ABRAM PULMAN & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£0
-100% lowest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£7k
-99.9% lowest in 7 filed years
Employees
73
-7.6% lowest in 7 filed years
Profit before tax
-£59k
-179% lowest in 7 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
On 1 July 2025 the trade and net assets of the company were hived up as a going concern to Barclay and Mathieson Limited, and the company ceased to trade. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,426,637 | £10,780,680 | £16,787,488 | £18,302,755 | £17,625,683 | £12,360,642 | £3,082,118 | -75.1% | |
| Operating profit | £183,161 | £274,991 | £2,021,367 | £2,305,728 | £658,815 | £80,475 | -£32,294 | -140.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £73,588 | £134,469 | £1,869,362 | £2,122,656 | £574,960 | £75,145 | -£59,360 | -179% | |
| Net profit | £8,326 | £103,485 | £1,449,593 | £1,717,708 | £430,909 | -£42,703 | -£44,520 | -4.3% | |
| Cash | £571,454 | £2,535 | £3,152 | £208,053 | £1,646,247 | £1,100,311 | £0 | -100% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,311,710 | £4,800,725 | £5,731,669 | £7,525,028 | £7,224,878 | £7,275,661 | £7,020 | -99.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,821,260 | £2,924,745 | £4,374,336 | £6,292,044 | £6,722,953 | £6,680,250 | £7,020 | -99.9% | |
| Equity | £2,821,260 | £2,924,745 | £4,374,336 | £6,292,044 | £6,722,953 | £6,680,250 | £7,020 | -99.9% | |
| Average employees | 89 | 84 | 81 | 82 | 76 | 79 | 73 | -7.6% | |
| Wages | £2,055,692 | £2,070,159 | £2,159,563 | £2,239,975 | £2,726,571 | £2,380,715 | £604,274 | -74.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £40,707 | £99,344 | £113,336 | £109,965 | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 2.6% | 12.0% | 12.6% | 3.7% | 0.7% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.0% | 8.6% | 9.4% | 2.4% | -0.3% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 5.7% | 35.3% | 30.6% | 9.1% | 1.1% | -460.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.6% | 69.6% | 61.3% | 44.4% | 44.2% | 43.3% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.87x | 1.81x | — | |
| Interest cover | 1.67x | 1.96x | 13.30x | 12.59x | 7.86x | 7.88x | -1.19x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“On 1 July 2025 the trade and net assets of the company were hived up as a going concern to Barclay and Mathieson Limited, and the company ceased to trade. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2025, Abram Pulman & Sons Limited completed a hive up of its trade and assets to Barclay and Mathieson Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD, Kyle Michael | Director | 2023-03-15 | Sep 1987 | British |
| NONAKA, Toshiki | Director | 2022-10-04 | Oct 1989 | Japanese |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORNER, Donald John | Secretary | — | 1996-01-29 |
| HORNER, John Christopher | Secretary | 1996-01-29 | 2022-10-04 |
| FUJI, Eiichi | Director | 2022-10-04 | 2026-03-31 |
| HORNER, Donald John | Director | — | 2000-01-01 |
| HORNER, John Christopher | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2022-10-04 |
| MCHUGH, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-11-06 |
| SHOESMITH, Charles Richard | Director | 1994-03-04 | 2000-01-01 |
| SHOESMITH, Charles Richard | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| SHOESMITH, David Norbury | Director | — | 2019-11-06 |
| SHOESMITH, Ruth Mary | Director | — | 2000-01-01 |
| WALTON, Michael Desmond | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2023-03-15 |
| WELDEN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2022-10-04 |
| WIGGINS, Anne Patricia | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breal Capital (Pulman) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-06 | Active |
| Mr David Norbury Shoesmith | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-06 |
| Mr John Christopher Horner | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-02 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-11-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.