How many employees does Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limited have?

Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limited reported an average of 17 employees in the year to 30 Nov 2023.

Company No. 01307991 · Incorporated 12 Apr 1977

Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limited

Registered name: BELL BROTHERS (OPTICIANS) LIMITED

Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 30 Nov 2023 show net assets of £306k and 17 employees.

Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2023 showed net assets of £306k and 17 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale by opticians” and is based in Darwen; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Balance sheet onlySection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47782Retail sale by opticians

Status: Active
Location: Darwen, North West
Age: 49 yrs · since 1977
Type: Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2023

Key figures

Revenue not disclosed

Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limited’s accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2023 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.

We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.

Employees: 17
Net assets: £306k

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Dec 2022	30 Nov 2023
Disclosure	No P&L	No P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—
Profit (best available)	—	—
Employees (average)	17	17
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—
Growth (year on year)
Headcount growth	—	0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£350k	£59.5k
Net assets	£337k	£306k
Fixed assets	£72.6k	£57.9k
Current assets	£417k	£315k
Debtors	£8k	£12.9k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024

Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets: ▼9%; Now £306k
Cash at bank: ▼83%; Now £59.5k
Headcount: 0%; Now 17
Deferred income: —; Now —
Fixed assets: ▼20%; Now £57.9k

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Sakura Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
Sakura Midco Limited75–100%
Sakura Bidco Limited75–100%
First Wave I Limited75–100%
HO2 Investments Limited75–100%
HO2 Management Limited50–75%
Bell Brothers Holdings Ltd75–100%
Bell Brothers (Opticians) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

Io Doncaster LimitedFigures not disclosed
Vision Value (Doncaster) LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2023, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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