BABCOCK CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-26 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£172M
-2% vs 2024
Employees
1,215
+18.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
-532.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BABCOCK CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED 2010-07-09 → present
- VT GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2003-03-23 → 2010-07-09
- VT PORTCHESTER NO 1 LIMITED 2002-04-23 → 2003-03-23
- SPECIAL EFFORT LIMITED 2002-04-12 → 2002-04-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £148,296,000 | £205,446,000 | |
| Operating profit | £890,000 | -£7,117,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,088,000 | -£4,702,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,088,000 | -£3,571,000 | |
| Cash | £72,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £206,256,000 | £209,014,000 | |
| Net assets | £175,251,000 | £171,680,000 | |
| Equity | £175,251,000 | £171,680,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,028 | 1,215 | |
| Wages | £50,295,000 | £73,927,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | -3.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | -3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | -1.49x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. The Directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements”
Significant events
- “The Directors of the Company have considered the events within the Middle East, specifically the military action between the USA, Israel and Iran, and consider that does not give rise to any post balance sheet impact on these accounts. This is an unadjusted post balance sheet event.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABCOCK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-25 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2024-10-10 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BORRETT, Nicholas James William | Director | 2022-12-15 | Feb 1967 | British |
| CLARK, Robert Neil George | Director | 2024-10-10 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORRETT, Nicholas James William | Secretary | 2012-07-27 | 2013-02-25 |
| CHANNON, Jeremy Robert | Secretary | 2002-04-12 | 2002-04-16 |
| DAWES, Peter Graham | Secretary | 2002-04-16 | 2005-05-03 |
| JOWETT, Matthew Paul | Secretary | 2005-05-03 | 2010-07-09 |
| TELLER, Valerie Francine Anne | Secretary | 2010-07-09 | 2012-07-27 |
| BUNNEY, Andrew | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2003-03-14 |
| CONNELL, Ian | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2024-10-10 |
| CUNDY, Christopher John | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2007-12-13 |
| DOHERTY, Shaun, Dr | Director | 2022-05-31 | 2024-09-30 |
| DUNGATE, Albert Norman | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2016-06-24 |
| GOODMAN, Kevin William | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2021-05-31 |
| HARRISON, Philip James | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-07-09 |
| HEATHCOCK, Andrew Edward | Director | 2002-04-12 | 2002-04-16 |
| LESTER, Paul John | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2010-07-09 |
| MARTINELLI, Franco | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| MASON, William James | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2019-12-31 |
| MCINTOSH, Peter | Director | 2004-02-27 | 2006-01-31 |
| PARKER, Simon William | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2023-04-06 |
| ROGERS, Peter Lloyd | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| TAME, William | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2014-12-17 |
| TARRANT, Simon Edward | Director | 2004-02-27 | 2007-03-31 |
| URQUHART, Iain Stuart | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2022-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vosper Thornycroft (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+38.5%
£148,296,000 £205,446,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-2%
£175,251,000 £171,680,000
-
Employees
+18.2%
1,028 1,215
-
Operating profit
-899.7%
£890,000 -£7,117,000
-
Profit before tax
-532.2%
£1,088,000 -£4,702,000
-
Wages
+47%
£50,295,000 £73,927,000
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