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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-04

Metric Trend 2024-07-052025-07-04
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 7,3897,472
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 2024-07-052025-07-04
Operating margin 4.5%4.3%
Net margin 3.0%2.8%
Return on capital employed 41.4%29.2%
Current ratio 1.51x2.12x
Interest cover 16.48x14.58x

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

  1. BDO SERVICES LIMITED · parent
    1. BDO Employment Services Limited 1% · UK · Professional services
    2. BDO Holdings Limited 1% · UK · Professional services
    3. BDO Regulatory Solutions Limited 1% · UK · Professional services
    4. BDO IFI Services Limited 1% · UK · Professional services
    5. Moore Stephens IFI Services Limited 1% · Gibraltar · Professional services
    6. BDO IFI Pvt Ltd 1% · Zimbabwe · Professional services
    7. BDO IFI Monrovia Inc 0.49% · Liberia · Professional services
    8. Moore Stephens IFI Inc 0.49% · Liberia · Professional services
    9. BDO IFI SPRL 1% · Burundi · Professional services
    10. MS IFI SARL 1% · Lebanon · Professional services
    11. IFI Maghreb LLC 1% · Tunisia · Professional services
    12. IFI Madagascar SARL 1% · Madagascar · Professional services
    13. IFI Cameroon SARL 1% · Cameroon · Professional services
    14. BDO Wave (Pty) Ltd 0.7% · South Africa · Professional services

Significant events

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 PDF
2026-02-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-02-23 AD02 address Change sail address company with old address new address PDF
2025-09-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-01-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-07-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-05-07 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2021-04-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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