SOLOMON & COMPANY (ST HELENA) PLC
Trading locally as Solomons, the UK-registered public limited company is a diversified retail and farming business majority-owned by the Government of St Helena.
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Cash
£3.5m
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.2m
+0.9% vs 2025
Employees
213
-7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£335k
+274.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified 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 | £13,258,929 | £13,963,111 | £13,587,710 | -2.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£335,488 | -£148,889 | £354,230 | +337.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£340,902 | -£191,820 | £335,261 | +274.8% | |
| Net profit | -£314,802 | -£237,184 | £71,802 | +130.3% | |
| Cash | £2,718,358 | £3,414,587 | £3,531,102 | +3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,397,722 | £9,411,404 | £9,420,304 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £8,358,624 | £8,101,723 | £8,173,525 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £8,358,624 | £8,101,723 | £8,173,525 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 260 | 229 | 213 | -7% | |
| Wages | £3,029,972 | £3,046,929 | £3,026,718 | -0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £82,439 | £85,043 | £80,614 | -5.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,714 | £2,120 | £6,734 | +217.6% |
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 | -2.5% | -1.1% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -1.7% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.6% | -1.6% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.5% | 26.8% | 27.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.20x | 3.87x | 3.55x | |
| Interest cover | -12.41x | -2.33x | 11.85x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SOLOMON & COMPANY (ST HELENA) PLC 2016-10-10 → present
- SOLOMON AND COMPANY ST HELENA PLC 1951-06-07 → 2016-10-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have formed a judgement that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future and do not believe there is a material uncertainty that may cast doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern...”
Group structure
- SOLOMON & COMPANY (ST HELENA) PLC · parent
- Guardrisk Insurance Company Mauritius Ltd PCC St Helena Insurance Cell Captive 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-06-12 | — | — |
| CONSTANTINE, Eric George | Director | 1998-07-20 | Apr 1958 | St Helenian |
| FANTOM, Neil James | Director | 2024-01-22 | Apr 1965 | British |
| GASTEEN, Paul | Director | 2026-08-10 | Sep 1971 | British |
| HENRY, Earl Hilton | Director | 2021-01-27 | Aug 1956 | British |
| WADE, Desmond Harold | Director | 2014-07-11 | Dec 1950 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Tracey Jayne | Director | 2026-09-25 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Deloris Ionie | Secretary | 2008-10-15 | 2012-03-09 |
| MALCOMSON, Ian Herbert Greer | Secretary | 2018-06-13 | 2023-09-29 |
| MOHAN, Francesca | Secretary | 2012-03-10 | 2018-04-30 |
| WHITE, Keith George | Secretary | — | 2008-10-15 |
| BUCKLEY, Rodney Garth | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| CORKER, Jennifer Joan | Director | — | 2025-02-09 |
| DEADMAN, Brian Christopher | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| DILLON, Cherie | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-07-11 |
| DOLAN, Robert | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2003-11-22 |
| ELLICK, Raymond John Ivor | Director | 1998-07-20 | 2003-07-08 |
| FRANCIS, Gillian Ann | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2019-05-01 |
| GRACE, Virginia Helen | Director | 2008-03-13 | 2009-12-12 |
| GREEN, Adrian Mark | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2006-04-05 |
| GREEN, Anthony Arthur | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2008-08-06 |
| JESSON, Robert | Director | 2010-02-16 | 2010-11-25 |
| KILNER, Anthony Thomas Pomfret | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2012-03-07 |
| LAWRENCE, Cyrill Arthur | Director | — | 1992-12-21 |
| LAWRENCE, Janet Ann | Director | 2004-03-08 | 2006-04-05 |
| MCGINNETY, Paul | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2018-05-04 |
| MORRIS, Julian Maitland | Director | 2012-03-08 | 2013-10-18 |
| OWEN, David Colin | Director | 2013-11-04 | 2016-07-08 |
| PERROTT, Robert John | Director | 1992-09-16 | 1996-04-30 |
| PETERS, Mandy Gail | Director | 2008-08-14 | 2024-08-14 |
| PLANNER, Stuart | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2013-10-18 |
| PRIDHAM, Gordon John | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1999-03-12 |
| REES STYLES, Lynnette Mary | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2009-09-28 |
| REES-STYLES, Lynnette Mary | Director | 2010-09-03 | 2012-03-31 |
| RICHARDS, Terrence Frederick | Director | 2006-01-11 | 2026-08-20 |
| ROSLING, Christopher Martin | Director | — | 1992-09-16 |
| SIM, Sandra Gwynneth | Director | 2006-04-04 | 2008-03-13 |
| SIMM, Fraser Murray | Director | — | 1992-09-16 |
| SIRAUT, John Joseph | Director | 1998-07-20 | 2000-04-07 |
| THOMAS, Jason Theodore | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2017-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Kenneth George | Director | — | 1996-07-03 |
| THORPE, Peter Wilson | Director | 2002-11-06 | 2004-03-31 |
| THORPE, Peter Wilson | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2001-08-28 |
| WADE, Desmond Harold | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2003-11-22 |
| WILLIAMS, Patrick Arthur | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2021-01-27 |
| WILSHERE, Peter Neil | Director | 2024-08-15 | 2026-08-09 |
| WILSHERE, Peter Neil | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| WYN-RICKETTS, David John | Director | 1999-04-14 | 2002-05-31 |
| YOUNG, Matthew James | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2000-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.