BRIDEWELL CONSULTING LIMITED
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Cash
£8.5m
+66.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
+31.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
313
+23.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4m
-19.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,878,334 | £30,102,120 | £36,161,191 | +20.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,052,901 | £6,002,080 | £5,808,099 | -3.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,137,683 | £5,010,408 | £4,028,451 | -19.6% | |
| Net profit | £3,072,427 | £3,989,234 | £4,867,289 | +22% | |
| Cash | £5,915,615 | £5,102,150 | £8,501,649 | +66.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,311,331 | £42,077,531 | £50,713,037 | +20.5% | |
| Net assets | £11,271,490 | £15,260,724 | £20,128,013 | +31.9% | |
| Equity | £11,271,490 | £15,260,724 | £20,128,013 | +31.9% | |
| Average employees | 213 | 254 | 313 | +23.2% | |
| Wages | £13,483,681 | £15,286,362 | £18,921,532 | +23.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £439,375 | £613,731 | £531,458 | -13.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 19.9% | 16.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 13.3% | 13.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.0% | 14.3% | 11.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.16x | 2.04x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | 5.35x | 2.94x |
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
- BRIDEWELL CONSULTING LIMITED 2018-01-17 → present
- BRIDEWELL RISK CONSULTING LIMITED 2017-12-07 → 2018-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors, after careful and due consideration, believe that the company has sufficient cash resources available to it to ensure that it will be able to meet its debts as they fall due for the foreseeable future, including any realistically foreseeable effects of major economic events such as the ongoing UK economic uncertainty.”
Group structure
- BRIDEWELL CONSULTING LIMITED · parent
- Arculus Cyber Security Limited 100%
- Arculus Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 7 May 2025, the Bridewell group of companies was acquired by a consortium of investors, Oakley Capital, Eurazeo and Sagard NewGen to sit alongside their investment in ITracing, a French based cyber security provider.”
- “On 12th March 2024, Bridewell Consulting Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Arculus Cyber Security Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary, Arculus Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLEN, Ruth | Director | 2022-09-22 | Jul 1981 | British |
| RILEY, Martin Andrew | Director | 2022-09-22 | Mar 1983 | British |
| THORNTON, Samuel Peter | Director | 2025-10-27 | Feb 1986 | British |
| VAUGHAN, Ben | Director | 2024-04-25 | Feb 1988 | British |
| YOUNG, Anthony Edward | Director | 2017-12-14 | Jun 1982 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COYLE, Ian James | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2018-12-20 |
| LEITH, Emma | Director | 2023-03-21 | 2024-12-13 |
| NICHOLSON, Scott Colin | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridewell Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-23 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Edward Young | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-12-19 | Ceased 2021-03-23 |
| Mr Scott Colin Nicholson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-12-19 | Ceased 2021-03-23 |
| Barclay Simpson Associates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-12-07 | Ceased 2018-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | 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
- 1
- 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.