SLATER AND GORDON UK LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
+9.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£48m
+60% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
824
+575.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.3m
-37.5% vs 2024
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 | £73,538,000 | £69,756,000 | £107,846,000 | +54.6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,099,000 | £6,766,000 | £3,824,000 | -43.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £214,000 | £6,852,000 | £4,281,000 | -37.5% | |
| Net profit | £953,000 | £7,926,000 | £18,176,000 | +129.3% | |
| Cash | £4,761,000 | £5,410,000 | £5,943,000 | +9.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£51,223,000 | £70,402,000 | £99,278,000 | +41% | |
| Net assets | -£106,129,000 | £30,297,000 | £48,473,000 | +60% | |
| Equity | -£106,129,000 | £30,297,000 | £48,473,000 | +60% | |
| Average employees | 168 | 122 | 824 | +575.4% | |
| Wages | £36,162,000 | £35,465,000 | £36,284,000 | +2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £606,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £11,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £543,000 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 9.7% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 11.4% | 16.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.6% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 167.0% | 87.2% | 82.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.96x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 0.98x | 3.18x | 2.35x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SLATER AND GORDON UK LIMITED 2018-07-16 → present
- SLATER GORDON SOLUTIONS LEGAL LIMITED 2015-12-14 → 2018-07-16
- QUINDELL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 2012-02-01 → 2015-12-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SLATER AND GORDON UK LIMITED · parent
- Slater & Gordon Trust Corporation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2025, all employees of Slater & Gordon (UK) 1 Limited transferred to the Company under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE).”
- “On 29 September 2025, the Company completed a capital reduction resulting in the cancellation of share capital of £310,367,766 and the entire share premium account of £12,778,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMLEY, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2021-11-30 | — | — |
| COMLEY, Elizabeth Sarah | Director | 2022-05-03 | Jul 1980 | British |
| STOESSER, Nils Ian | Director | 2022-07-12 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARRELLY, Ian Brian | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| HUMPHREY, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2020-04-06 | 2021-11-30 |
| MORRISON, Kirsten | Secretary | 2015-05-29 | 2017-02-03 |
| WALKER, Edward Ian Charles | Secretary | 2014-06-30 | 2015-05-29 |
| ALINIA, Alicia | Director | 2020-01-15 | 2022-05-03 |
| BALDWIN, Jennifer Sheila Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-21 | 2022-12-19 |
| BENCE, Susan Irene | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2017-07-17 |
| BOWERS, Anthony James | Director | 2013-11-11 | 2014-10-27 |
| CALE, Jason Charles | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2013-10-01 |
| FIELDING, Robert Martin | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2015-09-17 |
| FOWLIE, Kenneth John | Director | 2015-05-29 | 2019-01-30 |
| HARRISON, Jill | Director | 2013-12-09 | 2015-11-30 |
| HODGKINSON, Philip James | Director | 2013-12-09 | 2014-12-31 |
| JARVIS, Matthew Paul | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2022-07-12 |
| JONES, Andrew Michael Richard | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2016-05-09 |
| MARES, Robert John | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2015-05-29 |
| MCCULLOCH, Stewart David | Director | 2015-07-20 | 2016-07-07 |
| MOORSE, Laurence | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2015-05-29 |
| PREW, Simon Barry | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2018-06-28 |
| ROWE, Danielle Rosemary | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2018-03-16 |
| RYMER, James | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2013-11-11 |
| SCOTT, Stephen | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2014-11-25 |
| TERRY, Robert Simon | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-11-25 |
| THOMSON, Robert Charles Anthony | Director | 2013-12-17 | 2015-12-17 |
| WHITMORE, David John Ludlow | Director | 2018-02-20 | 2022-09-07 |
| WILFORD, Alison Louise | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2022-01-31 |
| WILFORD, Alison Louise | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2019-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slater & Gordon (Uk) 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR07 | mortgage | Mortgage alter charge with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-09-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-09-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.