PRIME PURCHASE LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£193K
-75.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £4,239,000 | £3,604,000 | £3,042,000 | -15.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,092,000 | £659,000 | £161,000 | -75.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,177,000 | £777,000 | £193,000 | -75.2% | |
| Net profit | £832,000 | £576,000 | £153,000 | -73.4% | |
| Cash | £2,744,000 | £1,663,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,594,000 | £2,133,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,957,000 | £1,568,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,957,000 | £1,568,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 16 | 15 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,967,000 | £1,552,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £384,000 | £229,000 | — | — |
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 | 25.8% | 18.3% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 16.0% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.1% | 30.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.1% | 53.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 2.19x | — | |
| Interest cover | 64.24x | 41.19x | 11.50x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- PRIME PURCHASE LIMITED 2002-01-31 → present
- P S SEARCH LIMITED 2001-12-06 → 2002-01-31
- PLANTCO LIMITED 1997-12-11 → 2001-12-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is in a net current asset position as at 31 December 2025. In the event that the Company requires further working capital and funds to cover additional investment activities, the Directors of the Company have received confirmation from the Directors of the ultimate parent company that if needs be, the ultimate parent company would financially support the Company to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and carry on its business without curtailment of its operations. As a result, the Directors consider the going concern basis of preparation to be appropriate.”
Significant events
- “On 18 May 2026 a final ordinary dividend of £32k was declared and paid on 20 May 2026.”
- “In March 2026, the company became a guarantor under the Savills plc Group's US$800m bridge facility between Savills America Limited (a subsidiary of the Savills plc Group) and the banks.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Christine Lynn | Secretary | 2013-05-20 | — | — |
| MCGINNIS, Nicola | Director | 2026-03-10 | Jul 1975 | British |
| TUCKER, Andrew | Director | 2012-05-31 | Sep 1966 | British |
| WELLS, Charles Limbrick | Director | 2017-12-10 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUTLER, Tina Lynne | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2004-02-24 |
| EAST, Michaela Frances | Secretary | 2008-07-14 | 2013-05-20 |
| HILDREY, Christina Elspeth | Secretary | 1997-12-11 | 2001-07-01 |
| MICHELSON-CARR, Ruth Tessa | Secretary | 2003-05-09 | 2008-07-14 |
| YOUNG, Amilha | Secretary | 2017-05-15 | 2018-07-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-12-11 | 1997-12-11 |
| BRYANT, Paul Ian | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2001-08-29 |
| COGHILL, Hugh Murray Charles | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2001-08-29 |
| COLLINS, Allan | Director | 2001-08-29 | 2012-05-31 |
| MARKING, Justin | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2017-12-10 |
| MARKING, Justin | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2009-03-26 |
| SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Rupert Owen | Director | 2001-08-29 | 2016-02-15 |
| VAN CUTSEM, Geoffrey Neil | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2001-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savills Plc | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.