BURFORD CAPITAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£213K
+93.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+532.1% vs 2023
Employees
9
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£231K
+24.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,960,000 | £6,852,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £186,000 | £231,000 | |
| Net profit | £241,000 | £320,000 | |
| Cash | £110,000 | £213,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £414,000 | £2,617,000 | |
| Equity | £414,000 | £2,617,000 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 9 | |
| Wages | £3,884,000 | £3,844,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £79,000 | £195,000 |
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
-1.6%
£6,960,000 £6,852,000
-
Cash
+93.6%
£110,000 £213,000
-
Net assets
+532.1%
£414,000 £2,617,000
-
Employees
-10%
10 9
-
Profit before tax
+24.2%
£186,000 £231,000
-
Wages
-1%
£3,884,000 £3,844,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.5% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.5% | 80.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 1.17x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- Other: FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the Company has sufficient resources to enable it to continue as a going concern and consequently have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK FUND SERVICES (GUERNSEY) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-08-03 | — | — |
| ARNOTT, Craig Geoffrey | Director | 2021-01-12 | Dec 1966 | British |
| PASTER, Leslie | Director | 2021-01-12 | Jun 1965 | British |
| REDMAN, Michael Andrew | Director | 2021-12-22 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEIBFRIED, Philipp Ferdinand | Secretary | 2021-01-12 | 2023-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burford Capital Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-12-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2021-01-12 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.