BURO HAPPOLD LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BURO HAPPOLD LIMITED 1994-07-19 → present
2. BURO HAPPOLD CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1986-10-09 → 1994-07-19
3. TRYGLOBE LIMITED 1986-08-26 → 1986-10-09

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In adopting the going concern basis, the directors have considered the company's operations, principal risks and uncertainties, changes in global economic conditions, socio-political events and global inflationary pressures. As a professional services firm providing a wide variety of high-end consultancy services to a broad range of markets, the company has both a natural resilience and an ability to adapt in response to such matters. The company continues to manage our resource appropriately and maintain a robust liquidity position. Future operating plans are reviewed regularly to aid timely decision-making and allow appropriate action to be taken if required. At year end, the company had a £30m multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility ('RCF') with HSBC UK Bank plc. £8.2m (2024: £10.1m) of this facility was utilised at year end. The RCF had an initial three-year term to 14 July 2026 with the option to extend for another year, plus a final year. Post year end, the company agreed with HSBC UK Bank plc to a first extension period of 13 months to 14 August 2027. The company also has a £14.0m (2024: £4.0m) overdraft facility with HSBC UK Bank plc, of which nil (2024: nil) was utilised at year end. These financial arrangements are subject to certain financial covenants which are tested every quarter. As part of the going concern assessment a detailed modelling exercise has been performed, as detailed in accounting policy 1.2, which indicates the company would not breach the revised financial covenants for a period of no less than 12 months from approval of the financial statements. Based on this assessment the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and, consequently, continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The Happold Foundation - The Happold Foundation is a charity dedicated to supporting organisations that use engineering to improve people's lives.”
• “CARE International - We signed a two-year partnership in 2024 with CARE International UK for Buro Happold to support the charity with the provision of emergency shelter support to people and communities impacted by humanitarian crises and disasters.”
• “Build It International - Supporting training and education – as well as sustainable design – around Africa with long-standing partners Build It International (Zambia) on its Centre for Excellence project, and Krizevac (Malawi) in the Beehive Campus, supported through SOS.”
• “The Young Employees Forum (YEF) is a connection and support network for those in their early careers at Buro Happold.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +9%

  £172,440,000 → £187,900,000

• Cash

  -60.8%

  £13,591,000 → £5,324,000

• Net assets

  +9.3%

  £2,549,000 → £2,786,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +364%

  £920,000 → £4,269,000

• Profit before tax

  +431.1%

  -£718,000 → £2,377,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers