SANCTUARY PERSONNEL LIMITED
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Cash
£797k
+455.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4.4m
-173.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
131
-27.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£10m
-426.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-02
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-11-02 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £96,538,138 | £99,115,308 | £84,384,953 | -14.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,266,156 | -£703,440 | -£9,394,711 | -1,235.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £857,298 | -£1,941,507 | -£10,225,784 | -426.7% | |
| Net profit | £596,878 | -£1,875,553 | -£10,258,212 | -446.9% | |
| Cash | £1,239,264 | £143,473 | £796,632 | +455.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,858,376 | £5,974,325 | -£4,303,264 | -172% | |
| Net assets | £7,773,447 | £5,897,894 | -£4,360,318 | -173.9% | |
| Equity | £7,773,447 | £5,897,894 | -£4,360,318 | -173.9% | |
| Average employees | 199 | 181 | 131 | -27.6% | |
| Wages | £7,233,323 | £8,288,020 | £8,385,684 | +1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £485,410 | £300,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,468 | £1,651 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £287,500 | £250,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-11-02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | -0.7% | -11.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -1.9% | -12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.1% | -11.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.0% | 85.1% | 132.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 2.79x | -0.57x | -11.20x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SANCTUARY PERSONNEL LIMITED · parent
- Tessellate Technologies Limited 100%
- Migrate Group Limited 100%
- Innovate (H & SC) Services Limited 100%
- Sanctuary Personnel II Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to year end, the Board of Seven Life Sciences Limited has approved a formal plan to close its business and to wind down operations. The plan includes formally writing-off the balance owed by Sanctuary Personnel Limited, which as at 2 November 2025 was £2,113,315.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, John David | Director | 2026-03-25 | Jun 1975 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, John Henry | Director | 2024-11-22 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCPHERSON, Paula Anne | Secretary | 2006-10-20 | 2011-11-10 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-10-20 | 2006-10-20 |
| DEL MAR, Sam Richard | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-01-24 |
| HILL, David Anthony | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2021-01-13 |
| HUDSON, Nicholas John | Director | 2024-11-22 | 2025-09-11 |
| MCPHERSON, Daniel | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2009-08-31 |
| MCPHERSON, Paula Anne | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2023-04-04 |
| ROOK, James Jonathan Ralph | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2024-11-22 |
| ZANONE, Christopher John | Director | 2025-09-11 | 2026-03-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-10-20 | 2006-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Septinuary Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-04 | Active |
| Mrs Paula Anne Mcpherson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-04-04 |
| Daniel Mcpherson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-04-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.