BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-61.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
+12.2% vs 2023
Employees
358
-4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-12% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,811,158 | £91,583,348 | |
| Operating profit | £4,105,763 | £5,596,061 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,904,614 | £5,194,472 | |
| Net profit | £5,063,172 | £3,568,257 | |
| Cash | £4,551,026 | £1,741,483 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,699,449 | £31,750,840 | |
| Net assets | £26,222,339 | £29,418,205 | |
| Equity | £26,222,339 | £29,418,205 | |
| Average employees | 373 | 358 | |
| Wages | £58,261,999 | £61,116,030 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.3% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 222.33x | 197.82x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis as they expect that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Banff, the Company's indirect parent undertaking, has given irrevocable guarantees to provide financing to the Company for a period to 28 February 2026, which will allow the Company to meet its obligations as they fall due and further the Company's development.”
Group structure
- BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
- BMC Software GmbH 100%
- RSM Partners Limited 100%
- Alderstone Consulting Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the Group announced the decision to create two stand-alone companies, one of which will primarily include the Group's digital service and operations management business and related professional services, and the other which will include the remaining Group businesses.”
- “The Company also vacated the Java office in July 2023, and the lease was assigned to a third party in September 2024. The Cavendish office lease agreement ended in November 2024 and was not renewed. A new London office lease agreement was signed in September 2024 for a lease term of 12 months.”
- “On 18 April 2023, the Russian branch was officially liquidated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHMANN GARDNER, Caroline Susanne | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jan 1970 | American |
| MCEVOY, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2021-04-30 | Aug 1969 | British |
| TER AVEST, Arno Jan | Director | 2011-10-20 | Jan 1968 | Dutch |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLINTOFF, Robert Thomas | Secretary | — | 1996-07-05 |
| GLANUSK, Frances Elizabeth, The Lady | Secretary | 1996-08-28 | 2008-12-09 |
| BACKER, Frank Joseph | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| BLEUER, Ted Cory | Director | 2006-09-15 | 2025-10-01 |
| CORCORAN, James Joseph | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2018-04-18 |
| COX, John | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2004-09-30 |
| DUGGAN, Jeremy | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-07-27 |
| FLINTOFF, Robert Thomas | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1996-07-05 |
| GRIFFIN, John Barry | Director | — | 1996-02-29 |
| GRIFFITHS, Stephen Ivor | Director | 2002-12-04 | 2004-12-01 |
| JAMES, William | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2002-03-31 |
| KLAUSMEYER, Kevin Michael | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2000-06-16 |
| KOK, Adri | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2002-06-30 |
| LANDI, Marco | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2000-03-31 |
| LETTS, Jonathan Richard | Director | 1996-02-21 | 2000-03-13 |
| MARSHALL, Jeffrey Alan | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-12-21 |
| MURRAY, James Damian | Director | 2006-09-15 | 2011-10-20 |
| RENDLE, Jonathan | Director | 2018-04-18 | 2021-04-30 |
| SMITH, Alan Paul | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| TRAVIS, Leonard Edwin | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2006-09-16 |
| VAN OVERMEIRE, Rudolf Franciscus | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2006-07-01 |
| WATSON JR, Max Powell | Director | — | 2001-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kkr & Co Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-10-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-04-27 | SH20 | capital | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
+4.3%
£87,811,158 £91,583,348
-
Cash
-61.7%
£4,551,026 £1,741,483
-
Net assets
+12.2%
£26,222,339 £29,418,205
-
Employees
-4%
373 358
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Operating profit
+36.3%
£4,105,763 £5,596,061
-
Profit before tax
-12%
£5,904,614 £5,194,472
-
Wages
+4.9%
£58,261,999 £61,116,030
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