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Cash

£5.5M

+109.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£13M

+26.3% vs 2023

Employees

387

+22.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£9.5M

+55.8% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £78,387,708£87,383,167 +11.5%
Operating profit £6,325,086£8,738,958 +38.2%
Profit before tax £6,107,473£9,515,438 +55.8%
Net profit £4,817,052£8,174,234 +69.7%
Cash £2,638,374£5,530,234 +109.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £10,673,828£13,477,856 +26.3%
Net assets £10,673,828£13,477,856 +26.3%
Equity £10,673,828£13,477,856 +26.3%
Average employees 316387 +22.5%
Wages £16,137,377£20,059,090 +24.3%
Directors' remuneration £995,064£999,134 +0.4%

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 8.1%10.0%
Net margin 6.1%9.4%
Return on capital employed 59.3%64.8%
Current ratio 1.70x2.20x
Interest cover 23.30x

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 1 time since incorporation

  1. NEILSON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 2012-06-22 → present
  2. NEILSON BLUEPRINT LIMITED 2012-03-12 → 2012-06-22

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After reviewing the Company's budget for the next period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and other longer term plans, the directors are satisfied that, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. NEILSON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
    1. Neilson Funeral Planning Limited · Funeral planning

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DAWSON, Christopher Charles Director 2022-09-06 Apr 1976 British,Australian
DONNELLY, Gavin John Director 2012-03-12 Aug 1973 Italian
REES, David Michael Director 2021-05-27 May 1982 Australian,British
WEAVIS, Mark Gavin Director 2012-07-01 Aug 1959 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FRASER, Roy Secretary 2013-09-02 2015-03-06
ALLEN, John Peter Clarkson Director 2014-07-17 2015-06-02
CLARKSON, Robert James Director 2021-01-04 2025-10-01
DONNELLY, Hylton Barrymore Director 2014-10-30 2026-02-27
GROUNSELL, Dominic Peter Director 2017-12-07 2018-12-03
KOHLER, Nic Director 2013-10-01 2017-07-12
SUTHERLAND, David William Director 2015-09-08 2017-11-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
The Neilson Group Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2026-04-24
Mr Gavin John Donnelly Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 80 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-02-23 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2026-02-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-01-15 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-24 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-03-20 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-03-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2026-02-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-10-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-07-08 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-07-08 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-06-16 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-06-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-07 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-02-07 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-02-06 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2024-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-15 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-01-15 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-01-02 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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