BUSINESS DATA PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3m
+56.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.8m
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
179
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+65.3% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £19,377,660 | £17,797,700 | £19,562,225 | +9.9% | |
| Operating profit | £656,199 | £444,429 | £978,556 | +120.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £956,384 | £738,113 | £1,220,451 | +65.3% | |
| Net profit | £716,991 | £531,124 | £920,162 | +73.2% | |
| Cash | £2,212,741 | £2,085,869 | £3,267,048 | +56.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,878,062 | £7,457,183 | £8,414,445 | +12.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,349,488 | £6,880,612 | £7,800,774 | +13.4% | |
| Equity | £6,349,488 | £6,880,612 | £7,800,774 | +13.4% | |
| Average employees | 212 | 183 | 179 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £13,325,256 | £12,415,115 | £13,004,367 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £250,219 | £292,524 | £277,299 | -5.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £39,880 | £59,880 | £39,880 | -33.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £250,219 | £292,524 | £277,299 | -5.2% |
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 | 3.4% | 2.5% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 3.0% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.5% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.0% | 39.1% | 36.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.76x | 2.93x | 3.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | 30.72x | — |
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
- BUSINESS DATA PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2017-06-23 → present
- BUSINESS & DECISION HOLDINGS LIMITED 2017-04-10 → 2017-06-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BUSINESS DATA PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Business Data Partners Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Ownership structure of Talan Holdings changed in May 2026, transitioning from 5 separate non-UK companies to 6, with altered shareholding percentages across entities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASSOULAT, Philippe | Director | 2019-10-07 | Feb 1964 | French |
| HOEY, Jacqueline | Director | 2017-04-10 | Nov 1972 | British |
| HOUAS, Mehdi | Director | 2019-10-07 | Nov 1959 | French |
| THEPAUT, Mikael Francois Marie | Director | 2019-10-07 | Jun 1976 | French |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUCKLE, Ian James | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2021-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talan Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-10-07 | Ceased 2019-10-07 |
| Talan Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-10-07 | Ceased 2019-10-07 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Hoey | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-08-10 | Ceased 2019-10-07 |
| Mr Ian James Huckle | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-10 | Ceased 2019-10-07 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Hoey | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-10 | Ceased 2019-10-07 |
| Mr Ian James Huckle | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-10 | Ceased 2019-10-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.