PBE GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
Cash
£349K
-48.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-380.9% vs 2023
Employees
7
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-15.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company holds bank loans totalling £19,250,000 at 31 December 2024... Excluding the bank loans discussed above the company remains in a net current liability position and has net current liabilities of £5,096,000 at 31 December 2024. The parent company has confirmed in writing that it will support the company to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. On this basis the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£39,000 | -£425,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,993,000 | -£2,293,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,024,000 | -£2,293,000 | |
| Cash | £675,000 | £349,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£602,000 | -£2,895,000 | |
| Net assets | -£602,000 | -£2,895,000 | |
| Equity | -£602,000 | -£2,895,000 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | |
| Wages | £1,299,000 | £1,157,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 14.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | -0.02x | -0.20x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company holds bank loans totalling £19,250,000 at 31 December 2024... Excluding the bank loans discussed above the company remains in a net current liability position and has net current liabilities of £5,096,000 at 31 December 2024. The parent company has confirmed in writing that it will support the company to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. On this basis the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PBE GROUP LTD · parent
- Pyott-Boone Holdings Inc 100%
- Pyott- Boone Electronics Inc. 100%
- PBE Australia Ltd 100%
- PBE Axell Pty Ltd 100%
- Pyott-Boone Electronics Canada Limited 100%
- PBE Europe Limited 100%
- PBE South Africa Proprietary Limited 100%
- PBE Rutherford Mining Pty Limited 100%
- ADE Power Pty Ltd 100%
- PBE Rutherford Pte Ltd 100%
- PBE Power Production Malaysia Sdn Bhd 100%
- ADE Power Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Company loss for the year was £2,293,000 (2023: £2,024,000).”
- “During the year the company had 7 employees (2023: 7).”
- “The company holds bank loans totalling £19,250,000 at 31 December 2024... These bank facilities were extended post year end on 6th May 2025 providing a facility totalling £30,000,000, with £10,000,000 of this being undrawn.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIBBS, David Michael | Secretary | 2024-11-26 | — | — |
| ASHWORTH, Christopher Sean | Director | 2026-03-26 | Aug 1964 | American |
| CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, Robert James | Director | 2017-12-18 | Aug 1950 | Australian |
| CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, Stuart James | Director | 2017-05-03 | Sep 1980 | Australian |
| ICKERINGILL, Peter Damian Joseph | Director | 2024-09-17 | Jun 1960 | Australian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLASSBURN, Christa | Secretary | 2017-05-03 | 2021-07-05 |
| ROBER, Gustav Alexander | Secretary | 2021-07-05 | 2024-11-26 |
| BEELER, Roderick Charles | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2020-05-13 |
| FREEMAN, Peter John | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2022-02-07 |
| GLASSBURN, Christa | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2024-09-26 |
| HAMWAY, Nigel Jonathon | Director | 2022-02-22 | 2026-03-26 |
| ROBER, Gustav Alexander | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2024-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert James Champion De Crespigny | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-11-27 | Active |
| Mrs Melanie Grace Champion De Crespigny | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-11-27 | Active |
| Mrs Marie Louise Zammit | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-10-12 | Ceased 2024-11-27 |
| Ms Annabel Said | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-02-21 | Ceased 2024-11-27 |
| Mr Malcolm Keith Becker | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-02-21 | Ceased 2024-11-27 |
| Mr Eugene Warrington | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-02-21 | Ceased 2024-11-27 |
| Ms Emily Burgess | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-02-21 | Ceased 2023-07-31 |
| Pbe Investors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-03 | Ceased 2023-02-21 |
| Pbe Investors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-03 | Ceased 2017-05-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-48.3%
£675,000 £349,000
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Net assets
-380.9%
-£602,000 -£2,895,000
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Employees
0%
7 7
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Operating profit
-989.7%
-£39,000 -£425,000
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Profit before tax
-15.1%
-£1,993,000 -£2,293,000
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Wages
-10.9%
£1,299,000 £1,157,000
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