BEDFORD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+28.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£9.5m
+17% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
73
-13.1% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+64.7% vs 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £11,767,815 | £8,797,729 | £10,792,139 | +22.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,408,114 | £3,315,753 | £4,040,771 | +21.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,370,141 | £1,151,249 | £1,896,004 | +64.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,370,141 | £1,127,075 | £1,386,005 | +23% | |
| Cash | £286,346 | £169,824 | £1,891,697 | £956,925 | £1,227,361 | +28.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,180,863 | £1,405,449 | £7,023,642 | £8,174,891 | £9,560,896 | +17% | |
| Net assets | £940,388 | £1,359,359 | £7,009,634 | £8,136,709 | £9,522,714 | +17% | |
| Equity | £940,388 | £1,359,359 | £7,009,634 | £8,136,709 | £9,522,714 | +17% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 61 | 96 | 84 | 73 | -13.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £6,608,741 | £5,068,906 | £4,762,105 | -6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £257,775 | £122,522 | £416,998 | +240.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £2,641 | £1,321 | £2,701 | +104.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £121,950 | £122,522 | £260,084 | +112.3% |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 20.5% | 37.7% | 37.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 20.1% | 12.8% | 12.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 34.3% | 40.6% | 42.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.8% | 52.1% | 68.4% | 66.1% | 63.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.33x | 0.30x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 63.42x | 27.98x | 28.17x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BEDFORD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Bedford Consultancy Services GmbH 100%
- Bedford Consultancy Services AB 100%
- Bedford Consultancy Services AS 100%
- Bedford Consulting France 100%
- Bedford Consultancy Services France 100%
- Mentat Technology Ltd 100%
- Bedford Consultancy Services Poland 100%
- BFRD Consulting Morocco 100%
- Bedford Consultancy Services South Africa 100%
- Bedford Consultancy Services India Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company purchased 100% of the share capital of Bedford Consultancy Services Morocco, Bedford Consultancy Services South Africa and Bedford Consultancy Services India.”
- “On 1 February 2025, the company transferred all of the trade in respect of Mentat Technologies Ltd to Bedford Consultancy Services Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOYLE, Neil Malachy | Director | 2008-05-29 | Aug 1983 | British |
| FISK, Simon James | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONNASSIEUX, Charles Emilien Stanislas | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2022-06-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Philip | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2026-05-01 |
| DOYLE, Cathal | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| FOSTER, Peter Martyn | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2022-04-25 |
| MCKITTRICK, Stephen | Director | 2008-05-29 | 2017-08-25 |
| MIKHALEV, Yuri | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2022-06-01 |
| CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-05-29 | 2008-05-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Consultancy Services Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-04-25 | Active |
| Nd Investments (N.I.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-08-25 | Ceased 2022-04-25 |
| Mr Neil Malachy Doyle | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-30 | Ceased 2017-08-25 |
| Mr Stephen Mckittrick | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-30 | Ceased 2017-08-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.