BDO SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-04
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£38M
+32.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
+41.5% vs 2024
Employees
7,472
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£27M
-7.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-04
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-05 | 2025-07-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £679,053,000 | £675,983,000 | |
| Operating profit | £30,798,000 | £28,789,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £29,155,000 | £27,017,000 | |
| Net profit | £20,199,000 | £18,762,000 | |
| Cash | £28,413,000 | £37,733,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £74,404,000 | £98,603,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,487,000 | £62,964,000 | |
| Equity | £44,487,000 | £62,964,000 | |
| Average employees | 7,389 | 7,472 | |
| Wages | £415,692,000 | £427,903,000 |
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 | 2024-07-05 | 2025-07-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.4% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | 16.48x | 14.58x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company provides business services for its ultimate parent entity, BDO LLP. The appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern assumption in preparing these financial statements is therefore dependent upon the Company's relationship with, and continuing trade with, its ultimate parent entity. The Group has continued to demonstrate robust performance over the period despite a challenging macroeconomic climate. The Board has carefully reviewed current results and prepared detailed trading and cash flow forecasts, being mindful of the current economic climate, through to June 2027 as well as considering available banking facilities and other sources of finance. The Board is confident that the Group will maintain adequate resources to allow settlement of all liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BDO SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- BDO Employment Services Limited 1%
- BDO Holdings Limited 1%
- BDO Regulatory Solutions Limited 1%
- BDO IFI Services Limited 1%
- Moore Stephens IFI Services Limited 1%
- BDO IFI Pvt Ltd 1%
- BDO IFI Monrovia Inc 0.49%
- Moore Stephens IFI Inc 0.49%
- BDO IFI SPRL 1%
- MS IFI SARL 1%
- IFI Maghreb LLC 1%
- IFI Madagascar SARL 1%
- IFI Cameroon SARL 1%
- BDO Wave (Pty) Ltd 0.7%
Significant events
- “Post period end, the trade, assets and liabilities of BDO Regulatory Solutions Limited were transferred into this Company and BDO LLP (both members of the Group). This is a non adjusting post balance sheet event.”
- “BDO LLP signed a new £150,000,000 revolving credit facility agreement on 16 September 2025. This replaces the prior £100,000,000 facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Andrew | Director | 2014-06-27 | Jun 1964 | British |
| COLLINS, Stuart Charles | Director | 2020-07-03 | Feb 1970 | British |
| FERGUSON, Ryan Christopher Ewart | Director | 2021-03-11 | Jun 1981 | British |
| KNIGHT, Scott William | Director | 2016-10-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| POULTER, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2024-10-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINSON, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2012-10-22 | 2021-05-06 |
| MACFARLANE, Ian Lennox | Secretary | 2009-09-15 | 2012-10-22 |
| DAVIS, Andrew Simon | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2009-09-15 |
| EAGLAND, Paul Mark | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2010-06-23 |
| EVANS, Allan Roy | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2014-12-01 |
| GALLAGHER, Simon Patrick | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2024-10-01 |
| JONES, Jeffrey Alan | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2010-06-23 |
| LOWSON, Douglas Iain Crichton | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| MACGREGOR, Gervase | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2010-06-23 |
| MATHIAS, Dermot Colin Anthony | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2010-06-23 |
| MICHAELS, Simon James | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2016-10-01 |
| MICHAELS, Simon James | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2010-06-23 |
| PAYNE, Teresa Mary | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2019-07-05 |
| RANDALL, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2019-02-02 | 2022-07-02 |
| SAYERS, Anne Louise | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2021-07-03 |
| SAYERS, Anne Louise | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2021-03-11 |
| SHERFIELD, Mark Andrew | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2020-07-03 |
| STEWART, Calum William | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2016-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bdo Llp Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2025-07-04 vs 2024-07-05
-
Turnover
-0.5%
£679,053,000 £675,983,000
-
Cash
+32.8%
£28,413,000 £37,733,000
-
Net assets
+41.5%
£44,487,000 £62,964,000
-
Employees
+1.1%
7,389 7,472
-
Operating profit
-6.5%
£30,798,000 £28,789,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.3%
£29,155,000 £27,017,000
-
Wages
+2.9%
£415,692,000 £427,903,000
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