BRITISH EDITORIAL SOCIETY OF BONE & JOINT SURGERY(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-03 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-30.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+1.2% vs 2023
Employees
17
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£232K
+3.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,305,204 | £1,287,479 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£240,322 | -£232,298 | |
| Net profit | -£126,708 | £238,042 | |
| Cash | £1,439,269 | £1,002,921 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £19,059,001 | £19,297,043 | |
| Equity | £19,059,001 | £19,297,043 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 17 | |
| Wages | £757,817 | £820,664 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -9.7% | 18.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 2.12x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Bearing in mind current trading, future plans and existing levels of reserves, the Council of Management has a reasonable expectation that the Society has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Council has considered the potential adverse effect of the current macro-economic picture on the Society. Although there is likely to be pressure on our income and costs, the Council of Management believe the existing strategy and core activities of the Society can continue as planned. Accordingly, the Council continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In February 2023 we launched a new website to host our journals. This forms part of a broader digital transformation strategy and ongoing enhancements to the website were made in 2024.”
- “In 2024 we launched an innovative formatting tool, OrthoPublish, that enables authors to quickly and easily prepare their manuscript for submission.”
- “There were two award winners in 2024 (Trainee Prize Awards).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMB, David Leslie | Director | 2020-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| MONSELL, Fergal Patrick | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jan 1960 | British |
| SCOTT, Gareth, Professor | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1956 | British |
| SKINNER, John Andrew, Professor | Director | 2021-10-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
| TENNENT, Thomas Duncan | Director | 2025-11-28 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLUM, Robin Leslie, Mr. | Secretary | 2003-09-22 | 2006-10-02 |
| BENSON, Michael Knox D'Arcy | Secretary | 1995-08-18 | 1997-09-29 |
| CATTERALL, Anthony | Secretary | 1997-09-29 | 2001-12-31 |
| DICKSON, Robert Andrew, Professor | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2003-09-22 |
| EASTWOOD, Deborah Margaret | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| HAMBLEN, David Lawrence, Professor | Secretary | 1992-08-21 | 1995-08-18 |
| MARSHALL, Robert William | Secretary | 2007-10-01 | 2010-09-20 |
| MCCASKIE, Andrew William, Professor | Secretary | 2010-09-20 | 2013-12-31 |
| SWEETNAM, David Rodney, Sir | Secretary | — | 1992-10-16 |
| THOMAS, Neil Philip | Secretary | 2006-10-02 | 2007-10-01 |
| WILTON, Timothy | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| ALLUM, Robin Leslie, Mr. | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2006-10-02 |
| BELL, Michael John | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2010-09-20 |
| BENSON, Michael Knox D'Arcy | Director | — | 2005-09-26 |
| BIRCHER, Martin Derek | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| BOWDITCH, Mark Graham | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| BRIGGS, Timothy William Roy, Professor | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2014-09-30 |
| CANNON, Stephen Robert | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-09-22 |
| CATTERALL, Anthony | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2008-09-22 |
| CATTERALL, Anthony | Director | 1995-09-22 | 2003-09-22 |
| COLTON, Christopher Lewis, Professor | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1995-09-22 |
| DANDY, David James | Director | 1998-10-08 | 1999-09-17 |
| DIAS, Joseph Joaquim, Professor | Director | 2011-09-19 | 2012-09-17 |
| DICKSON, Robert Andrew, Professor | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2010-09-20 |
| DUCKWORTH, Thomas, Professor | Director | 1996-09-13 | 1997-09-24 |
| EASTWOOD, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| EVANS, David Lawrence | Director | — | 1992-08-21 |
| FREEMAN, Michael Alexander Reykers | Director | 1992-09-11 | 1993-09-15 |
| GALASKO, Charles Samuel Bernard, Professor | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2001-09-14 |
| GETTY, John Charles Moore | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2007-10-01 |
| GREGG, Paul James, Professor | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2003-09-22 |
| HAMBLEN, David Lawrence, Professor | Director | 1992-08-21 | 2002-09-23 |
| HANDLEY, Robert Christopher | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| HODKINSON, Simon Lloyd | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| HOWIE, Colin | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-09-30 |
| JONES, David Hugh Alexander | Director | 2003-09-22 | 2004-09-20 |
| KAY, Peter Richard | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2011-09-19 |
| LESLIE, Ian James | Director | 2005-09-26 | 2006-10-02 |
| LETTIN, Alan William Frederick | Director | 1993-09-15 | 1994-09-16 |
| MACNICOL, Malcolm Fraser | Director | 2001-09-14 | 2002-09-23 |
| MACNICOL, Malcolm Fraser | Director | 1997-09-29 | 2000-10-02 |
| MARSHALL, Robert William | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2016-12-31 |
| MARX, Clare Lucy, Dame | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2009-09-21 |
| MCBRIDE, Donald | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| MCCASKIE, Andrew William, Professor | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2016-12-31 |
| MULLIGAN, Patrick Joseph | Director | 1997-09-24 | 1998-10-08 |
| NANU, Ananda Mohan | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| PATERSON, John Mark Hamilton | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2013-10-15 |
| PHILLIPS, Hugh | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2000-10-06 |
| PORTER, Martyn Lonsdale | Director | 2012-09-14 | 2013-10-04 |
| SWEETNAM, David Rodney, Sir | Director | — | 1996-09-16 |
| THOMAS, Neil Philip | Director | 2003-09-22 | 2013-12-31 |
| TURNER, Philip Gartside | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| WILTON, Timothy James | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| WINSON, Ian Geoffrey | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2017-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Fergal Patrick Monsell | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Martin Derek Bircher | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-01 | Ceased 2022-12-31 |
| Mr Timothy James Wilton | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Mr Robert William Marshall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.4%
£1,305,204 £1,287,479
-
Cash
-30.3%
£1,439,269 £1,002,921
-
Net assets
+1.2%
£19,059,001 £19,297,043
-
Employees
+6.3%
16 17
-
Profit before tax
+3.3%
-£240,322 -£232,298
-
Wages
+8.3%
£757,817 £820,664
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers