BENTLEY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£392K
+42.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£584K
-62.2% vs 2023
Employees
424
-0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£460K
-177.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BENTLEY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 1994-08-30 → present
- ALTOVISION LIMITED 1994-08-11 → 1994-08-30
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 | £72,086,568 | £73,949,835 | |
| Operating profit | £2,030,269 | £1,040,006 | |
| Profit before tax | -£165,698 | -£460,199 | |
| Net profit | £5,759 | -£960,708 | |
| Cash | £274,539 | £391,593 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,781,551 | £23,638,398 | |
| Net assets | £1,544,665 | £583,957 | |
| Equity | £1,544,665 | £583,957 | |
| Average employees | 427 | 424 | |
| Wages | £37,063,770 | £36,901,554 |
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 | 2.8% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.2% | 99.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.58x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 0.88x | 0.59x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic.”
Group structure
- BENTLEY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Cadventure Limited 100%
- Cadventure International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year 2024 the company acquired Cadventure Limited, the shares of the which were not listed on a stock exchange.”
- “There have been no significant events between the balance sheet date and date of approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGUIRE, Shane, Mr. | Secretary | 2019-04-24 | — | — |
| FITZMAURICE, Barry Timothy | Director | 2018-10-30 | May 1968 | British |
| HACKFORTH, Clive Charles | Director | 2023-06-21 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVERSON, Paul | Secretary | 1997-01-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| POLDERMAN, Christiaan | Secretary | 1999-09-30 | 2008-08-01 |
| ROWLINSON, Philip Ralph | Secretary | 1994-08-17 | 1997-01-01 |
| SHAMAN, David Richard | Secretary | 2000-04-12 | 2001-08-11 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-08-11 | 1994-08-17 |
| BENTLEY, Gregory S | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2018-10-30 |
| BLAIN, David John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1998-08-10 |
| BROEKHUIS, Fokke Gert | Director | 2000-04-12 | 2006-11-03 |
| FOX, Richard Martin Harwood | Director | 1998-08-10 | 2006-03-01 |
| GLANVILLE, Neville George | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2018-10-30 |
| HORSLEY, Simon, Mr. | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2023-06-21 |
| LAMBOO, Gijsbertus Theodorus | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2019-09-11 |
| MCDONOUGH, Gail | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2021-09-30 |
| VENLET, Dirk Johan Adriaan | Director | 2000-04-12 | 2001-01-19 |
| VENLET, Dirk Johan Adriaan | Director | 1994-08-17 | 1996-01-01 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-08-11 | 1994-08-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bsi Holdings B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-23 | Active |
| Mr Keith Bentley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-23 |
| Mr Barry Bentley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-23 |
| Mr Gregory Bentley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2021-10-13 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy |
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
+2.6%
£72,086,568 £73,949,835
-
Cash
+42.6%
£274,539 £391,593
-
Net assets
-62.2%
£1,544,665 £583,957
-
Employees
-0.7%
427 424
-
Operating profit
-48.8%
£2,030,269 £1,040,006
-
Profit before tax
-177.7%
-£165,698 -£460,199
-
Wages
-0.4%
£37,063,770 £36,901,554
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