BURSON BUCHANAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£18M
+7.9% vs 2023
Employees
43
-2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-27.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-11-04
- BURSON BUCHANAN LIMITED 2024-11-04 → present
- BUCHANAN COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1990-06-12 → 2024-11-04
- BINNS CORNWALL LIMITED 1986-07-03 → 1990-06-12
- BINNS CORNWALL & PARTNERS LIMITED 1980-06-05 → 1986-07-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,553,131 | £7,873,818 | |
| Operating profit | £939,836 | £229,489 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,566,566 | £1,133,348 | |
| Net profit | £1,489,100 | £1,228,351 | |
| Cash | £5,050,565 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,820,348 | £17,656,998 | |
| Net assets | £16,238,947 | £17,516,198 | |
| Equity | £16,238,947 | £17,516,198 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 43 | |
| Wages | £4,197,371 | £4,044,545 |
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 | 11.0% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 15.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 9.36x | 9.00x | |
| Interest cover | 22.24x | 8.99x |
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
“The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-11-13 | — | — |
| COURT, Mark | Director | 2003-09-08 | Jan 1957 | British |
| HINTON-JONES, Mark James | Director | 2025-11-13 | Aug 1973 | British |
| MORSE, Robert James | Director | 2001-02-05 | Sep 1969 | British |
| RYLAND, Charles John | Director | 1996-08-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARBY, Richard James | Secretary | — | 1994-08-26 |
| HAQUE, Golam Mohammed Saiful | Secretary | 1994-08-26 | 2025-10-01 |
| ANDERSON, Timothy John | Director | — | 2013-01-09 |
| BADEROON, Lisa | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2011-06-30 |
| BATES, Zena Clare | Director | 1993-07-02 | 1999-01-31 |
| BICK, David Robert | Director | 1993-07-02 | 1995-01-31 |
| DARBY, Richard James | Director | — | 2018-04-01 |
| DELANEY, Paul | Director | 2008-10-21 | 2013-08-29 |
| EDWARDS, Mark John Courtenay | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| FARGEOT, Claire | Director | 2003-03-24 | 2011-12-31 |
| HAQUE, Golam Mohammed Saiful | Director | 1994-08-26 | 2025-10-01 |
| HERRICK, Kathryn | Director | 1997-10-20 | 1999-03-17 |
| HOW, Nicola Jane Audrey | Director | 2001-04-23 | 2003-07-31 |
| LIEBMANN, Steve, Dr | Director | — | 2003-01-13 |
| LYONS, Sydney Tony | Director | — | 1993-07-21 |
| MCCARTHY, Valentina Louise | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1996-08-31 |
| MELLMAN, Laurence Adrian | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2020-06-25 |
| OLDWORTH, Richard Anthony | Director | — | 2025-10-01 |
| PARRY, Judith | Director | 2003-06-02 | 2004-12-31 |
| RHYMER, Alastair | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2000-10-13 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Winston George | Director | 1997-10-20 | 2008-10-20 |
| SANDERSON, Giles William | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-05-01 |
| THOMPSON, Timothy | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2014-05-18 |
| YEO, Andrew Robert | Director | 1997-06-06 | 2000-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp 2005 Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-31 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-7.9%
£8,553,131 £7,873,818
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£16,238,947 £17,516,198
-
Employees
-2.3%
44 43
-
Operating profit
-75.6%
£939,836 £229,489
-
Profit before tax
-27.7%
£1,566,566 £1,133,348
-
Wages
-3.6%
£4,197,371 £4,044,545
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