BRUNTWOOD SCIENCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Operating within the unlisted Bruntwood Group's SciTech division, the company provides management services for a portfolio of commercial offices, laboratories, and innovation districts dedicated to the science and technology sectors.
Get an alert when BRUNTWOOD SCIENCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£1.4M
-71% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-32.6% vs 2024
Employees
161
-7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.6M
-7.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,444,000 | £27,531,000 | £25,800,000 | -6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £386,000 | £3,960,000 | £3,527,000 | -10.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £498,000 | £3,847,000 | £3,569,000 | -7.2% | |
| Net profit | £471,000 | £2,666,000 | £2,553,000 | -4.2% | |
| Cash | £1,114,000 | £4,825,000 | £1,397,000 | -71% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,274,000 | £4,433,000 | £2,986,000 | -32.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,767,000 | £4,433,000 | £2,986,000 | -32.6% | |
| Equity | £1,767,000 | £4,433,000 | £2,986,000 | -32.6% | |
| Average employees | 80 | 174 | 161 | -7.5% | |
| Wages | £7,196,000 | £10,565,000 | £12,348,000 | +16.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £784,000 | £740,000 | -5.6% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 14.4% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 9.7% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.0% | 89.3% | 118.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.42x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | 21.64x | — |
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
- BRUNTWOOD SCIENCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2018-05-22 → present
- AGHOCO 1695 LIMITED 2018-03-29 → 2018-05-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have received confirmation that Bruntwood Group Limited ("Group"), the ultimate parent company of Bruntwood Limited, a 50% shareholder of Bruntwood Science Management Services Limited, will continue to provide the necessary level of support to enable it to continue to operate for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, Bruntwood Group Limited completed an extension of its Medium Term Loan facility ('MTL'), to £140m and an extension from 4 April 2027 to 31 March 2028. The refinance enabled the repayment of the Group's Retail Bond in February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROTTY, Kevin James | Director | 2023-10-03 | Mar 1976 | British |
| JEWEL-CLARK, Christopher Martin | Director | 2026-03-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
| OGLESBY, Christopher George | Director | 2018-05-31 | Sep 1967 | British |
| ROBERTS, Thomas Lloyd | Director | 2026-04-16 | Oct 1981 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-03-29 | 2018-05-31 |
| BURGESS, Richard Peter | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2018-09-11 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Andrew Charles | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2018-09-11 |
| CENTURY, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2025-01-20 | 2025-05-23 |
| CROTTY, Kevin James | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2018-11-08 |
| CROWTHER, Peter Andrew | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2023-10-03 |
| DOHERTY, Christopher, Dr | Director | 2018-09-11 | 2019-09-30 |
| ERLAM, Wesley Alan | Director | 2023-10-03 | 2024-12-31 |
| FITZPATRICK, Jasan | Director | 2025-09-30 | 2026-03-01 |
| HARDMAN, David John | Director | 2018-09-11 | 2021-12-31 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2018-03-29 | 2018-05-31 |
| KEMP, Philip Andrew | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2020-09-30 |
| LAWLOR, Kate Victoria | Director | 2018-09-11 | 2023-10-03 |
| MACKAY, Kathleen Phillippa, Dr | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2023-03-09 |
| MARLAND, John Roderick | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2018-09-11 |
| MASON, Catherine Laura | Director | 2023-10-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| RENN, Thomas Peter | Director | 2018-09-11 | 2021-10-15 |
| ROBERTS, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2018-09-11 |
| TOPPS, Bradley Lloyd Oliver | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2023-03-09 |
| VOKES, Katharine Jane | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2018-09-11 |
| ZHAO, Tina Ying | Director | 2025-05-23 | 2026-04-16 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-03-29 | 2018-05-31 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2018-03-29 | 2018-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal & General Capital Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-01-31 | Active |
| Legal & General Science And Tech (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-10-03 | Ceased 2024-01-31 |
| Bruntwood Scitech Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-03 | Ceased 2023-10-03 |
| Bruntwood Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-10-03 | Active |
| Bruntwood Science Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-29 | Ceased 2023-10-03 |
| Bruntwood 2000 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-11 | Ceased 2018-09-29 |
| Inhoco Formations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-29 | Ceased 2018-06-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-26 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.