BH LIVE
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Cash
£13M
+118.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.8M
+53.1% vs 2024
Employees
1,483
+5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£989K
+25% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,612,753 | £4,817,890 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £790,540 | £988,522 | +25% | |
| Net profit | £790,540 | £988,522 | +25% | |
| Cash | £5,783,609 | £12,643,592 | +118.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,300,222 | £3,078,925 | +33.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,860,400 | £2,848,922 | +53.1% | |
| Equity | £1,860,400 | £2,848,922 | +53.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,404 | 1,483 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £13,966,975 | £15,161,358 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 17.1% | 20.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.90x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees therefore remain confident that the business has a very promising future.”
Group structure
- BH LIVE · parent
- BH Live Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025 BH Live was an award winner at the Portsmouth Business Excellence Awards, winning the prestigious Leisure or Cultural Business of the Year award.”
- “Over the last year, BH Live Active membership numbers have increased to 29,952, with growth achieved across all centres.”
- “Portsmouth's Gymnastics Centre has experienced record-breaking growth in 2024, attracting over 1,500 gymnasts weekly across all ages and abilities.”
- “The introduction of the new full-day holiday camp at Sir David English Sports Centre, piloted for February 2025.”
- “During the year BH Live has invested over £1.27m into our sporting and cultural facilities and venues and our support infrastructure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANE, Stephen Mark | Secretary | 2016-03-14 | — | — |
| CHRISTIE, Rob | Director | 2023-05-18 | Nov 1980 | British |
| COLLINS, Paul Christopher | Director | 2015-02-26 | Jun 1953 | British |
| DEWHURST, Philip Anthony | Director | 2010-04-01 | Sep 1949 | British |
| GLASS, Lyn Mary Margaret | Director | 2010-04-01 | Dec 1950 | British |
| GRAHAM, Sandra Denise | Director | 2010-04-01 | Sep 1957 | British |
| KELLY, Jane | Director | 2022-08-04 | Sep 1951 | British |
| MARTIN, Andrew Philip | Director | 2023-11-13 | Jan 1960 | British |
| MUNN, Stephen | Director | 2025-02-05 | Nov 1957 | British |
| RICHARDS, Simon Peter | Director | 2023-03-14 | May 1959 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Alun | Director | 2022-08-25 | Oct 1950 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUHAN, Jitendra | Secretary | 2011-01-27 | 2016-03-11 |
| WHALE ROCK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2011-01-27 |
| AITA, Sean Heward Kelly, Associate Professor Mr | Director | 2014-09-04 | 2018-05-31 |
| ALLISON, Lewis, Councillor | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2020-11-17 |
| BARTLETT, Stephen Gordon George | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2025-12-03 |
| BILLINGTON, Nicholas Simon | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-04-26 |
| BOULTON, Robert Andrew | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Robert Herbert | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2019-11-01 |
| DARBY-JENKINS, Caroline Rosemary | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2016-09-15 |
| FEARNLEY, Stella Marie, Professor | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-04-18 |
| FILER, Michael Harold, Councillor | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-01-19 |
| GOWERS, Philip Anthony | Director | 2017-06-08 | 2021-05-27 |
| GUNN, Peter Gareth | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2019-04-06 |
| IYENGAR, Mohan, Councillor | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2022-08-04 |
| KIMBERLEY, Martin John | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2022-09-22 |
| LOGAN, Alison Claire | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2014-09-04 |
| MORGAN, Andrew Mason, Cllr | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2019-11-01 |
| MORO, Lisa Jacqueline Emma, Councillor | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2020-11-17 |
| MUIR, Stephen Menzies | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| PIKE, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2014-09-04 | 2016-09-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Dorcas Jaqueline | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2021-01-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Lawrence, Councillor | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2013-04-24 |
| WRIGHT, Michael Raymond | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2022-05-05 |
| WHALE ROCK DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-12-01 | 2010-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.