KPMG UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
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Cash
£3.9M
-44.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-3% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£12M
+46.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,984,000 | £95,724,000 | £114,216,000 | +19.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,225,000 | £8,726,000 | £11,547,000 | +32.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,965,000 | £8,290,000 | £12,142,000 | +46.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,070,000 | £7,103,000 | £9,524,000 | +34.1% | |
| Cash | £1,040,000 | £6,924,000 | £3,869,000 | -44.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,584,000 | £16,880,000 | £15,211,000 | -9.9% | |
| Net assets | £8,584,000 | £15,687,000 | £15,211,000 | -3% | |
| Equity | £8,584,000 | £15,687,000 | £15,211,000 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | £46,464,000 | £66,488,000 | +43.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 9.1% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 7.4% | 8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.2% | 51.7% | 75.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.9% | 71.8% | 78.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.40x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 10.72x | 12.43x | 87.48x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-09-24
- KPMG UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2024-09-24 → present
- KPMG UNITED KINGDOM PLC 2002-02-22 → 2024-09-24
- KPMG PLC 1998-04-09 → 2002-02-22
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2321) LIMITED 1998-02-19 → 1998-04-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In light of the ultimate parental support, the directors have a reasonable expectation, at the date of approving the financial statements, that the company will continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months. Accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing this report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “KPMG LLP and the KPMG International member firm in Switzerland merged their previously independent practices. As a result of the merger, a new limited liability partnership, KPMG Holding LLP, became the company's ultimate controlling party, effective 1 October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNICOAT, Neil Edward | Director | 2024-05-13 | May 1970 | British |
| FAULKNER, Richard Charles | Director | 2025-03-31 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HEARLD, Christopher Robert | Director | 2022-02-14 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLIS, Nigel Kenneth | Secretary | 1998-04-09 | 2011-03-23 |
| CLEAVES, Colin Geoffrey | Secretary | 2011-03-23 | 2014-08-01 |
| DEAN, Joanne | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-19 | 1998-04-09 |
| ANDERSON, Adele Helen | Director | 2010-07-23 | 2011-06-10 |
| ANDERSON, Adele Helen | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2003-04-01 |
| ASHLEY, Michael St John | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2012-07-30 |
| BARNICOAT, Edward Neil | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2022-02-14 |
| BENNETT, John Charles Quentin | Director | 2022-11-30 | 2025-03-31 |
| BENNISON, Richard | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2012-05-10 |
| BLAKE, Michael David | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2010-07-22 |
| CATES, Antony George | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-07-30 |
| COLLINS, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2017-07-31 |
| DEAN, Joanne | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-02-14 |
| GATELEY, Terence Michael | Director | 1998-12-08 | 1999-09-30 |
| GRIFFITH JONES, John Guthrie | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2012-07-30 |
| JONES, Timothy Richard | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-11-30 |
| LAMBE, William Anthony | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2021-04-30 |
| LERNER, Neil Joseph | Director | 1998-04-09 | 2006-08-31 |
| LONG, Paul | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2019-06-30 |
| MARSH, James Webster | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2015-10-01 |
| MCDONAGH, Michael Andrew | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| RAKE, Michael Derek Vaughan | Director | 1998-04-09 | 2006-10-01 |
| REID, Philip Alan, Sir | Director | 1998-04-09 | 2002-07-01 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1998-02-19 | 1998-04-09 |
| SHARMAN OF REDLYNCH, Colin, Lord | Director | 1998-04-09 | 1998-12-09 |
| WILLOWS, Sarah Kate Gilchrist | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-02-26 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Nominee Director | 1998-02-19 | 1998-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kpmg Holding Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-10-01 | Active |
| Kpmg Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-06-12 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
| Kpmg Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-24 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2024-09-24 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-24 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-24 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2024-09-24 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-08 | 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
- 0
- 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.