MENTOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+1,737.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+35.5% vs 2023
Employees
18
+5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+53.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,884,000 | £2,110,000 | |
| Operating profit | £750,000 | £1,166,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £804,000 | £1,232,000 | |
| Net profit | £804,000 | £983,000 | |
| Cash | £62,000 | £1,139,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,887,000 | £3,852,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,767,000 | £3,750,000 | |
| Equity | £2,767,000 | £3,750,000 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 18 | |
| Wages | £683,000 | £645,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 39.8% | 55.3% | |
| Net margin | 42.7% | 46.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.0% | 30.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.58x | 5.65x | |
| Interest cover | 250.00x | 583.00x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the Company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due, within 12 months of the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During June 2025 the company approved and paid a dividend equal to £2,200 thousand (£22,000.00 per £1 share). This dividend was settled in cash.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILCOCK, Laura | Secretary | 2009-10-05 | — | — |
| COWARD, Caroline Ellen | Director | 2025-01-27 | Dec 1983 | British |
| MOFFATT, Gary | Director | 2025-01-27 | Oct 1978 | British |
| WHITE, Andrew Graeme | Director | 2023-02-13 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCHALL, Arthur James | Secretary | 2001-09-28 | 2003-11-18 |
| COOPER, Dionne | Secretary | 2003-11-18 | 2005-08-10 |
| HATFIELD, Dorothy Ann | Secretary | — | 1999-11-19 |
| HILL, Robert Christopher | Secretary | 2000-11-14 | 2001-09-28 |
| LAFRENIERE, Nora Elizabeth | Secretary | 2005-08-10 | 2008-05-29 |
| MOORE, Marie Louise, M | Secretary | 2008-05-29 | 2009-10-05 |
| STRATTON, Malcolm | Secretary | 1999-11-19 | 2000-11-14 |
| BRENNAN, Anthony | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2022-03-04 |
| BURTON, Andrew Michael | Director | 1999-11-19 | 2001-04-24 |
| DAVIES, Mark Dingad | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2003-12-01 |
| DUNNAGAN, Stephen David | Director | 2023-11-21 | 2025-01-27 |
| FORBES, Craig Alexander | Director | 2014-03-13 | 2025-01-27 |
| GRUNAU, Paul | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2023-11-30 |
| HARVEY, Lindsay Eric | Director | 2014-03-13 | 2016-07-28 |
| HATFIELD, Dorothy Ann | Director | — | 1999-11-19 |
| HATFIELD, Keith Martin | Director | — | 1999-11-19 |
| HAYTON, Thomas Clive | Director | 2009-01-13 | 2009-06-30 |
| HUGHES, William Darryl | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2009-01-13 |
| LINDROTH, Brian Harlowe | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2011-11-01 |
| MCNULTY, Brendan Patrick | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2023-11-21 |
| MUNDY, Stephen John | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2005-05-20 |
| NEVE, Martin Ronald | Director | — | 1999-11-19 |
| OTTEN, Bart | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-04-10 |
| QUILLISH, Simon Andrew | Director | 2014-03-13 | 2015-03-17 |
| REYNOLDS, Alastair | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2016-12-31 |
| RUE, Alain | Director | 2013-04-10 | 2014-03-13 |
| SAVAGE, Jennifer Susan | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| WEAR, David Alan | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-06-30 |
| CHUBB MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-11-19 | 2022-05-16 |
| WESTMINSTER SECURITIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-11-19 | 2007-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Monitoring Centres Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+12%
£1,884,000 £2,110,000
-
Cash
+1,737.1%
£62,000 £1,139,000
-
Net assets
+35.5%
£2,767,000 £3,750,000
-
Employees
+5.9%
17 18
-
Operating profit
+55.5%
£750,000 £1,166,000
-
Profit before tax
+53.2%
£804,000 £1,232,000
-
Wages
-5.6%
£683,000 £645,000
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