The Firmwatch take
J B Bentley Holdings Limited is a 5-year-old utilities and waste, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 October 2025) show GBP 285k in net assets, with 2 cautionary signals worth monitoring. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Pulse · Net assets, 2024–2025
↗ £46kIncorporated
28 October 2020
5 years on the register
Sector
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
SIC 35110 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£285k
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Elevated insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show financial pressure that should be reviewed before relying on the company as a customer, supplier or counterparty.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Utilities and Waste
How this company compares in 6,665 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — J B Bentley Holdings Limited shows £285k in net assets. Sector median is £2k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£285k
Top 10% in sector · sector median £2k · 6,665 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£629k
Median £4k
Current ratio
0.1×
Median 1.2×
Signals · 3
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
Address pattern · NP44 3AU
209 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
195
Dissolved
5
Strike-off action
9
People
Who runs this company
- BB
BENTLEY, Bernard Mark
director · since 2020
Registered office
Address intelligence
209 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
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