The Business Software Centre Ltd
THE BUSINESS SOFTWARE CENTRE LTD·Company no. 03899549·United Kingdom
The Firmwatch take
The Business Software Centre Ltd is a 26-year-old information technology, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 January 2025) show GBP 380k in net assets, with 2 cautionary signals worth monitoring. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Incorporated
24 December 1999
26 years on the register
Sector
Data processing, hosting and related activities
SIC 63110
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£380k
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Elevated insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show financial pressure that should be reviewed before relying on the company as a customer, supplier or counterparty.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Information Technology
How this company compares in 149,047 IT firms
Top 10% in sector — The Business Software Centre Ltd shows £380k in net assets. Sector median is £2k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£380k
Top 10% in sector · sector median £2k · 149,047 IT firms
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£329k
Median £6k
Current ratio
0.2×
Median 1.6×
Signals · 3
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
People
Who runs this company
- HP
HAMES, Philip Allison
director · since 1999
Registered office
Address intelligence
54 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
Address pattern · RG21 4EB
54 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
53
Dissolved
1
Strike-off action
0
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