BCM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£100K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
-£15M
+79.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£57M
+217.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BCM LIMITED 1992-11-27 → present
- BCM (NOTTINGHAM) LIMITED 1992-08-20 → 1992-11-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,700,000 | £61,600,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£43,900,000 | £62,800,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£48,000,000 | £56,500,000 | |
| Net profit | -£47,400,000 | £57,300,000 | |
| Cash | £100,000 | £100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£64,900,000 | -£7,600,000 | |
| Net assets | -£72,000,000 | -£14,700,000 | |
| Equity | -£72,000,000 | -£14,700,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -39.7% | 101.9% | |
| Net margin | -42.8% | 93.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 67.6% | -826.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 260.0% | 293.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.34x | 0.41x | |
| Interest cover | -8.78x | 9.97x |
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 'Reduced Disclosure Framework'
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Company is dependent on funds provided to it by Fareva UK Limited its immediate parent company, provided from the funds made available to it by the Fareva SA Group, both companies' ultimate parent undertaking. Based on this undertaking the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Fareva SA's announcement in June 2023 to cease the manufacturing operations at BCM Limited was actioned in 2024. The Company's product testing service (Analytical Services), research and development, commercial and procurement activities continue to operate from the Nottingham site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOZDEMIR, Volkan | Director | 2021-10-01 | May 1971 | Turkish |
| PETRAS, Christophe David | Director | 2017-10-31 | Aug 1969 | French |
| FAREVA UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2017-10-31 | — | — |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FENNELL, Sonia | Secretary | 1995-12-18 | 2007-04-05 |
| FOSTER, David Charles Geoffrey | Secretary | 2007-04-05 | 2015-10-02 |
| OLIVER, Michael John | Secretary | 1992-08-20 | 1995-12-18 |
| THOMPSON, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2015-10-02 | 2017-10-31 |
| ARGO, Hannah | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2013-06-30 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2007-02-28 |
| CLERCKX, Toon | Director | 2010-01-28 | 2012-11-01 |
| CLIFFE, Eric Edward, Doctor | Director | 1992-08-20 | 1992-12-04 |
| COUNSELL, Rosemary Frances | Director | 2015-11-20 | 2017-10-31 |
| DENCH, Marcus Simon | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2015-11-03 |
| GILES, Christopher James | Director | 2007-11-02 | 2008-07-17 |
| GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2010-01-28 |
| HENFREY, Neil Francis | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2007-11-19 |
| HOOTON, Jeffrey Albert | Director | 2008-06-24 | 2012-07-31 |
| LONG, Andrew Michael | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2005-09-22 |
| MARRIOTT, John Richard | Director | 1994-10-05 | 2006-07-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Roderic John | Director | 2013-06-30 | 2017-10-31 |
| MORTIMER, Andrew John | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-04-30 |
| PORTIER, Benoit Pierre | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2019-02-28 |
| POTTER, Adrian | Director | 2008-06-24 | 2012-07-31 |
| SLADE, Timothy Martin | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1994-10-05 |
| STEWART, John | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-08-15 |
| THOMPSON, David Anthony Roland | Director | 1992-12-04 | 2002-09-04 |
| WATSON, Joseph John Henderson | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2001-07-09 |
| WHALL, Richard David | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-12-31 |
| THE BOOTS COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-07-31 | 2008-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fareva Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-31 | Active |
| Alliance Boots Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-44.4%
£110,700,000 £61,600,000
-
Cash
0%
£100,000 £100,000
-
Net assets
+79.6%
-£72,000,000 -£14,700,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+243.1%
-£43,900,000 £62,800,000
-
Profit before tax
+217.7%
-£48,000,000 £56,500,000
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