BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£106M
-26.9% vs 2023
Employees
150
-19.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
-72.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,832,904 | £88,365,466 | |
| Operating profit | -£343,532 | -£53,371,188 | |
| Profit before tax | £50,313,803 | £13,836,331 | |
| Net profit | £38,536,842 | £15,626,134 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £271,638,234 | £320,509,578 | |
| Net assets | £144,887,243 | £105,911,673 | |
| Equity | £144,887,243 | £105,911,673 | |
| Average employees | 187 | 150 | |
| Wages | £29,819,026 | £25,674,966 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.8% | -60.4% | |
| Net margin | 90.0% | 17.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -16.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | -0.58x | -23.48x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations as well as resources available, if necessary, through BCG's Global Treasury Function. The Company's forecasts and projections, taking into account severe but plausible changes in trading performance, show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Additionally, BCG has provided a letter of support in the event it is required. The directors have satisfied themselves of the ability and intent of BCG to provide this support, if required. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED (THE) · parent
- Expand Research LLP
- The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP
- The Boston Consulting Group SL 99.9%
- The Boston Consulting Group (Moscow) Limited 100%
- The Boston Consulting Group OOO 100%
- Expand Consulting Inc. 100%
- Expand PTE LTD 100%
- The Boston Consulting Group SRL 99.92%
- AllofUs Limited 100%
- BCG Luxembourg Europe Holding S.à.r.l 100%
- BCG Expand Research India Private Limited 100%
- Expand Research GmbH 100%
- Expand Research Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “On 20 January 2026, the Upper Tribunal ("UT") issued its judgement in relation to historical tax arrangements involving capital interests held by current and former members of The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP, a subsidiary of the Company. The judgement relates to tax positions arising in periods prior to 31 December 2024 and results in additional individual income tax liabilities for these current and former members. As at 31 December 2024, the Company had created contractual and constructive obligations for discretionary payments to these current and former members contingent upon the outcome of the UT judgement. As such, the UT judgement represents an adjusting post balance sheet event and the Company has recognised a provision for these obligations as at 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, William James Martin, Mr. | Director | 2019-05-23 | Nov 1965 | British |
| HOLDEN, Mark Benedict | Director | 2010-12-21 | Dec 1970 | British |
| ROSENTHAL, Mark Carroll, Mr. | Director | 2015-12-01 | Aug 1966 | American |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDDLE, Cecilia Helen Mary | Secretary | 2015-01-26 | 2020-02-13 |
| CHIBBER, Rajat Bhai | Secretary | 2020-02-13 | 2026-04-30 |
| LEVER, Simon Andrew Lovell | Secretary | — | 2001-12-31 |
| NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid | Secretary | 2008-01-14 | 2011-08-22 |
| ROBINSON, John Eric | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2003-01-31 |
| WOODS, Heather Joanne | Secretary | 2011-08-22 | 2014-12-31 |
| WRIGHT, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-02-01 | 2008-01-13 |
| BARTON, Jeremy Daniel | Director | 2010-12-21 | 2015-11-30 |
| CATCHINGS, Phillip Bruce | Director | 1996-12-31 | 2004-03-01 |
| CLARKESON, John Smith | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| DRESSER, James Van Benschoten | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Lori Ellen | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2013-08-16 |
| PARKINSON, David Forbes | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2000-05-12 |
| PITMAN, David Leslie | Director | 2017-11-02 | 2018-05-23 |
| POVICH, Lon | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2007-02-13 |
| SIMONS, Hugh Anthony | Director | 2000-11-06 | 2007-03-23 |
| SIMPSON, Deborah | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2017-11-01 |
| STERN, Carl William | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2003-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bcg Uk1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-09-03 | Active |
| Bcg Uk2 Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-02-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+106.3%
£42,832,904 £88,365,466
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-26.9%
£144,887,243 £105,911,673
-
Employees
-19.8%
187 150
-
Operating profit
-15,436%
-£343,532 -£53,371,188
-
Profit before tax
-72.5%
£50,313,803 £13,836,331
-
Wages
-13.9%
£29,819,026 £25,674,966
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