BSW SAWMILLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-15 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-18.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£45M
-29.9% vs 2023
Employees
669
-0.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
-6.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BSW SAWMILLS LIMITED 1991-04-15 → present
- CAMERON'S, CHAPELTON (TIMBER) LIMITED 1958-10-16 → 1991-04-15
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 | £212,346,000 | £220,090,000 | |
| Operating profit | £22,100,000 | £19,664,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £22,201,000 | £20,783,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,485,000 | £15,558,000 | |
| Cash | £1,673,000 | £1,367,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,450,000 | £49,684,000 | |
| Net assets | £64,862,000 | £45,476,000 | |
| Equity | £64,862,000 | £45,476,000 | |
| Average employees | 671 | 669 | |
| Wages | £23,732,000 | £25,217,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.8% | 39.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 149.32x | 163.87x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 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 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
- BSW SAWMILLS LIMITED · parent
- Howie Forest Products Limited 100%
- Indian Pension Scheme Propco Limited 100%
- BSW Energy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAULKNER, Mike | Director | 2023-09-15 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MILNE, Alan Graham | Director | 2017-04-27 | Nov 1982 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFITHS, David Roger | Secretary | 1993-08-31 | 2008-12-04 |
| JONES, Howard Jeremy | Secretary | 2008-12-04 | 2018-05-27 |
| MILNE, Alan Graham | Secretary | 2018-05-27 | 2024-02-21 |
| SANDERSON, Archibald Henderson | Secretary | — | 1993-08-31 |
| ADAM, Derek Hugh | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1999-07-23 |
| BALFOUR, David James | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2001-05-31 |
| BALFOUR, David James | Director | 1992-03-27 | 1994-01-05 |
| BROWNLIE, Alexander John | Director | — | 2018-03-16 |
| BROWNLIE, John Mckittrick | Director | — | 1989-03-22 |
| BURD, Christopher John Skidmore | Director | — | 1995-06-01 |
| DAVENPORT, Mark | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2000-12-08 |
| GAYDA-LEWIS, Stephen | Director | 1991-04-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, David Roger | Director | — | 2008-12-04 |
| HACKNEY, Anthony Malcolm | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| HAYES, Michael Hugh | Director | 1996-05-08 | 1997-11-03 |
| HULBERT, Philip Earle | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1999-07-23 |
| JONES, Howard Jeremy | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2018-04-01 |
| KEMP, John Dennis | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1996-08-31 |
| MARSH, Paul Charles | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| MCKELLAR, Thomas Gilmour | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1999-07-23 |
| OXNARD, Michael Douglas | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1996-09-13 |
| ROBERTS, David Garreth | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1998-02-24 |
| RODGER, David | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1999-07-23 |
| SANDERSON, Archibald Henderson | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| SCOTT AITON, David James | Director | 1991-04-01 | 2003-11-28 |
| SHIELLS, John Scott | Director | 1999-02-09 | 1999-07-23 |
| SHIELLS, Robert Blaikie | Director | — | 1997-06-12 |
| SMITH, Andrew Hamish | Director | 1994-01-05 | 2012-06-29 |
| SMITH, Thomas Neil Mckellar | Director | 1991-04-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| THOM, Allan Mcrae | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1999-07-23 |
| WILKINSON, Philip | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1999-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bsw Timber Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.6%
£212,346,000 £220,090,000
-
Cash
-18.3%
£1,673,000 £1,367,000
-
Net assets
-29.9%
£64,862,000 £45,476,000
-
Employees
-0.3%
671 669
-
Operating profit
-11%
£22,100,000 £19,664,000
-
Profit before tax
-6.4%
£22,201,000 £20,783,000
-
Wages
+6.3%
£23,732,000 £25,217,000
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