LINKLATERS BUSINESS SERVICES
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Confirmation statement due
2026-12-08 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£240M
+7.1% vs 2024
Employees
2,231
+0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£21M
+16.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LINKLATERS BUSINESS SERVICES 1999-07-01 → present
- HACKWOOD SERVICE COMPANY 1959-07-30 → 1999-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £485,605,000 | £566,659,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,829,000 | £37,686,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £18,102,000 | £21,142,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,566,000 | £15,776,000 | |
| Cash | £17,927,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £507,625,000 | £530,072,000 | |
| Net assets | £224,178,000 | £240,032,000 | |
| Equity | £224,178,000 | £240,032,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,212 | 2,231 | |
| Wages | £262,320,000 | £291,353,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.9% | 66.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.61x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 7.64x | 2.28x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making adequate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LINKLATERS BUSINESS SERVICES · parent
- Linklaters Re:link Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company has also invested heavily during the year ended 30 April 2025 in leasehold improvement additions for the new London offices, Ropemaker. There have been £105.8m (note 9) of leasehold improvement assets under construction purchased as well as furniture and other intangible upgrades.”
- “During the year ended 30 April 2025 the Scheme completed a full buy-in, meaning there is an annuity policy insuring the liabilities of the scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-03-26 | — | — |
| BURNS, Lynne Caroline | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| COMISKEY, Aedamar Ita | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jan 1967 | Irish |
| HOLT, Christopher John | Director | 2022-02-07 | Jan 1977 | British |
| LEWIS, Paul Gareth | Director | 2021-07-16 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Michael John | Secretary | 2021-05-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| BLACKETT, Anthony David | Secretary | — | 1998-05-29 |
| COHEN, Raymond Martin | Secretary | 2003-12-10 | 2021-04-30 |
| CURLEY, Jennifer | Secretary | 2003-10-15 | 2003-12-10 |
| SAKAL, Peter Imrich | Secretary | 1998-05-29 | 2003-07-02 |
| LDCS PROCESS AGENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-01 | 2025-03-26 |
| ALLEN-JONES, Charles Martin | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2001-09-30 |
| ANGEL, Anthony Lionel | Director | 1998-11-17 | 2008-02-20 |
| BENNETT, Michael John | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| BLACKETT, Anthony David | Director | — | 1998-05-29 |
| CANN, John William Anthony | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2006-09-20 |
| CHEYNE, David Watson | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2011-11-04 |
| CHEYNE, David Watson | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2005-06-02 |
| COHEN, Raymond Martin | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2021-04-30 |
| DAVIES, Simon James | Director | 2008-02-20 | 2016-01-01 |
| DEAN, William Hudson Barry | Director | — | 1996-08-29 |
| ELLIOTT, Robert James | Director | 2011-11-04 | 2016-10-01 |
| GORMAN, Christopher Nicholl | Director | — | 1995-06-01 |
| GRIFFIN, Shane Gerard | Director | 1999-05-19 | 2001-09-30 |
| HEYWOOD WADDINGTON, Nicholas Roger | Director | 1999-10-06 | 2008-12-31 |
| HICKMAN, Peter David | Director | 2009-02-18 | 2022-02-07 |
| JACOBS, Charles Richard | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| KING, Jill | Director | 2005-06-15 | 2011-12-05 |
| KYLE, James Terence | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| LANDON, Robin Edward | Director | — | 1998-09-11 |
| LYNCH, Christine Mary | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2019-08-31 |
| MAY, Geoffrey Francis | Director | 1993-08-16 | 2002-07-26 |
| MITCHELL, Alastair | Director | 2008-02-20 | 2012-07-13 |
| MOORE, Gideon David | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2021-07-15 |
| NICHOLSON, Brimsley Richard Ingebreth | Director | 1998-08-19 | 1998-11-17 |
| OGILVIE, Angela Louise | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| PANTELIDES, Stella | Director | 2003-06-04 | 2004-12-31 |
| PAYNE, David Mark | Director | 2000-08-23 | 2001-12-31 |
| PEERS, Matthew Stephen | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| PUGH, Giles St Aubyn | Director | 1997-10-22 | 2003-11-28 |
| SHELDON, Mark Hebberton | Director | — | 1994-06-13 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2000-06-21 |
| THOMPSON, Simon | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2011-01-31 |
| TUCKER, John Channon | Director | 1998-08-19 | 1999-05-19 |
| WADIA, Jamshed | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2004-07-31 |
| WATSON, Richard Irving | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2011-01-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Donald Lynedoch | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| WYNESS, James Alexander Davidson | Director | — | 1996-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linklaters Business Services Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-03-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-03-19 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-04-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+16.7%
£485,605,000 £566,659,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£224,178,000 £240,032,000
-
Employees
+0.9%
2,212 2,231
-
Operating profit
+80.9%
£20,829,000 £37,686,000
-
Profit before tax
+16.8%
£18,102,000 £21,142,000
-
Wages
+11.1%
£262,320,000 £291,353,000
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