CANTIUM BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-32.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-14.5% vs 2024
Employees
302
-3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£87K
-91.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CANTIUM BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2018-06-27 → present
- BSC KENT LIMITED 2018-03-08 → 2018-06-27
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 | £34,274,000 | £26,636,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,012,000 | £5,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,012,000 | £87,000 | |
| Net profit | £864,000 | £79,000 | |
| Cash | £2,020,000 | £1,370,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,896,000 | £2,475,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,896,000 | £2,475,000 | |
| Equity | £2,896,000 | £2,475,000 | |
| Average employees | 313 | 302 | |
| Wages | £15,331,000 | £14,172,000 |
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 | 3.0% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.9% | 0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.48x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In addition, the directors have received confirmation from Kent County Council that they will provide ongoing financial support to the Company for a period of at least a year subsequent to the signing of these accounts in order to allow the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLES, Robert Frank | Director | 2023-09-26 | Mar 1969 | British |
| DEARING, Philip Ronald | Director | 2021-11-29 | Feb 1950 | British |
| DOHERTY, John William | Director | 2023-09-26 | Mar 1968 | Irish |
| PLEACE, Simon Mark | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| RICHARDS, Ceri | Director | 2021-08-26 | Dec 1958 | British |
| WARD, Catherine Mary | Director | 2024-12-19 | Sep 1958 | British |
| WHITTLE, David George | Director | 2020-01-28 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVERY, David Allan | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-10-31 |
| BAYFORD, Laura Maxine | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2024-03-27 |
| DARGUE, Robin Lindsay | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| DEARING, Philip Ronald | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2021-08-01 |
| DRISCOLL, Fiona Elizabeth Lawrence | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2021-11-23 |
| EVANS, John | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2020-12-31 |
| HUMPHREY, John Eugene | Director | 2019-02-07 | 2022-01-01 |
| JOHNSON, Matthew David | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| JONES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-10-31 |
| MAJOR, Neeta | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2020-12-01 |
| RECORD, Guy Charles | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-10-31 |
| ROBINSON, Alexander Charles | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2021-11-30 |
| SCOTT, Mark Anthony | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2022-09-01 |
| SPORE, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2018-06-28 |
| WHITING, Steven Raymond | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-10-31 |
| WHITTLE, David George | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2019-10-31 |
| WOOD, Andrew David | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2020-12-02 |
| YARHAM, Marcus Stanley | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2024-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Commercial Services Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-30 | Active |
| The Kent County Council | Legal person | Significant influence | 2018-03-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-02 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-05-02 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-22.3%
£34,274,000 £26,636,000
-
Cash
-32.2%
£2,020,000 £1,370,000
-
Net assets
-14.5%
£2,896,000 £2,475,000
-
Employees
-3.5%
313 302
-
Operating profit
-99.5%
£1,012,000 £5,000
-
Profit before tax
-91.4%
£1,012,000 £87,000
-
Wages
-7.6%
£15,331,000 £14,172,000
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