PAMPLONA CAPITAL ADVISORS LTD
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Cash
£11M
+161.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+103.7% vs 2024
Employees
8
-11.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£15M
-8.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £31,890,726 | £22,154,493 | £20,542,491 | -7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £20,811,056 | £15,156,702 | £15,208,514 | +0.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £20,323,878 | £16,111,916 | £14,804,244 | -8.1% | |
| Net profit | £20,323,878 | £16,111,916 | £14,804,244 | -8.1% | |
| Cash | £16,579,130 | £4,386,436 | £11,481,048 | +161.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,850,362 | £12,575,781 | +115% | |
| Net assets | £19,138,880 | £5,849,559 | £11,916,159 | +103.7% | |
| Equity | £19,138,880 | £5,849,559 | £11,916,159 | +103.7% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 9 | 8 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | £5,884,112 | £2,850,019 | £2,418,156 | -15.2% | |
| 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. 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 | 65.3% | 68.4% | 74.0% | |
| Net margin | 63.7% | 72.7% | 72.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 259.1% | 120.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.3% | 40.2% | 27.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.38x | 2.01x | 3.63x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has adequate financial resources and as a consequence, the director believes that the Group is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. The director has a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being the 12 months following the date of this report.”
Group structure
- PAMPLONA CAPITAL ADVISORS LTD · parent
- Pamplona Capital Management LLP 99.8%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'FLAHERTY, Kevin | Secretary | 2005-10-18 | — | British |
| KNASTER, Alexander | Director | 2004-10-12 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKITINA, Anna | Secretary | 2004-10-12 | 2005-10-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-10-12 | 2004-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alexander Knaster | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-12-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.