BELL & BAIN LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Azets Audit Services Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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

• “Storm damage to one of our factories in June 2023 resulted in significant disruption to operations over subsequent months. A digital press was irreparably damaged. upturn in volume from Q4 onwards which has so far continued into 2025. 2025 has started well with sales for the first seven months of the year being 21% higher than the same period in 2024. The group has also invested in a variety of finishing processes. Bell & Bain Limited's sister company, J Thomson Colour Printers Limited, has invested in a second hand 8-colour LED UV printing press. The company granted a bond and floating charge to Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Ltd on 12 May 2025 in connection with the new invoice finance facility, which was transferred from ABN Amro to Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Ltd on that date.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -9.1%

  £21,692,863 → £19,712,434

• Cash

  -38.4%

  £729,336 → £448,966

• Net assets

  +0.1%

  £6,698,929 → £6,702,907

• Employees

  -13.3%

  135 → 117

• Operating profit

  -72.1%

  £2,247,390 → £627,585

• Profit before tax

  -112.3%

  £1,410,867 → -£173,781

• Wages

  -3.4%

  £4,240,823 → £4,098,275

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