Oliver Bonas Limited

Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · Chessington

ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1999Private Limited Company

Financial position

Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts

Net assets

£26,406,203

Cash

£12,819,920

Turnover

£166,955,652

Profit / loss

£5,245,538

Current assets

£39,452,477

Creditors < 1 year

£35,357,221

Equity

£26,406,203

Average employees

1,730

Balance-sheet trend

GBP · consolidated

Financial statements

Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.

2 periods

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Reported figures	2025-12-31Group · AI-read	2024-12-31Group · AI-read
Balance sheet
Net assets	£26,406,203	£27,214,939
Equity	£26,406,203	£27,214,939
Share capital	£1,000	£1,000
Retained earnings	£26,180,696	£27,068,696
Assets
Fixed assets	£32,844,909	£26,869,881
Intangible assets	£1,599,985	£1,622,480
Property, plant & equipment	£31,244,924	£25,247,401
Current assets	£39,452,477	£47,773,275
Cash at bank	£12,819,920	£18,870,236
Debtors	£6,480,720	£4,239,426
Stock	£20,151,837	£24,663,613
Liabilities
Creditors within one year	£35,357,221	£39,851,588
Creditors after one year	£7,021,718	£4,884,400
Bank loans & overdrafts	—	£6,000,000
Provisions	£3,512,244	£2,692,229
Net current assets	£4,095,256	£7,921,687
Assets less current liabilities	£36,940,165	£34,791,568
Profit & loss
Turnover	£166,955,652	£150,285,474
Cost of sales	£74,663,789	£67,002,527
Gross profit	£92,291,863	£83,282,947
Administrative expenses	£85,046,567	£75,080,565
Operating profit	£7,245,296	£8,202,382
Interest receivable	£274,565	£152,691
Interest payable	£743,933	£476,058
Profit before tax	£6,775,928	£7,879,015
Tax	£1,530,390	£2,415,237
Profit / loss	£5,245,538	£5,463,778
Dividends	£2,083,334	£3,708,026
Operating costs
Operating lease charges	£12,802,672	£12,159,431
Audit fees	£58,500	£56,500
Cash flow
Cash from operations	£14,798,000	£13,177,725
Capital expenditure	£11,343,466	£9,701,049
People & pay
Average employees	1,730	1,684
Staff costs	£44,698,530	£38,963,101
Wages & salaries	£39,632,967	£35,388,429
Social security costs	£4,011,139	£2,623,452
Pension costs	£1,054,424	£951,220
Directors' remuneration	£532,125	£45,752
Highest paid director	£506,563	£23,826
Source evidence	View filing	View filing

From the accounts

What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.

Auditor: Buzzacott Audit LLP
Audit opinion: Clean (unmodified)
Ultimate controlling party: Oliver Tress
Accounts: Full accounts · FRS 102
Approved: 2026-06-30, signed by Timothy Hollidge

Subsidiaries (1)

Oliver Bonas (Ireland) Limited · 100% · The Black Church, St Marys Place, Dublin 7, D07 P4AX

Turnover by segment (6)

United Kingdom: 164,034,126 (2025-12-31)
Rest of Europe: 2,780,118 (2025-12-31)
Rest of the world: 141,408 (2025-12-31)
United Kingdom: 147,523,974 (2024-12-31)
Rest of Europe: 2,514,334 (2024-12-31)
Rest of the world: 247,166 (2024-12-31)

Related parties (10)

Oliver Tress · director · Amount owed to him included in other creditors · £1,718,789
Oliver Tress · director · Amount owed from him included in other debtors · £115,778
Oliver Tress · director · Advances made to the director during the year · £915,433
Oliver Tress · director · Dividends declared to the director · £2,750,000
Timothy Hollidge · director · Amount owed from him included in other debtors · £37,614
Timothy Hollidge · director · Amount owed from him included in other debtors · £855,179
Timothy Hollidge · director · Advances made to the director during the year · £1,015,769
Timothy Hollidge · director · Dividends declared to the director · £1,833,334
directors of the company · directors · Dividends declared during the year · £4,738,736
directors of the company · directors · Dividends owed at the reporting date · £2,500,000

Borrowings (1)

Bank loans under the facility agreement with HSBC · SONIA daily rate · Termination date of the loan being 18 November 2027 · secured on Secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the group

Share classes (2)