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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-24 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+13.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+3.6% vs 2024
Employees
134
-0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£597K
+135.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BTL GROUP LIMITED 2003-09-01 → present
- BRADFORD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1985-01-18 → 2003-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,724,876 | £19,096,970 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,273,518 | £853,519 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,673,668 | £597,458 | |
| Net profit | -£1,531,653 | £489,292 | |
| Cash | £3,801,223 | £4,322,033 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,463,138 | £13,045,831 | |
| Net assets | £11,512,951 | £11,927,212 | |
| Equity | £11,512,951 | £11,927,212 | |
| Average employees | 135 | 134 | |
| Wages | £6,977,342 | £7,216,254 |
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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.6% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | -9.2% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.2% | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | -3.18x | 3.33x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BTL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Surpass Assessment Inc 100%
- Readco 193 Limited 50%
- Surpass Assessment Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “A highlight of the year was the success of our Surpass Tutor product, which won the prestigious Audience Choice Award for Innovation at ATP's 2025 Innovation in Testing Conference, the leading global industry event.”
- “Surpass Copilot, our AI-powered item generation assistant, has seen expanded adoption following the release of version 2.0.”
- “Our 40th anniversary year has been marked not only by technical achievements but also by deepening engagement with the Surpass Community.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOMERSALL, Thomas Audsley | Secretary | 1994-04-24 | — | British |
| CRAWFORD, James Douglas | Director | 2022-04-04 | May 1981 | British |
| GOMERSALL, Ian Robert, Dr | Director | — | Aug 1950 | British |
| MCANULLA, Andrew John | Director | 2015-07-07 | Feb 1980 | British |
| RUDGE, Peter Jay | Director | 2022-07-09 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WHITWORTH, Sonya Jane | Director | 2015-07-07 | Aug 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWE, Bernard Terence | Secretary | — | 1994-02-16 |
| KERNAN, Charles Peabody Hadden | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2019-09-26 |
| LOWE, Bernard Terence | Director | — | 1994-02-16 |
| MYERS, Allan Keith | Director | 2000-10-14 | 2023-03-20 |
| WINKLEY, John | Director | 2000-10-14 | 2002-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Sally Elizabeth Abbatt | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mr Toby Christopher Gomersall | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2025-11-24 | Active |
| Mr William Henry Gomersall | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2025-11-23 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Alan Gomersall | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2025-11-22 | Active |
| Dr Ian Robert Gomersall | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2024-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+14.2%
£16,724,876 £19,096,970
-
Cash
+13.7%
£3,801,223 £4,322,033
-
Net assets
+3.6%
£11,512,951 £11,927,212
-
Employees
-0.7%
135 134
-
Operating profit
+167%
-£1,273,518 £853,519
-
Profit before tax
+135.7%
-£1,673,668 £597,458
-
Wages
+3.4%
£6,977,342 £7,216,254
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