BERTELSMANN GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£57K
-41.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
68
+11.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,938,000 | — | £3,704,000 | £4,448,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,000 | — | -£6,000 | -£16,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | — | -£24,000 | — | -£33,000 | -£41,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £131,000 | — | £98,000 | £57,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £131,000 | — | £98,000 | £57,000 | |
| Equity | £155,000 | £131,000 | £131,000 | £98,000 | £57,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 54 | — | 61 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | £1,903,000 | — | £2,424,000 | £2,797,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £286,000 | £310,000 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+20.1%
£3,704,000 £4,448,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-41.8%
£98,000 £57,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+11.5%
61 68
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-166.7%
-£6,000 -£16,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+15.4%
£2,424,000 £2,797,000
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.1% | — | -0.2% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.8% | — | -0.9% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -1.5% | — | -6.1% | -28.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.14x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -1.50x | — |
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
- BERTELSMANN GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2023-06-01 → present
- BERTELSMANN ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD. 2018-08-13 → 2023-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's current trading performance, the sensitivity and reverse stress testing scenarios performed, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of no less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The increase in turnover was a result of servicing new acquisitions to the Bertelsmann portfolio during the year, coupled with providing a broader suite of services to existing customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-13 | — | — |
| BENNINGTON, Steven Edward | Director | 2019-03-08 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HARRISON, Phillip Daniel | Director | 2022-10-19 | Dec 1993 | British |
| HICKS, Charlotte Grace | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jan 1996 | British |
| SMITH, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2019-12-19 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREISENDANZ, Stephanie Anne | Director | 2018-08-13 | 2019-12-31 |
| WOOLNOUGH, David Anthony | Director | 2018-08-13 | 2019-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertelsmann Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-02-10 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.