BOTT LIMITED
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Cash
£5M
-16.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
+9.4% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
449
+2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+62.4% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
9-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £38,439,283 | — | £52,870,243 | — | £53,749,477 | — | £51,649,539 | £55,995,447 | +8.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,586,385 | — | £3,028,590 | — | £3,053,036 | — | £2,782,464 | £4,540,548 | +63.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,586,385 | — | £3,023,735 | — | £3,034,572 | — | £2,822,476 | £4,582,593 | +62.4% | |
| Net profit | — | £1,241,737 | — | £2,371,698 | — | £2,315,290 | — | £2,194,479 | £3,312,166 | +50.9% | |
| Cash | £8,036,117 | £7,212,573 | £7,212,573 | £1,885,189 | £1,885,189 | £4,762,629 | £4,762,629 | £6,351,753 | £5,277,156 | -16.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £22,533,766 | — | £22,303,941 | — | £23,269,283 | — | £24,313,782 | £26,431,569 | +8.7% | |
| Net assets | — | £22,046,277 | — | £21,203,940 | — | £22,304,865 | — | £23,373,913 | £25,569,598 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | — | £22,046,277 | — | £21,203,940 | — | £22,304,865 | — | £23,373,913 | £25,569,598 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | — | 371 | — | 458 | — | 455 | — | 439 | 449 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | — | £11,674,096 | — | £14,894,265 | — | £15,701,049 | — | £15,479,488 | £17,129,145 | +10.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £800,754 | — | £962,472 | — | £610,015 | — | £706,280 | £732,294 | +3.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.1% | — | 5.7% | — | 5.7% | — | 5.4% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.2% | — | 4.5% | — | 4.3% | — | 4.2% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.0% | — | 13.6% | — | 13.1% | — | 11.4% | 17.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.3% | 30.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.47x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 623.81x | — | 165.35x | — | 172.59x | 715.16x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BOTT LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
- CASTWOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED 1977-08-17 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit 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.”
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
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTMAN, Emily Jane | Director | 2022-01-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SMITH, Nicolas Roger | Director | 2019-11-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| WOSNITZKA, Michael | Director | — | Apr 1961 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTON, Ian Michael | Secretary | — | 1996-06-04 |
| FRY, Simon David | Secretary | 2007-09-25 | 2020-06-30 |
| WOODWARD, Clive Robert | Secretary | 1996-06-04 | 2007-09-25 |
| BIRD, Barry | Director | — | 2005-03-31 |
| CASTON, Ian Michael | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
| FINN, James Patrick | Director | 1996-06-01 | 2017-01-13 |
| FRY, Simon David | Director | 2007-07-05 | 2020-06-30 |
| KLINGLER, Klaus | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
| SCHICK, Gerhard | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| SINDEN, Mark Edgar John | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| STATTON, Nicholas Thomas Mark | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| WOODWARD, Clive Robert | Director | — | 2022-08-31 |
| WOODWARD, Graham John | Director | — | 1996-06-04 |
| WOODWARD, Kevin Adrian | Director | 1996-06-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| WUST, Klaus | Director | 1996-06-04 | 2004-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bott Internationale Holding Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.