | £2,513,574 | £2,209,234 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,839,299 | £60,667,595 | |
| Net assets | £22,259,201 | £18,215,534 | |
| Equity | £22,259,201 | £18,215,534 | |
| Average employees | 206 | 217 | |
| Wages | £6,943,811 | £7,336,020 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -3.9% | -9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.4% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.11x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 0.75x | 0.24x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet its debts as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, the Group and Company continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEVERLEY FUNERALS LIMITED · parent
- Blackburn Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Doncaster Funeral Services Limited 100%
- F.R.Kirk & Son Limited 100%
- Funeral Account Recovery Limited 100%
- J Naylor (Funeral Directors) Limited 100%
- JM & E Ovington and Son (Funeral Directors) Limited 100%
- John Parkin and Son (Funeral Directors) Limited 100%
- J.S. Hedges Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Peter Coyne Independent Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Pope Funeral Services Limited 100%
- S & W Riding Funerals Limited 100%
- Sentiments Independent Funeral Home Ltd 100%
- Skelmersdale Funeral Service Limited 100%
- The Taylor Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Thomas McMullan Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Thomas Porter & Sons Limited 100%
- Tranquility Funerals Limited 100%
- Watsons Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- G. & M. Lunt Limited 100%
- David H. Smith Funeral Directors (inc. Mellor & Smith) Limited 100%
- J. Pidgeon & Son Limited 100%
- Robert Holland Funeral Director Limited 100%
- Bristol Carriage Masters Limited 100%
- E Hill & Son Limited 100%
- Harold H Leese Limited 100%
- A Boulton & Sons Limited 100%
- Bedwardine Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Maltby Independent Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Paul Green Funeral Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 June 2025, the Group completed a refinancing which replaced its existing bank loan with a 5-year term loan of £36m and a revolving credit facility of £5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTAKER, George Anthony David | Secretary | 2012-11-13 | — | British |
| WEBB, Paul | Director | 2025-08-19 | Feb 1962 | British |
| WELLS, Jonathon Mark | Director | 2026-01-08 | Feb 1967 | British |
| WHITTAKER, George Anthony David | Director | 2012-11-13 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WILLIS, Keith Andrew | Director | 2013-01-19 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRICK, Simon John | Director | 2013-01-19 | 2026-01-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Anthony David Whittaker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+0.8%
£28,976,104 £29,203,775
-
Cash
-12.1%
£2,513,574 £2,209,234
-
Net assets
-18.2%
£22,259,201 £18,215,534
-
Employees
+5.3%
206 217
-
Operating profit
-67.6%
£2,511,474 £813,680
-
Profit before tax
-246%
-£744,696 -£2,576,852
-
Wages
+5.6%
£6,943,811 £7,336,020
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