WEST COUNTRY BUSINESS SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£147
+24.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
-47.7% vs 2024
Employees
44
-24.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£646K
+54.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,506,845 | £3,442,817 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,421,894 | -£641,193 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,425,549 | -£646,056 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,425,549 | -£537,005 | |
| Cash | — | £118 | £147 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,351,056 | £727,997 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,125,028 | -£1,662,033 | |
| Equity | £300,521 | -£1,125,028 | -£1,662,033 | |
| Average employees | — | 58 | 44 | |
| Wages | — | £2,528,843 | £2,127,565 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -40.5% | -18.6% | |
| Net margin | — | -40.7% | -15.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -105.2% | -88.1% | |
| Interest cover | — | -389.03x | -131.85x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Auditors concluded directors' use of going concern basis appropriate and identified no material uncertainties casting significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from authorisation date.”
Group structure
- WEST COUNTRY BUSINESS SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Abattia Group Limited 100%
- West Country Business Systems Limited 100%
- WCBS International Limited 100%
- KSM Online Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group implemented a cost reduction programme which on a full year basis will reduce the cost base by more than £1.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, Neil | Director | 2024-10-29 | May 1974 | British |
| CLARKE, Charles Giles | Director | 2005-09-16 | May 1953 | British |
| HARRISON, John Nicholas | Director | 2005-09-16 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Timothy Charles | Secretary | 2010-06-18 | 2014-10-01 |
| JAMES, William Brian | Secretary | 2016-10-20 | 2025-04-22 |
| JEWELL, Deborah | Secretary | 2014-10-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| RACE, Christopher | Secretary | 1998-02-27 | 2010-06-18 |
| STAUNTON, Robin Mark | Nominee Secretary | 1997-06-17 | 1998-02-27 |
| BERRY, Timothy Charles | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2016-10-14 |
| BILBOE, Stephen Paul | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2024-10-29 |
| CHILD, Anthony James | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2013-06-25 |
| GOODWIN, Emma Louise | Director | 2017-01-04 | 2021-10-01 |
| HEGINBOTHAM, Peter | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2014-09-01 |
| HUNTER, Ian Lawrence | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2018-08-10 |
| JOHNSON, Colin David | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2010-05-11 |
| PYPER, Timothy Edward | Nominee Director | 1997-06-17 | 1998-02-27 |
| RACE, Christopher | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2016-01-31 |
| SANTAMARIA, Isidro | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2015-07-29 |
| STAUNTON, Robin Mark | Nominee Director | 1997-06-17 | 1998-02-27 |
| WALLING, Richard | Director | 2011-12-13 | 2014-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westleigh Investments Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Wcbs Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-1.8%
£3,506,845 £3,442,817
-
Cash
+24.6%
£118 £147
-
Net assets
-47.7%
-£1,125,028 -£1,662,033
-
Employees
-24.1%
58 44
-
Operating profit
+54.9%
-£1,421,894 -£641,193
-
Profit before tax
+54.7%
-£1,425,549 -£646,056
-
Wages
-15.9%
£2,528,843 £2,127,565
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