BGF GROUP PLC
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Cash
£256m
+146.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3bn
+7.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
209
-0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£280m
+113.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £104,838,000 | £120,092,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £60,591,000 | £125,716,000 | £278,936,000 | +121.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £67,969,000 | £131,149,000 | £279,519,000 | +113.1% | |
| Net profit | £68,206,000 | £120,944,000 | £286,919,000 | +137.2% | |
| Cash | £223,219,000 | £103,937,000 | £256,102,000 | +146.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,861,318,000 | £2,985,471,000 | £3,216,299,000 | +7.7% | |
| Net assets | £2,691,388,000 | £2,812,332,000 | £3,024,251,000 | +7.5% | |
| Equity | £2,691,388,000 | £2,812,332,000 | £3,024,251,000 | +7.5% | |
| Average employees | 206 | 210 | 209 | -0.5% | |
| Wages | £35,008,000 | £36,677,000 | £38,567,000 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,113,000 | £2,798,000 | £2,783,000 | -0.5% |
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 | 57.8% | 104.7% | — | |
| Net margin | 65.1% | 100.7% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.1% | 4.2% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.7% | 6.6% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 14.77x | 9.69x | 14.52x | |
| Interest cover | 53.48x | 86.82x | 86.04x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BGF GROUP PLC 2018-05-04 → present
- BGF GROUP LIMITED 2017-03-07 → 2018-05-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements and have concluded that no material uncertainty exists in relation to going concern.”
Group structure
- BGF GROUP PLC · parent
- BGF Services Ltd 100%
- BGF Investments LP
- BGF Nominees Limited 100%
- BGF Ventures LP
- BGF Ireland Nominees Limited 100%
- BGF Ireland GP Limited 100%
- Business Growth Fund Limited 100%
- BGF GP Limited 100%
- BGF Investment Management Limited 100%
- BGF Life Sciences 1 GP Limited 100%
- BGF UK Enterprise Fund 1 GP Limited 100%
- BGF UK Enterprise Fund 1 Nominees Limited 100%
- BGF UKEF 2 GP Limited 100%
- BGF UKEF 2 Nominees Limited 100%
- BGF Smaller Companies Impact Fund Limited 100%
- BGF UKEF 3 GP Limited 100%
- BGF UKEF 3 Nominees Limited 100%
- BGF Co-invest GP Limited 100%
- BGF Co-invest Nominees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025, the Board committed to invest more than £3 billion in UK businesses over the next five years. As part of the £3 billion pledge, BGF is committed to investing at least £300 million in female-powered businesses, to support more diverse leadership in the UK's growth economy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, David Robert | Secretary | 2017-05-23 | — | — |
| BARKER, Benjamin Julius | Director | 2026-02-11 | Jan 1977 | British |
| BLAIR, Rosaleen | Director | 2024-07-01 | Nov 1965 | Irish |
| CHEW, James Laurence | Director | 2017-05-23 | Jul 1962 | British |
| DALY, Mark St John | Director | 2024-05-03 | Feb 1985 | British |
| DOUGALL, Anita | Director | 2025-11-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| GREGORY, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 2020-07-16 | Sep 1966 | British |
| ISHERWOOD, Kristina Maria | Director | 2021-01-19 | Apr 1968 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Stuart Christopher | Director | 2018-04-19 | Jun 1972 | British |
| LIVINGSTON, Ian Paul | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| OLDS, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2024-05-03 | Apr 1981 | South African,British |
| POULTER, Steven Matthew | Director | 2020-10-15 | Apr 1973 | British |
| STRANG, James Mark Nelson | Director | 2021-01-19 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVIS, Alice Mary Cleoniki | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2026-04-30 |
| BOAG, Timothy John Donald | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2018-04-19 |
| JOHNSON, Neil Anthony | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2024-03-31 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2021-12-31 |
| NOBLE, Diana Georgina | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2019-07-18 |
| REED, Matthew Robert | Director | 2017-03-07 | 2024-05-03 |
| RUDD, Anthony Nigel Russell, Sir | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2020-06-30 |
| WALL, Kevin Charles | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2020-10-15 |
| WELTON, Stephen Frank | Director | 2017-03-07 | 2023-06-30 |
| WHITE, Adrian Patrick | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2024-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uberior Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-05-23 | Active |
| Hsbc (Bgf) Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-05-23 | Active |
| Barclays Funds Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-05-23 | Active |
| Rbs Sme Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-05-23 | Active |
| Business Growth Fund Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-07 | Ceased 2017-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-14 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-14 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.