PHARO ADVISORS UK LIMITED
Get an alert when PHARO ADVISORS UK LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
58
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,885,697 | £28,699,724 | |
| Operating profit | £1,671,653 | £2,531,083 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,793,121 | £2,690,238 | |
| Net profit | £1,327,524 | £1,997,819 | |
| Cash | £3,865,818 | £3,532,456 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,319,214 | £6,340,747 | |
| Net assets | £3,878,199 | £5,876,018 | |
| Equity | £3,878,199 | £5,876,018 | |
| Average employees | 52 | 58 | |
| Wages | £13,724,156 | £17,531,165 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.7% | 39.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.4% | 51.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.59x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months. Key to this assessment are: no third-party debt, strong liquidity, and continued profitability after downside scenarios.”
Group structure
- PHARO ADVISORS UK LIMITED · parent
- Pharo Management (UK) LLP 99%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERRARO, Francis Scott | Director | 2020-01-14 | Jul 1972 | American |
| MAN, Judy Haibo | Director | 2019-06-04 | May 1983 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIM, Shauntaine | Secretary | 2010-10-15 | 2012-10-26 |
| MAN, Judy Haibo | Secretary | 2012-10-26 | 2014-02-12 |
| MOORE, Joanne | Secretary | 2004-05-25 | 2005-05-13 |
| OGAZI, Michael | Secretary | 2009-12-17 | 2010-10-15 |
| OGAZI, Michael | Secretary | 2005-05-13 | 2009-11-06 |
| SODHA, Reshma | Secretary | 2014-02-12 | 2019-05-14 |
| SUMMERS, Raewyne | Secretary | 2009-11-06 | 2009-12-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-25 | 2004-05-25 |
| FONKENELL, Guillaume Henri Andre | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2009-12-17 |
| LIM, Shauntaine Tsung Mei | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2019-06-21 |
| SODHA, Reshma | Director | 2019-05-14 | 2022-08-31 |
| SUMMERS, Raewyne Janelle | Director | 2009-12-17 | 2012-10-26 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-05-25 | 2004-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Guillaume Henri Andre Fonkenell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.