COLCHESTER GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-19 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28M
-28.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£47M
-8.6% vs 2024
Employees
91
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£21M
-29.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,957,000 | £64,277,000 | |
| Operating profit | £29,506,000 | £20,549,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,203,000 | £21,307,000 | |
| Net profit | £23,829,000 | £16,942,000 | |
| Cash | £38,634,000 | £27,754,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,318,000 | £47,857,000 | |
| Net assets | £51,950,000 | £47,479,000 | |
| Equity | £51,950,000 | £47,479,000 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 91 | |
| Wages | £40,285,000 | £28,693,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £25,597,000 | £13,982,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-24.3%
£84,957,000 £64,277,000
-
Cash
-28.2%
£38,634,000 £27,754,000
-
Net assets
-8.6%
£51,950,000 £47,479,000
-
Employees
+7.1%
85 91
-
Operating profit
-30.4%
£29,506,000 £20,549,000
-
Profit before tax
-29.5%
£30,203,000 £21,307,000
-
Wages
-28.8%
£40,285,000 £28,693,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.7% | 32.0% | |
| Net margin | 28.0% | 26.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 56.4% | 42.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.02x | 2.46x | |
| Interest cover | 1229.42x | — |
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
- COLCHESTER GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED 1999-10-21 → present
- DOCKERS LIMITED 1999-10-08 → 1999-10-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors believe that the Group has adequate capital resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual Financial Statement, which is at least 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- COLCHESTER GLOBAL INVESTORS LIMITED · parent
- Colchester Global Investors, Inc 100%
- Colchester Global Investors (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 100%
- Colchester Global Investors Middle East Limited 100%
- Colchester Global Investors (Dublin) Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The final dividend of £9,429k was approved by the board on 10 July 2025 and will be paid out on 15 July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIE, James Michael | Secretary | 2020-03-17 | — | — |
| CONNELL, Michele | Director | 2019-12-19 | Dec 1968 | British |
| CRAWFORD, Lucy Anna | Director | 2020-06-25 | May 1971 | British |
| LLOYD, Keith Allan | Director | 2004-08-17 | May 1962 | New Zealander |
| SIMS, Ian Galloway | Director | 1999-10-12 | Feb 1958 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNELL, Michele | Secretary | 2016-09-28 | 2020-03-17 |
| PRITCHARD, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-04-01 | 2014-06-19 |
| PRITCHARD, Jeffrey John | Secretary | 2014-06-20 | 2016-09-28 |
| WONG, Edward Yat Hung | Secretary | 1999-10-12 | 2012-03-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-08 | 1999-10-12 |
| BUTT, Stephen Charles | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2013-09-25 |
| COWAN, Michael John Julian | Director | 2007-06-19 | 2023-10-01 |
| PEREIRA, Lucy Jane | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2007-06-19 |
| SHAHBAZI, Mamak | Director | 2004-08-17 | 2019-05-01 |
| WONG, Edward Yat Hung | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2012-03-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-10-08 | 1999-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Galloway Sims | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Keith Allan Lloyd | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Silchester Partners Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-08-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-03-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-03-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-03-05 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.