FOCUS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£7m
-14.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.4m
-18% vs 2024
Employees
67
-13% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2m
-238.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,096,000 | £5,528,000 | £5,283,000 | -4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £422,000 | £1,266,000 | -£2,231,000 | -276.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £517,000 | £1,423,000 | -£1,974,000 | -238.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,916,000 | £5,000 | -£2,060,000 | -41,300% | |
| Cash | £2,143,000 | £8,231,000 | £7,024,000 | -14.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,839,000 | £9,637,000 | -18.6% | |
| Net assets | — | £11,465,000 | £9,405,000 | -18% | |
| Equity | £8,557,000 | £11,465,000 | £9,405,000 | -18% | |
| Average employees | — | 77 | 67 | -13% | |
| Wages | — | £353,000 | £2,154,000 | +510.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £4,000 | £762,000 | +18,950% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £4,000 | £67,000 | +1,575% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £375,000 | — |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 22.9% | -42.2% | |
| Net margin | 31.4% | 0.1% | -39.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 10.7% | -23.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 19.7% | 28.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 4.55x | 2.39x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FOCUS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 1999-01-05 → present
- FOCUS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1993-11-23 → 1999-01-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern... Based on a review of the above factors the Board is satisfied that the Company remains well capitalised and has sufficient liquidity to withstand potential severe market shocks.”
Significant events
- “Following the MBO of the Company in December 2024, the Company returned to the advice technology market in 2025 with the completion and go live of its new Focus.Tech product.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KITCHEN, Nathan Rhys | Director | 2024-12-13 | Feb 1983 | British |
| MACINTOSH, Andrew Bruce Sinclair | Director | 2025-08-18 | Nov 1966 | British |
| RICHARDS, Craig Owen | Director | 2024-12-13 | Sep 1969 | British |
| UPTON, David Stephen | Director | 2017-11-14 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENTS, Martin James | Secretary | 2003-09-25 | 2013-12-18 |
| HARRINGTON, Elaine | Secretary | 1993-11-23 | 1995-03-23 |
| HULL, William Robert | Secretary | 1998-08-28 | 2003-09-25 |
| KELLY, Miranda Anne | Secretary | 2014-12-22 | 2015-05-01 |
| MCKENNA, Paul Bernard | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2020-10-02 |
| RUST, Gillian Catherine | Secretary | 2013-12-18 | 2014-12-22 |
| STREETS, Jayne | Secretary | 1995-03-23 | 1998-08-27 |
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-02 | 2024-12-13 |
| BROOKS, David Keith | Director | 2006-11-14 | 2007-08-03 |
| CLEMENTS, Martin James | Director | 2003-06-12 | 2013-12-18 |
| DIXON, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2017-11-01 |
| FIENNES, Martin | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2000-06-01 |
| FORREST, Claire Maureen, Dr | Director | 2001-06-05 | 2003-03-31 |
| HARRINGTON, Nicholas John | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1995-03-19 |
| HELE, Susan Amanda | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2003-06-12 |
| HESKETH, Mark Alexander | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2017-05-31 |
| HULL, William Robert | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2003-09-25 |
| LOOSEMORE, Mark Antony | Director | 1996-10-10 | 1997-11-01 |
| LOOSMORE, Mark Antony | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2006-08-04 |
| MACHRAY, Neil Lindsay Nicholson | Director | 2019-08-07 | 2021-09-01 |
| MACKAY, Scott | Director | 2021-02-11 | 2022-03-31 |
| MURRAY, Frank | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2011-01-11 |
| PATEL, Suchita Vijaychandra | Director | 2020-10-02 | 2023-03-22 |
| RINK, Max Edgar, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2025-04-18 |
| SCOTT, David Campbell | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2024-12-13 |
| STEVENSON, Richard | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2013-12-18 |
| STREETS, John Bernard, Mr. | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2006-04-27 |
| THELWELL, Mark Andrew | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2006-04-07 |
| TITTERTON, Paul James | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2023-03-29 |
| WARNER, Andrew Simon | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2019-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus Advice Technology Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-13 | Active |
| Abrdn Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-29 | Ceased 2024-12-13 |
| Focus Solutions Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.