BENCHMARK INVESTMENTS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£307K
-22.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+6.1% vs 2024
Employees
177
+7.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£878K
+32.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,370,781 | £20,636,140 | |
| Operating profit | £852,122 | £1,096,436 | |
| Profit before tax | £663,316 | £877,818 | |
| Net profit | £247,931 | £628,425 | |
| Cash | £396,744 | £306,694 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,459,267 | £14,104,655 | |
| Net assets | £10,330,956 | £10,959,381 | |
| Equity | £10,330,956 | £10,959,381 | |
| Average employees | 164 | 177 | |
| Wages | £8,202,017 | £9,206,618 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.5% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.73x | 3.21x | |
| Interest cover | 4.51x | 5.02x |
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
- Thornton Springer LLP
- 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 group's and the parent 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.”
Group structure
- BENCHMARK INVESTMENTS LTD · parent
- Benchmark Scaffolding Ltd 100%
- Dark Light Investments Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The financial year to 30 June 2025 has been one of strong growth and solid profitability, reflecting improved market conditions and continued operational discipline.”
- “The group enters FY26 with a strong order pipeline extending into 2026, supported by repeat business from long-standing clients and several new contract wins.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHERWEN, John Christopher | Director | 2013-01-03 | Mar 1972 | British |
| WEST, Robert John | Director | 2013-01-03 | Oct 1959 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwen Engineering Co Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-30 | Active |
| International Assets & Resources Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2024-05-30 | Ceased 2025-06-30 |
| Mr Robert John West | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-02-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-15 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-03-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-03-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+18.8%
£17,370,781 £20,636,140
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Cash
-22.7%
£396,744 £306,694
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Net assets
+6.1%
£10,330,956 £10,959,381
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Employees
+7.9%
164 177
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Operating profit
+28.7%
£852,122 £1,096,436
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Profit before tax
+32.3%
£663,316 £877,818
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Wages
+12.2%
£8,202,017 £9,206,618
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