BUREAU VERITAS BUILDING CONTROL UK LIMITED
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Cash
£26k
-7.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£370k
+40.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
+16.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£318k
-31.8% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £4,856,000 | £4,467,000 | £7,008,000 | +56.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£155,000 | £546,000 | £364,000 | -33.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£233,000 | £466,000 | £318,000 | -31.8% | |
| Net profit | -£236,000 | £466,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £13,000 | £28,000 | £26,000 | -7.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,084,000 | -£618,000 | -£370,000 | +40.1% | |
| Equity | -£1,084,000 | -£618,000 | -£370,000 | +40.1% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 43 | 50 | +16.3% | |
| Wages | £2,271,000 | £2,410,000 | £3,249,000 | +34.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £209,000 | £283,000 | £254,000 | -10.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £14,000 | £16,000 | £11,000 | -31.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £112,000 | £127,000 | £124,000 | -2.4% |
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 | -3.2% | 12.2% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 10.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.69x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | -1.99x | 6.83x | 7.91x |
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
- BUREAU VERITAS BUILDING CONTROL UK LIMITED 2017-05-02 → present
- H.C.D. BUILDING CONTROL LIMITED 1997-11-05 → 2017-05-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of Bureau Veritas SA, the ultimate parent undertaking, have confirmed that they will provide financial support to enable the company to meet its financial liabilities as they fall due for the period to 31 December 2027. On this basis... appropriate to prepare... on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The large increase in revenue compared to 2024 is due to a large contract won with the Building Safety Regulator that began in October 2024 and has continued throughout 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANUSSOT, Aurelie Micheline Marie-Jeanne | Director | 2025-06-12 | Aug 1983 | French |
| GIROS, Antoine Sylvain Benoit | Director | 2024-09-01 | Apr 1985 | French |
| LOWE, Andrew Robert | Director | 2002-01-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLE, Nigel Gareth James | Secretary | 2002-04-15 | 2002-10-31 |
| DYER, Anthony Harold | Secretary | 1997-11-24 | 2001-03-14 |
| HICKS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2002-11-01 | 2018-10-10 |
| HOWSE, Robert Ravenhill | Secretary | 2001-03-14 | 2002-04-15 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-05 | 1997-11-05 |
| ALLEN, David Andrew | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2020-04-14 |
| BUTLER, Jeffrey Dilwyn | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2016-02-29 |
| COLE, Nigel Gareth James | Director | 1997-11-24 | 1999-01-19 |
| DAVIES, David Jon | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2019-03-29 |
| DOLAN, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| DYER, Anthony Harold | Director | 2014-04-02 | 2016-10-07 |
| DYER, Anthony Harold | Director | 1997-11-24 | 1999-01-19 |
| GEE, Matthew Peter | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| GRIST, Michael | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2017-01-18 |
| HICKS, Stephen John | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2018-10-10 |
| HIGHWOOD, Stephen Charles | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| HOWSE, Robert Ravenhill | Director | 1997-11-24 | 1999-01-19 |
| JONES, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-04-12 |
| PIKE, Clare Yvonne | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2017-01-18 |
| SMITH, Kenneth Mar | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2024-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Clare | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2020-01-20 |
| THOMAS, Stephen Edward | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2016-09-27 |
| VEITCH, Kyle | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2019-08-31 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-05 | 1997-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hcd Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.