BAILLIE GIFFORD SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+43% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.2m
+11.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
19
-13.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£310k
-46% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,461,280 | £9,789,491 | £9,750,685 | -0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £424,022 | £197,189 | £291,279 | +47.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £439,385 | £573,623 | £310,019 | -46% | |
| Net profit | £269,337 | £487,239 | £231,790 | -52.4% | |
| Cash | £1,908,278 | £1,558,652 | £2,229,118 | +43% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,526,104 | £2,013,343 | £2,245,133 | +11.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,526,104 | £2,013,343 | £2,245,133 | +11.5% | |
| Equity | £1,526,104 | £2,013,343 | £2,245,133 | +11.5% | |
| Average employees | 21 | 22 | 19 | -13.6% | |
| Wages | £5,570,024 | £5,509,882 | £5,211,544 | -5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 2.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 5.0% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.8% | 9.8% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 3.25x | 1.97x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and assessing the financial forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- BAILLIE GIFFORD SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Baillie Gifford Private Companies LLP 0.1%
Significant events
- “There have been no material events since the balance sheet date other than the incorporation of a branch in Chile on 21 April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Corporate Secretary | 2018-04-09 | — | — |
| LYNAGH, Kirsty | Director | 2026-02-25 | Apr 1982 | British |
| MAYER, Sally | Director | 2023-05-30 | May 1968 | British |
| MITCHELL, Ann-Marie | Director | 2025-08-06 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Anthony | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2020-06-12 |
| COGHILL, Barry Sinclair | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2026-02-25 |
| CRITCHLEY, Elsa Lilias | Director | 2020-05-13 | 2025-07-31 |
| MICHAEL, Neil | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2023-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Edward Hugh Campbell | Individual | Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mrs Amy Sybilla Elizabeth Atack | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Malcolm Graham Maccoll | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew James Telfer | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-04-09 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Charles Edmund Philip Plowden | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-04-09 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.