MONTAGU EVANS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-16 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£702K
-35.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£0
Equity attributable
Employees
326
-22% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,990,000 | £29,678,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,082,000 | £1,004,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,080,000 | £1,004,000 | |
| Net profit | £809,000 | £753,000 | |
| Cash | £1,092,000 | £702,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £0 | £0 | |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | |
| Equity | £0 | £0 | |
| Average employees | 418 | 326 | |
| Wages | £26,952,000 | £24,610,000 |
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 | 3.4% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 541.00x | — |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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. 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 ability of the company to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2024, Montagu Evans LLP transferred its Property Management division to Savills (UK) Limited. All 92 staff in this division which includes all site staff were transferred to Savills on this date and employed by Montagu Evans Business Services Limited.”
- “The company has provided an unlimited cross guarantee to Barclays bank in respect of Montagu Evans LLP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Alan Keith | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| HOWES, Gary | Director | 2014-01-21 | Feb 1965 | British |
| JONES, David Colin | Director | 2022-09-23 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2010-03-02 | 2017-02-09 |
| ASBURY, Robert Charles Walton | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2021-08-31 |
| ATTWELL, David Charles | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2019-02-15 |
| BOWER, Robert Vern | Director | 2019-12-06 | 2025-03-31 |
| CLARKE, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2019-02-15 |
| MCGONIGAL, Gregory Hugh Joseph | Director | 2010-03-02 | 2015-09-07 |
| RIDING, Clive Andrew | Director | 2010-03-02 | 2012-04-03 |
| SETTLE, Kara Louise | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2019-12-06 |
| WILSON, Susan Mary | Director | 2010-03-02 | 2017-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-7.2%
£31,990,000 £29,678,000
-
Cash
-35.7%
£1,092,000 £702,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
-22%
418 326
-
Operating profit
-7.2%
£1,082,000 £1,004,000
-
Profit before tax
-7%
£1,080,000 £1,004,000
-
Wages
-8.7%
£26,952,000 £24,610,000
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