BCS LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£539K
+87.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1M
-330.4% vs 2024
Employees
62
-11.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-419.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BCS LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 2012-09-26 → present
- BRITISH INFORMATICS SOCIETY LIMITED 1971-03-22 → 2012-09-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,092,000 | £12,626,000 | |
| Operating profit | £531,000 | -£1,463,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £503,000 | -£1,609,000 | |
| Net profit | £503,000 | -£1,609,000 | |
| Cash | £287,000 | £539,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £487,000 | -£1,122,000 | |
| Net assets | £487,000 | -£1,122,000 | |
| Equity | £487,000 | -£1,122,000 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 62 | |
| Wages | £3,618,000 | £3,111,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | -11.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | -12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 109.0% | 130.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.8% | 130.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 0.74x | |
| Interest cover | 18.96x | -10.02x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The company reported a loss for 2025 and had net current/total liabilities. An ongoing intercompany facility of £3m is in place and the directors are confident the company will meet its liabilities for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The company has guaranteed 50% of any liabilities of the Information Systems Examinations Board Limited, a company which is limited by guarantee.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECKER, Shelley Anne | Secretary | 2024-08-30 | — | — |
| COOPER, Michael Vaughan | Director | 2019-03-13 | Oct 1964 | British |
| DAVIES, Jayne Anne | Director | 2022-04-21 | Jan 1972 | British |
| FRANKLIN, Wendy | Director | 2024-08-30 | Apr 1965 | British |
| SCOTT, Sharron Elizabeth | Director | 2025-07-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| THOMPSON, Robert Campbell | Director | 2024-03-13 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERI, Robert | Secretary | 2016-01-06 | 2024-08-30 |
| JONES, Philip Laurence | Secretary | 1992-11-12 | 2016-01-06 |
| LUKER, Richard Charles | Secretary | — | 1991-07-17 |
| ABRAM, Thomas Martin, Dr | Director | 2013-05-09 | 2016-03-09 |
| ALLEN, Michael Daniel | Director | 1999-03-04 | 2007-04-27 |
| ARNOLD, Gillian | Director | 2016-03-09 | 2022-03-15 |
| ASHBY, Peter Robert | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| BAKER, Roger Kim | Director | — | 1992-11-12 |
| BOURNE, Philip John | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-03-07 |
| BROOKES, James Robert | Director | — | 1992-09-12 |
| BUTTRISS, Jon David | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2017-07-14 |
| CLARKE, David | Director | 2002-05-18 | 2014-06-24 |
| CLOOT, Peter Leonard | Director | — | 1991-11-26 |
| DERI, Robert George | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| DERI, Robert George | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2024-08-30 |
| FLETCHER, Paul Thomas | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-01-27 |
| GREENWAY, Hugh Richard | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2025-05-12 |
| HARTLEY, David Fielding, Dr | Director | 1999-03-04 | 2007-04-27 |
| IRELAND, Lucy Emma | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2025-02-28 |
| JOHNSON, Roger George, Dr | Director | — | 2007-04-27 |
| JONES, Philip Laurence | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2016-01-06 |
| KAY, Rachel | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2022-04-20 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Gavin Alexander Yvone | Director | 1991-08-28 | 1995-04-30 |
| LAMBERT, Martyn John | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-05-17 |
| LIMBUWALA, Zahl Jamshed | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2015-09-03 |
| MORRISS, David | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2012-09-04 |
| NATH, Indranil, Dr | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2024-03-13 |
| NORTON, Michael James, Professor | Director | 2014-03-12 | 2015-10-07 |
| NORTON, Michael James, Professor | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-03-13 |
| OLISA, Kenneth Aphunezi, Sir | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-03-12 |
| PARMAR, Rashik | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2024-12-17 |
| REES, Christopher Lance, David, | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2018-03-14 |
| ROUSELL, Alan Richard | Director | — | 1992-09-12 |
| SCOTT, Judith Margaret | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2002-05-18 |
| WALLER, Peter Charles | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2018-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The British Computer Society | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-27 | 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
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-21.5%
£16,092,000 £12,626,000
-
Cash
+87.8%
£287,000 £539,000
-
Net assets
-330.4%
£487,000 -£1,122,000
-
Employees
-11.4%
70 62
-
Operating profit
-375.5%
£531,000 -£1,463,000
-
Profit before tax
-419.9%
£503,000 -£1,609,000
-
Wages
-14%
£3,618,000 £3,111,000
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