FOCUS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+284.1% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
77
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+175.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,096,000 | £5,528,000 | |
| Operating profit | £422,000 | £1,266,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £517,000 | £1,423,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,916,000 | £5,000 | |
| Cash | £2,143,000 | £8,231,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £8,557,000 | £11,465,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 77 | |
| 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 | 6.9% | 22.9% | |
| Net margin | 31.4% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 4.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | 115.09x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the company's ability to continue as a going concern and are confident that the business has adequate liquid resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The controlling stake in the Company was sold by its parent, Aberdeen Group plc ("Aberdeen" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Aberdeen Group'), on 13 December 2024 to Focus Advice Technology Holdings Limited as part of a management buyout. Aberdeen Group Plc retained a 20% stake in the Company.”
- “There was a share issue of 290,289,070 shares on 13th Dec 2024 adding £2,903k to the share capital.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KITCHEN, Nathan Rhys | Director | 2024-12-13 | Feb 1983 | British |
| MACINTOSH, Andrew Bruce Sinclair | Director | 2025-08-18 | Nov 1966 | British |
| RICHARDS, Craig Owen | Director | 2024-12-13 | Sep 1969 | British |
| UPTON, David Stephen | Director | 2017-11-14 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENTS, Martin James | Secretary | 2003-09-25 | 2013-12-18 |
| HARRINGTON, Elaine | Secretary | 1993-11-23 | 1995-03-23 |
| HULL, William Robert | Secretary | 1998-08-28 | 2003-09-25 |
| KELLY, Miranda Anne | Secretary | 2014-12-22 | 2015-05-01 |
| MCKENNA, Paul Bernard | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2020-10-02 |
| RUST, Gillian Catherine | Secretary | 2013-12-18 | 2014-12-22 |
| STREETS, Jayne | Secretary | 1995-03-23 | 1998-08-27 |
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-02 | 2024-12-13 |
| BROOKS, David Keith | Director | 2006-11-14 | 2007-08-03 |
| CLEMENTS, Martin James | Director | 2003-06-12 | 2013-12-18 |
| DIXON, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2017-11-01 |
| FIENNES, Martin | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2000-06-01 |
| FORREST, Claire Maureen, Dr | Director | 2001-06-05 | 2003-03-31 |
| HARRINGTON, Nicholas John | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1995-03-19 |
| HELE, Susan Amanda | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2003-06-12 |
| HESKETH, Mark Alexander | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2017-05-31 |
| HULL, William Robert | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2003-09-25 |
| LOOSEMORE, Mark Antony | Director | 1996-10-10 | 1997-11-01 |
| LOOSMORE, Mark Antony | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2006-08-04 |
| MACHRAY, Neil Lindsay Nicholson | Director | 2019-08-07 | 2021-09-01 |
| MACKAY, Scott | Director | 2021-02-11 | 2022-03-31 |
| MURRAY, Frank | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2011-01-11 |
| PATEL, Suchita Vijaychandra | Director | 2020-10-02 | 2023-03-22 |
| RINK, Max Edgar, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2025-04-18 |
| SCOTT, David Campbell | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2024-12-13 |
| STEVENSON, Richard | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2013-12-18 |
| STREETS, John Bernard, Mr. | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2006-04-27 |
| THELWELL, Mark Andrew | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2006-04-07 |
| TITTERTON, Paul James | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2023-03-29 |
| WARNER, Andrew Simon | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2019-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus Advice Technology Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-13 | Active |
| Abrdn Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-29 | Ceased 2024-12-13 |
| Focus Solutions Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-9.3%
£6,096,000 £5,528,000
-
Cash
+284.1%
£2,143,000 £8,231,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+200%
£422,000 £1,266,000
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Profit before tax
+175.2%
£517,000 £1,423,000
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