BENIFEX FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LTD
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Cash
£4.9M
-8.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
+21.7% vs 2024
Employees
104
+18.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.3M
+1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,037,000 | £15,927,000 | +13.5% | |
| Operating profit | £7,207,000 | £7,278,000 | +1% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,204,000 | £7,276,000 | +1% | |
| Net profit | £7,216,000 | £5,328,000 | -26.2% | |
| Cash | £5,394,000 | £4,920,000 | -8.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,679,000 | £30,017,000 | +21.6% | |
| Net assets | £24,543,000 | £29,870,000 | +21.7% | |
| Equity | £24,543,000 | £29,871,000 | +21.7% | |
| Average employees | 88 | 104 | +18.2% | |
| Wages | £4,665,000 | £5,581,000 | +19.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £172,000 | £187,000 | +8.7% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 51.3% | 45.7% | |
| Net margin | 51.4% | 33.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.2% | 24.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.9% | 22.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.56x | 4.50x |
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
- BENIFEX FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LTD 2025-02-13 → present
- BENEFEX FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LTD 2007-05-10 → 2025-02-13
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 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 when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Benifex Group entered into a new syndicated facility agreement on 13th August 2024 as a result of the acquisition of Zellis Group by Apax Partners LLP in August 2024.”
- “Additional funding was drawn during the course of FY25.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Chris | Secretary | 2021-08-16 | — | — |
| COTTON, Neville James | Director | 2025-10-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| HACKETT, Stephen Moreton | Director | 2023-04-28 | Mar 1961 | British |
| PETTER, John Richard Martin | Director | 2018-09-14 | May 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPESTICK, Helen | Secretary | 2021-04-19 | 2021-08-16 |
| ELLIOTT, Giles | Secretary | 2011-04-21 | 2015-05-14 |
| LEPPARD, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2019-12-13 | 2021-04-19 |
| RICHARDSON, Mark | Secretary | 2015-05-14 | 2018-08-14 |
| WALLER, Matthew Richard | Secretary | 2007-05-10 | 2011-04-21 |
| ELLIOTT, Giles | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2020-02-28 |
| KINCH, Alan Royston | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2025-12-01 |
| MACRI-WALLER, Matthew Richard | Director | 2018-08-14 | 2025-09-05 |
| MACRI-WALLER, Matthew Richard | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2018-08-14 |
| RICHARDSON, Mark | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2018-08-14 |
| WALLER, Peter Richard | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2018-09-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Growth Fund | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-14 |
| Benifex Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-13 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.