BDP INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+5.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+13.3% vs 2023
Employees
72
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£970K
-9.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BDP INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED 2009-06-30 → present
- ROSTRUM FORWARDING LIMITED 1970-01-27 → 2009-06-30
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 | £24,799,493 | £27,096,813 | |
| Operating profit | £966,532 | £765,844 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,069,505 | £969,500 | |
| Net profit | £816,339 | £727,125 | |
| Cash | £1,083,869 | £1,145,928 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,446,788 | £6,173,913 | |
| Net assets | £5,446,788 | £6,173,913 | |
| Equity | £5,446,788 | £6,173,913 | |
| Average employees | 74 | 72 | |
| Wages | £4,243,490 | £5,564,082 |
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 | 3.9% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.7% | 12.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 357.45x | 261.02x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared using the going concern basis of accounting. The directors have reviewed the company's going concern position taking into account its current business activities, budgeted performance and factors likely to affect its future performance. Based on the information contained within the accounts the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADCOCK, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2018-10-12 | Feb 1973 | British |
| CETINKAYA, Sefik Ugur | Director | 2026-03-24 | Jan 1984 | Turkish |
| ELLIS, Mark Geoffrey | Director | 2020-05-01 | Jul 1960 | British |
| FREYDAG, Claus | Director | 2026-03-24 | Jan 1969 | German |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Tracey Louise | Secretary | 2007-12-20 | 2009-05-29 |
| HERBERT, Alan Thomas | Secretary | — | 2000-01-21 |
| POPE, Bruce William | Secretary | 2009-05-29 | 2012-12-20 |
| POPE, Bruce William | Secretary | 2000-01-21 | 2007-12-20 |
| POPE, Janet Susan | Secretary | 2004-04-27 | 2007-12-20 |
| AKERMAN, Anthony Alan | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| BOLTE, John Michael | Director | 2009-05-29 | 2014-04-01 |
| HERBERT, Alan Thomas | Director | — | 2000-01-21 |
| HOLMSTOCK, Dirk | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2026-03-24 |
| HORWELL, David Graham | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2009-05-29 |
| LETANGE, Yves | Director | 2009-05-29 | 2026-03-24 |
| LIGEON-KLANN, Helen Belinda | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-01-01 |
| POPE, Bruce William | Director | 2000-01-21 | 2012-12-20 |
| SEYMOUR, Brian Thomas | Director | — | 2004-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+9.3%
£24,799,493 £27,096,813
-
Cash
+5.7%
£1,083,869 £1,145,928
-
Net assets
+13.3%
£5,446,788 £6,173,913
-
Employees
-2.7%
74 72
-
Operating profit
-20.8%
£966,532 £765,844
-
Profit before tax
-9.4%
£1,069,505 £969,500
-
Wages
+31.1%
£4,243,490 £5,564,082
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers