AVANTUS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-25 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-11
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-49.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-44.6% vs 2023
Employees
31
+3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£991K
+10.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,024,278 | £4,374,384 | |
| Operating profit | £780,349 | £847,707 | |
| Profit before tax | £895,329 | £991,102 | |
| Net profit | £710,168 | £673,467 | |
| Cash | £4,099,708 | £2,066,469 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,224,693 | £1,272,824 | |
| Net assets | £2,196,789 | £1,216,621 | |
| Equity | £2,196,789 | £1,216,621 | |
| Average employees | 30 | 31 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £692,378 | £624,902 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+8.7%
£4,024,278 £4,374,384
-
Cash
-49.6%
£4,099,708 £2,066,469
-
Net assets
-44.6%
£2,196,789 £1,216,621
-
Employees
+3.3%
30 31
-
Operating profit
+8.6%
£780,349 £847,707
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Profit before tax
+10.7%
£895,329 £991,102
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.4% | 19.4% | |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 15.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.1% | 66.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 3251.45x | — |
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
- AVANTUS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2014-12-15 → present
- FAIR CARE SERVICES LIMITED 2005-04-11 → 2014-12-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- AVANTUS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Avantus Employee Benefits Limited 100%
- Avantus Systems Limited 100%
- Avantus HR Limited 100%
- Avantus People Solutions (UK) Ltd 100%
- Avantus Resources Limited 100%
- My Workpal Limited 100%
- Avantus Technology Limited 100%
- Avantus Limited 100%
- Fair Care Childcare Vouchers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Up to the 15th May 2024, Avantus Systems Limited was a 71% owned direct subsidiary of the company (2023 - 71%), the remaining minority interest was purchased by the group on this date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Raymond Phillip | Director | 2024-11-15 | Jul 1977 | British |
| LEWIS, Sion David | Director | 2024-11-15 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEENS, Claire Aileen | Secretary | 2019-04-09 | 2024-11-15 |
| STEVENS, Karen | Secretary | 2015-02-18 | 2019-02-08 |
| WALLER, Phillip De Warrenne | Secretary | 2005-04-11 | 2015-02-18 |
| CURTIS, Philip Edward | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2024-11-15 |
| GEENS, Claire Aileen | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2024-11-15 |
| MUNRO, Niall Duncan | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2024-11-15 |
| STEVENS, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2019-02-08 |
| WALLER, Phillip De Warrenne | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2024-11-15 |
| WHELAN, James Henry Mark | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2024-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciphr Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-11-15 | Active |
| Mr Phillip Waller | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-15 |
| Mr Philip Edward Curtis | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-26 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-11-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.