BUREAU VERITAS BUILDING CONTROL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28K
+115.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£618K
+43% vs 2023
Employees
43
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£466K
+300% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BUREAU VERITAS BUILDING CONTROL UK LIMITED 2017-05-02 → present
- H.C.D. BUILDING CONTROL LIMITED 1997-11-05 → 2017-05-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,856,000 | £4,467,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£155,000 | £546,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£233,000 | £466,000 | |
| Net profit | -£236,000 | £466,000 | |
| Cash | £13,000 | £28,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,084,000 | -£618,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,084,000 | -£618,000 | |
| Average employees | 41 | 43 | |
| Wages | £2,271,000 | £2,410,000 |
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 | -3.2% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 10.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | -1.99x | 6.83x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has net current liabilities of £608,000 (2023: £1,074,000) at the balance sheet date. The directors have considered the future results for a period from when the financial statements are authorised for issue to the end of 31 December 2026 and expect the company to be profitable and cash generative under their best estimate of future performance and a reasonable downturn in trading results. The company participates in a cash pooling arrangement with other group companies and does not maintain a significant cash balance, consequently it is dependent upon access to the pooled funds to manage its working capital. The directors of Bureau Veritas SA, the ultimate parent undertaking, have confirmed that they will provide financial support to enable the company to meet its financial liabilities as they fall due for the period to 31 December 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANUSSOT, Aurelie Micheline Marie-Jeanne | Director | 2025-06-12 | Aug 1983 | French |
| GIROS, Antoine Sylvain Benoit | Director | 2024-09-01 | Apr 1985 | French |
| LOWE, Andrew Robert | Director | 2002-01-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLE, Nigel Gareth James | Secretary | 2002-04-15 | 2002-10-31 |
| DYER, Anthony Harold | Secretary | 1997-11-24 | 2001-03-14 |
| HICKS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2002-11-01 | 2018-10-10 |
| HOWSE, Robert Ravenhill | Secretary | 2001-03-14 | 2002-04-15 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-05 | 1997-11-05 |
| ALLEN, David Andrew | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2020-04-14 |
| BUTLER, Jeffrey Dilwyn | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2016-02-29 |
| COLE, Nigel Gareth James | Director | 1997-11-24 | 1999-01-19 |
| DAVIES, David Jon | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2019-03-29 |
| DOLAN, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| DYER, Anthony Harold | Director | 2014-04-02 | 2016-10-07 |
| DYER, Anthony Harold | Director | 1997-11-24 | 1999-01-19 |
| GEE, Matthew Peter | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| GRIST, Michael | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2017-01-18 |
| HICKS, Stephen John | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2018-10-10 |
| HIGHWOOD, Stephen Charles | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| HOWSE, Robert Ravenhill | Director | 1997-11-24 | 1999-01-19 |
| JONES, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-04-12 |
| PIKE, Clare Yvonne | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2017-01-18 |
| SMITH, Kenneth Mar | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2024-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Clare | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2020-01-20 |
| THOMAS, Stephen Edward | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2016-09-27 |
| VEITCH, Kyle | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2019-08-31 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-05 | 1997-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hcd Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-27 | 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
- 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
-
Turnover
-8%
£4,856,000 £4,467,000
-
Cash
+115.4%
£13,000 £28,000
-
Net assets
+43%
-£1,084,000 -£618,000
-
Employees
+4.9%
41 43
-
Operating profit
+452.3%
-£155,000 £546,000
-
Profit before tax
+300%
-£233,000 £466,000
-
Wages
+6.1%
£2,271,000 £2,410,000
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