BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-11 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£77M
Equity attributable
Employees
34
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE LIMITED 1989-01-27 → present
- CIL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1982-03-17 → 1989-01-27
- FIVEPOSE LIMITED 1981-10-27 → 1982-03-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,908,000 | £13,461,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,111,000 | £3,417,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,258,000 | £3,489,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,124,000 | £2,411,000 | |
| Cash | £11,008,000 | £7,294,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £109,497,000 | £100,512,000 | |
| Net assets | £84,760,000 | £77,095,000 | |
| Equity | £84,760,000 | £77,095,000 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 34 | |
| Wages | £1,435,000 | £1,154,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 25.4% | |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 17.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 28.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 9.08x | 10.81x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has prepared projections extending to June 2026 and concluded that it has sufficient cash reserves without any need for further capital injection by way of equity contributions or external finance. This is possible due to the balanced and measured approach in how the business is run and this is reflected in the strength of our Statement of Financial Position. As a result of these factors, the directors have concluded that the going concern basis is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE LIMITED · parent
- BDC Forecourt Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the acquisition of the group of which this company is a member on 29 October 2024, the auditors, BDO UK LLP resigned and Barnes Roffe LLP were appointed.”
- “The financial statements for the 9 months ended 31 December 2024 are the first to have been prepared using IFRS. The impact of the transition to IFRS on 1 April 2023 is shown in notes to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL DHAHERI, Humaid Matar | Director | 2024-10-29 | Oct 1978 | Emirati |
| REES, Jeremy Paul Esmond | Director | 2024-10-29 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Stuart David | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2007-09-07 |
| FISHER, Stuart David | Secretary | 1999-05-07 | 2000-04-20 |
| KIDDLE, Sylvia Rosalind | Secretary | 1994-05-23 | 1999-05-07 |
| MORRIS, Jack Anthony | Secretary | — | 1994-05-23 |
| MULLEE, Joseph | Secretary | 2007-09-10 | 2024-10-29 |
| PRICE, David | Secretary | 2000-04-20 | 2006-08-31 |
| BULL, Max | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2024-10-29 |
| CLENSHAW, Peter | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| CORDES, Bradley John | Director | 2009-07-02 | 2024-10-29 |
| FISHER, Stuart David | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2007-09-07 |
| HUGHES, Christopher Paul | Director | — | 1997-03-25 |
| JONES, Dominic Richard Albert Ismael | Director | 1998-12-09 | 2024-10-29 |
| MARGOLIS, Stewart | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2018-07-19 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Bernard | Director | — | 2001-09-20 |
| MORRIS, Gerald Edward | Director | — | 1994-11-18 |
| MORRIS, Jack Anthony | Director | — | 2024-10-29 |
| MULLEE, Joseph | Director | 2007-09-10 | 2024-10-29 |
| RICHARDS, John Samuel | Director | — | 1995-07-03 |
| STEPHENSON, Graham Edward | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2016-08-05 |
| VANDENBURG, Kate Laura | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Agricultural Hall Limited(The) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Joe Mullee | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-05 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-03-31