SOUTHERN HOUSING FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-16 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12K
-14.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£13K
-98.4% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
-100% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,451,000 | £44,932,000 | |
| Operating profit | £39,447,000 | £44,932,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £781,000 | £0 | |
| Net profit | £781,000 | £0 | |
| Cash | £14,000 | £12,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,139,998,000 | £1,120,030,000 | |
| Net assets | £794,000 | £13,000 | |
| Equity | £794,000 | £13,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13.9%
£39,451,000 £44,932,000
-
Cash
-14.3%
£14,000 £12,000
-
Net assets
-98.4%
£794,000 £13,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+13.9%
£39,447,000 £44,932,000
-
Profit before tax
-100%
£781,000 £0
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.5% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.9% | 100.0% | |
| Current ratio | 182.50x | 183.45x | |
| Interest cover | 1.02x | 1.00x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2026-02-03
- SOUTHERN HOUSING FINANCE PLC 2026-02-03 → present
- OPTIVO FINANCE PLC 2018-02-14 → 2026-02-03
- AMICUSHORIZON FINANCE PLC 2012-02-02 → 2018-02-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has net assets of £13k (2024: £794k) at the balance sheet date. After reviewing the Company's budget for 2025/26 and cash forecasts for the next 12 months from the date the financial statements are approved, the Directors have a reasonable expectation the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Current economic conditions have been factored into the budget and parent company's long term financial plan. Mitigations for Southern Housing (Optivo Finance plc's parent and sister companies) include changing tenure types, changes to the development programme and obtaining further borrowing. The going concern risk for the Company is further mitigated because the on lent funding to Southern Housing is under a secured loan agreement, backed by housing assets owned by Southern Housing. If payments are not made to Optivo Finance, it has the right to enforce the security under the loan. In making this assessment the Board have evaluated the impact of the current economic environment on the cashflows of the whole Group over the next 12 month period. The Board are confident our viability can be maintained having assessed our plans, liquidity levels and mitigating actions available. There is reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months. For these reasons, they continue to adopt a going concern basis for the preparation of the Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAJPUT, Puneet | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| ASHBY, Alexander | Director | 2026-03-25 | Jan 1985 | British |
| HACKETT, Paul Denniston | Director | 2013-02-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| PAUL, Thomas James | Director | 2013-02-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Josephine Kay | Secretary | 2012-02-02 | 2019-07-31 |
| WIGNALL, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2019-08-01 | 2023-05-02 |
| CLIFFORD, David Phillimore | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2020-03-02 |
| CRUTTENDEN, Peter | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2014-12-31 |
| DOVEY, Michelle | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2026-01-28 |
| LODGE, Eleanor | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2013-01-30 |
| SMITH, Sarah Anne | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2025-07-31 |
| WALKER, Stephen | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2013-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.