£1.52m
+17%vs Mar 2024ActiveSC154602Private limited companyDumfries
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED
A80/10001
Summary
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED is an active private limited company (company number SC154602) incorporated on 30 November 1994, registered in Dumfries. Its registered activity is other information technology service activities (SIC 62090). Latest small accounts cover the period ending 31 March 2025, showing net assets of £1.52m and cash of £719k, with 65 employees on average. Net assets rose 17% on the prior period (£1.30m).
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 4,928 comparable companies in Other (median £2,628, upper quartile £35k).
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 30 November 199431 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 31 December 2026in 70 days
- Confirmation statement due
- 14 December 2026in 53 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 62090
- Other information technology service activities
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
- Size band
- SmallCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£719k
+14%vs Mar 2024Not reported
65
−4%vs Mar 2024| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1.52m | £719k | £2.05m | — | — | — | 65 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1.30m | £631k | £2.19m | — | — | — | 68 |
Cash per employee£11kCash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Firmoscan score
80 / 100 · grade A
| 50 | Starting scoreEvery scored company starts here |
| +10 | Positive net assetsNet assets £1,523,324 at 2025-03-31 |
| +8 | Net assets growing+17.1% vs prior period |
| +4 | Cash reservesCash £718,993 |
| +8 | EstablishedIncorporated 1994-11-30 (32 years) |
| 80 | Score, grade A |
A transparent, rules-based score from filed data only: every point lists its evidence. It is not a credit rating or advice. How the score is computed.
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Ownership and control
- Bds (Dumfries) Limited
- owns 75–100% of shares
- holds 75–100% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Mr Eric Green
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Nielsen Book Services Ltd
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- Ms Lesley Craig Whyte
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Scottish Enterprise Dumfries And Galloway
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Mr Eric Green
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- Ms Lesley Craig Whyte
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents.
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Timeline
- Next accounts duein 70 days
- Confirmation statement duein 53 days
- Accounts period endNet assets £1.52m · small accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £1.30m · small accounts
- Incorporated
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Similar companies in the UK
- BOOMERANG DIGITAL LIMITEDHessle · inc. Nov 1994
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- LPL LIMITEDDriffield · inc. Dec 1994
- GAVEL AND GOWN LIMITEDLeek · inc. Oct 1994
- MERIDIAN LEGAL SYSTEMS LIMITEDStamford · inc. Jan 1995
- ANALYTECH LIMITEDCheshire · inc. Sept 1994
All companies incorporated on 30 November 1994 · in Nov 1994.
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Reminders for BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES LIMITED
Get an email before each filing deadline — accounts and confirmation statement — so nothing is late.