BERTELSMANN GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1k
-98.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
71
+4.4% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,938,000 | £3,704,000 | £4,448,000 | £5,166,000 | +16.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,000 | -£6,000 | -£16,000 | -£14,000 | +12.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Net profit | -£24,000 | -£33,000 | -£41,000 | -£56,000 | -36.6% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £131,000 | £98,000 | £57,000 | £1,000 | -98.2% | |
| Net assets | £131,000 | £98,000 | £57,000 | £1,000 | -98.2% | |
| Equity | £131,000 | £98,000 | £57,000 | £1,000 | -98.2% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £1,903,000 | £2,424,000 | £2,797,000 | £3,244,000 | +16% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £286,000 | £310,000 | £364,000 | +17.4% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | -0.2% | -0.4% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -0.9% | -0.9% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.5% | -6.1% | -28.1% | -1400.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 93.1% | 99.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.14x | 1.07x | 1.00x | |
| 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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's current trading performance, 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
- “Charlotte Hicks was appointed as a director on 1 May 2025.”
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 26 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.