BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Cash
£11M
+512.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16M
-45.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
330
-7.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.9M
+32% 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 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,811,158 | £91,583,348 | £91,855,373 | +0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,105,763 | £5,596,061 | £6,893,696 | +23.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,904,614 | £5,194,472 | £6,856,781 | +32% | |
| Net profit | £5,063,172 | £3,568,257 | £5,998,703 | +68.1% | |
| Cash | £4,551,026 | £1,741,483 | £10,664,122 | +512.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,699,449 | £31,750,840 | £19,587,210 | -38.3% | |
| Net assets | £26,222,339 | £29,418,205 | £16,122,964 | -45.2% | |
| Equity | £26,222,339 | £29,418,205 | £16,122,964 | -45.2% | |
| Average employees | 373 | 358 | 330 | -7.8% | |
| Wages | £58,261,999 | £61,116,030 | £61,972,300 | +1.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £429,143 | £431,244 | £444,661 | +3.1% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 6.1% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 3.9% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.3% | 17.6% | 35.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 52.6% | 66.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.12x | 0.71x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED 1994-09-16 → present
- BMC SOFTWARE, LIMITED. 1985-09-11 → 1994-09-16
- CARTAGENA LIMITED 1985-07-02 → 1985-09-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis as they expect that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Banff Parent Inc., the Company's indirect parent undertaking, has given irrevocable guarantees to provide financing to the Company for a period to 31 March 2027.”
Group structure
- BMC SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
- BMC Software GmbH 100%
- RSM Partners Limited 100%
- Alderstone Consulting Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the Group announced it would be separating its global business into two stand-alone companies, "BMC" and "BMC Helix".”
- “The Company restructured its equity and decreased its share premium account to nil in favor of the profit and loss account.”
- “The Company was able to settle an intercompany receivable due from the Company's direct parent by distributing a dividend in specie.”
- “Effective 1 September 2025, the Company entered into a business transfer agreement with Helix UK, pursuant to which certain assets and liabilities, including employees, relating to the Company's BMC Helix business were transferred.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHMANN GARDNER, Caroline Susanne | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jan 1970 | American |
| MCEVOY, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2021-04-30 | Aug 1969 | British |
| TER AVEST, Arno Jan | Director | 2011-10-20 | Jan 1968 | Dutch |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLINTOFF, Robert Thomas | Secretary | — | 1996-07-05 |
| GLANUSK, Frances Elizabeth, The Lady | Secretary | 1996-08-28 | 2008-12-09 |
| BACKER, Frank Joseph | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| BLEUER, Ted Cory | Director | 2006-09-15 | 2025-10-01 |
| CORCORAN, James Joseph | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2018-04-18 |
| COX, John | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2004-09-30 |
| DUGGAN, Jeremy | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-07-27 |
| FLINTOFF, Robert Thomas | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1996-07-05 |
| GRIFFIN, John Barry | Director | — | 1996-02-29 |
| GRIFFITHS, Stephen Ivor | Director | 2002-12-04 | 2004-12-01 |
| JAMES, William | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2002-03-31 |
| KLAUSMEYER, Kevin Michael | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2000-06-16 |
| KOK, Adri | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2002-06-30 |
| LANDI, Marco | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2000-03-31 |
| LETTS, Jonathan Richard | Director | 1996-02-21 | 2000-03-13 |
| MARSHALL, Jeffrey Alan | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-12-21 |
| MURRAY, James Damian | Director | 2006-09-15 | 2011-10-20 |
| RENDLE, Jonathan | Director | 2018-04-18 | 2021-04-30 |
| SMITH, Alan Paul | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| TRAVIS, Leonard Edwin | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2006-09-16 |
| VAN OVERMEIRE, Rudolf Franciscus | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2006-07-01 |
| WATSON JR, Max Powell | Director | — | 2001-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kkr & Co Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-10-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.