CHINA - BRITAIN BUSINESS COUNCIL

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

• Turnover

  -11.8%

  £4,488,549 → £3,958,341

• Cash

  +22.1%

  £2,997,486 → £3,660,779

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  -53.6%

  £389,536 → £180,895

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -5.8%

  52 → 49

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -542.4%

  -£29,189 → -£187,509

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102 §1A

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Sopher + Co LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Therefore, after careful consideration, and the encouraging membership performance in the higher value membership categories, with a full programme of events scheduled for the remainder of the year and revised commercial strategy and income targets to replace the revenue from the DBT contract, the Board is confident that the Group will continue to have adequate financial resources to realise assets and discharge liabilities as they fall due over the period to 30 September 2026. Consequently, these financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “The election of the Labour government in July 2024 has resulted in a marked improvement in UK-China relations.”
• “There have been milestone breakthroughs such as the revival of the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD).”
• “British businesses, meanwhile, report that improved ties have given their operations in China greater momentum and improved relations with all stakeholders.”
• “The Department for Business & Trade International Markets contract... ceased on 28 July 2025 and has not been re-tendered as the Department has taken the delivery of these services in-house.”

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

Filings

16

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

6

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.