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MERIDIAN BUSINESS SUPPORT LIMITED

#02386774 · Active · Incorporated 1989-05-19 (37y 5m) · Last filing 2026-09-07 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 78200 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-06-09 (in 8 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£134k

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£12m

Equity attributable

Employees

202

Average over period

Profit before tax

£519k

Period ending 2023-12-31

Accounts

1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £87,251,026 —
Operating profit £689,797 —
Profit before tax £519,122 —
Net profit £388,173 —
Cash £133,846 —
Total assets less current liabilities £12,407,520 —
Net assets £12,336,573 —
Equity £12,336,573 —
Average employees 202 —
Wages £7,801,968 —
Directors' remuneration £444,402 —
Directors' pension contributions £22,470 —
Highest paid director £301,448 —

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-31
Operating margin 0.8%
Net margin 0.4%
Return on capital employed 5.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 52.4%
Current ratio 1.89x
Interest cover 4.04x

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.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. MERIDIAN BUSINESS SUPPORT LIMITED 2002-12-30 → present
  2. STM RECRUITMENT LTD. 1994-08-22 → 2002-12-30
  3. RECRUITMENT ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1989-05-19 → 1994-08-22

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 19 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BARROWCLIFFE, Jeanette Secretary 2002-10-01 — British
BARROWCLIFFE, Jeanette Director 2005-08-10 Dec 1969 British
SKELTON, Derek Director 2017-03-31 Nov 1963 British
Show 19 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ABBOTT, Richard John Secretary 1994-12-01 1995-06-14
KAVANAGH, Rodney Secretary — 2002-10-01
EXCHANGE STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED Corporate Secretary — 1989-05-19
BISHOP, Michael Andrew Director 2005-09-16 2008-12-19
CALLOW, Gary Roy Director 2005-09-16 2008-12-19
CREW, Robert Charles Director — 1995-06-14
EWING, Richard Director 2017-03-31 2020-11-30
GRAHAM, Jayne Director 1996-04-12 2000-12-31
HIBBERT, Howard Richard Meirion Director 1997-12-01 1998-08-31
HUMPHREY, Ian Hewitt Director 1996-04-07 1998-05-12
JONES, Brian Director 1994-12-01 1996-09-20
KAVANAGH, Rodney Director — 2005-08-10
KAVANAGH, Sandra Beryl Director — 2002-10-01
LAW, Stuart Alexander Director 1994-12-01 1995-02-24
LEWIS, Robert James Pitcairn Director 2005-09-16 2010-01-29
MAHMOODI, Massoud Director 1999-08-01 2003-02-05
MITCHELL, Mark Victor Director 1999-08-01 2017-03-31
O'REGAN, Peter Director 1994-12-01 1997-08-15
PASS, Christopher Nigel Director 1994-12-01 1995-04-21

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mbsg Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2019-11-29 Active
Mbsg Ltd Corporate entity Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-11-29

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 178 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-05 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-06-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-22 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-11-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-08-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-12-18 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control
2019-12-18 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control
2019-06-18 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

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.

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