GAM STERLING MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£400K
+24.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.4M
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£286K
+32.2% highest in 3 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
The Directors intend to liquidate the Company in 2026 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,093,000 | £1,927,000 | £412,000 | -78.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£577,000 | -£432,000 | -£290,000 | +32.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£552,000 | -£422,000 | -£286,000 | +32.2% | |
| Net profit | -£562,000 | -£422,000 | -£286,000 | +32.2% | |
| Cash | £393,000 | £321,000 | £400,000 | +24.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,145,000 | £2,723,000 | £2,434,000 | -10.6% | |
| Equity | £3,145,000 | £2,723,000 | £2,434,000 | -10.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £76,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.7% | -22.4% | -70.4% | |
| Net margin | -18.2% | -21.9% | -69.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.8% | 75.5% | 21.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.32x | 4.74x |
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
- GAM STERLING MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1983-12-02 → present
- TRUSHELFCO (NO. 597) LIMITED 1983-09-06 → 1983-12-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Directors intend to liquidate the Company in 2026 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, on the 8th April 2026, the Firm received formal notification from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that its regulatory permissions had been removed. This represents a non-adjusting event under IAS 10.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THURSTON, Claire | Secretary | 2021-08-02 | — | — |
| CZYZOWSKA, Magdalena | Director | 2026-04-14 | Feb 1980 | British |
| WHALE, Duncan | Director | 2025-10-22 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Catriona Ann | Secretary | 2012-08-13 | 2017-09-19 |
| MIKE-EZE, Cynthia | Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2021-08-02 |
| MILLER, David John | Secretary | — | 2000-06-19 |
| SULLIVAN, Scott | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2012-08-13 |
| WILLS, Andrew Michael | Secretary | 2000-06-19 | 2006-04-01 |
| ARGI, Edouard | Director | — | 2000-05-19 |
| BEESLEY, Matthew Charles | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2019-12-03 |
| BEEVOR, Christopher | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2025-10-08 |
| BENNETT, John | Director | 1993-05-14 | 2003-01-31 |
| BOEHNI, Kaspar | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| BRANSON, Doug | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2020-05-08 |
| BUNKER, Michael Stewart | Director | — | 2003-03-26 |
| CAPLAN, Daniel | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2019-07-22 |
| CRERAR, John Graham | Director | 1993-05-14 | 1994-06-30 |
| CULL, Richard Brian | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2017-12-12 |
| DE BOTTON, Gilbert | Director | — | 2000-05-19 |
| DOBIE, Clare Juliet | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2005-03-15 |
| DOWD, Tom Martin | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2019-05-01 |
| ELLIS, Simon Charles | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2026-01-31 |
| GINSBERG, Jeffrey | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2011-06-30 |
| HANGES, Andrew | Director | 2000-11-10 | 2018-05-18 |
| HARRISON, Martin Edward | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-01-31 |
| HAZLETON, Tomas Joseph | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2013-07-05 |
| HOFMANN, Sybille | Director | 2019-11-05 | 2026-01-31 |
| HORSEMAN, John | Director | — | 1999-07-23 |
| HOUSTON, David Arthur | Director | 1994-03-01 | 1996-07-12 |
| KIRKBY, Paul Stanley | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| MONEDERO, Clementa | Director | 2010-04-23 | 2017-12-05 |
| NAYLOR, Charles Edmiund Francis | Director | 2021-02-10 | 2024-02-22 |
| NICHOLLS, Darren Edward | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2021-11-23 |
| O'MAHONY, Nora Agnes | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2017-05-22 |
| PRATT, Andrew Leonard | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2022-03-22 |
| RAEBURN, Denis | Director | — | 2000-05-19 |
| RAINSFORD, Timothy Cameron | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2020-08-14 |
| SMITH, David Ian | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2012-08-13 |
| SMOUHA, Jeremy Alan | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2011-06-30 |
| SULLIVAN, Scott | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2012-08-13 |
| TITMAN, Melanie Adrienne | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2005-02-28 |
| WAINER, Graham Derek | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2012-08-13 |
| WALLIS, Craig Brian | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2016-03-08 |
| WILLS, Andrew Michael | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2010-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gam Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.