BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-24
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+29.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£155K
-57.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£245K
-11.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-24
| Metric | Trend | 2023-02-24 | 2024-02-24 | 2025-02-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,319,671 | £1,234,370 | |
| Operating profit | — | £147,700 | £131,818 | |
| Profit before tax | £440,276 | £277,485 | £245,245 | |
| Net profit | £355,203 | £208,114 | £185,555 | |
| Cash | £2,097,183 | £1,451,689 | £1,877,694 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £227,881 | £365,830 | £155,478 | |
| Equity | £227,881 | £365,830 | £155,478 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-24 vs 2024-02-24
-
Turnover
-6.5%
£1,319,671 £1,234,370
-
Cash
+29.3%
£1,451,689 £1,877,694
-
Net assets
-57.5%
£365,830 £155,478
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-10.8%
£147,700 £131,818
-
Profit before tax
-11.6%
£277,485 £245,245
lowest 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 | 2023-02-24 | 2024-02-24 | 2025-02-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 11.2% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 15.8% | 15.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 93.3% | 96.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.52x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.48x | 0.53x |
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
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There are no post balance sheet events requiring disclosure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESOLIS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-04 | — | — |
| HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr. | Director | 2023-07-04 | Apr 1969 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2024-02-26 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUFFY, Patrick | Secretary | 2000-08-09 | 2023-07-04 |
| LIMITED, Resolis | Secretary | 2023-07-04 | 2023-07-04 |
| BALFOUR, Bruce | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| BIRLEY-SMITH, Gaynor | Director | 2003-02-12 | 2006-12-15 |
| DONN, Michael Andrew | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2023-11-22 |
| DONN, Michael Andrew | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2013-10-01 |
| DUFFY, Patrick Matthew | Director | 2016-08-04 | 2023-07-04 |
| FIELD, Christopher Richard | Director | 2006-12-15 | 2014-04-24 |
| HARRIS, John David | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2014-07-07 |
| HEPBURN, Paul Robert, Mr. | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2009-10-01 |
| JOHNSTONE, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2016-08-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| MALLION, Stephen John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-06-19 |
| MALLION, Stephen John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| MCDONAGH, John | Director | 2023-05-31 | 2024-02-26 |
| MCEVEDY, David Jason | Director | 2001-08-17 | 2003-10-30 |
| MCGINLEY, Louise | Director | 2000-08-09 | 2000-08-25 |
| MCKENNA, Leo William | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2023-05-31 |
| MCKIBBEN, Claire | Director | 2000-08-09 | 2000-08-25 |
| O'HARE, Eamon | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2023-07-04 |
| PHILIPSZ, Joseph Eugene | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2015-05-18 |
| RINGROSE, Adrian Michael | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2003-02-12 |
| SOLLEY, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2016-08-04 | 2023-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast Educational Services (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-03 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-28 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-15 | 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
- 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.