{"name":"BUCKINGHAM & SPARROW LIMITED","company_number":"00877991","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1966-04-28","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"9 Lynn Rd., Littleport, Ely, Cambs, CB6 1JL","postcode":"CB6 1JL","sic_codes":[{"code":41201,"description":"Construction of commercial buildings"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"12 April","last_made_up_to":"2025-04-12","next_due":"2027-01-12"},"employees":{"count":4,"accounts_date":"2025-04-12"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-04-12","net_assets":1608981,"cash":661782,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2024-04-12","net_assets":1552773,"cash":232878,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2023-04-12","net_assets":1744841,"cash":710674},{"financial_date":"2022-04-12","net_assets":1855922,"cash":1295069},{"financial_date":"2021-04-12","net_assets":2170711,"cash":361066}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":6,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Buckingham & Sparrow Limited presents a paradox typical of long-established, family-controlled construction firms: exceptional balance sheet strength coupled with declining scale and modest returns. Net assets of £1.61M and negligible debt place this business in the top tier of financial resilience among UK micro-construction enterprises, yet the 43% erosion of net assets since 2016 and an estimated return on equity of approximately 3.5% suggest a business in managed decline rather than growth. The substantial work-in-progress (£764k) confirms ongoing trading activity, but the fundamental question for stakeholders is whether the company's considerable capital base is being deployed to generate competitive returns or is effectively dormant awaiting distribution or strategic redeployment.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/buckingham-sparrow-1","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/buckingham-sparrow-1/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/buckingham-sparrow-1/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00877991","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/buckingham-sparrow-1/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/buckingham-sparrow-1/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/buckingham-sparrow-1/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/buckingham-sparrow-1/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/buckingham-sparrow-1"}