NEILSON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
-52% vs 2024
Net assets
£18m
+34.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
428
+10.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.3m
-54.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £78,387,708 | £87,383,167 | £88,788,970 | +1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £6,325,086 | £8,738,958 | £3,478,893 | -60.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,107,473 | £9,515,438 | £4,315,715 | -54.6% | |
| Net profit | £4,817,052 | £8,174,234 | £4,384,664 | -46.4% | |
| Cash | £2,638,374 | £5,530,234 | £2,651,858 | -52% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,673,828 | £13,477,856 | £18,067,923 | +34.1% | |
| Net assets | £10,673,828 | £13,477,856 | £18,067,923 | +34.1% | |
| Equity | £10,673,828 | £13,477,856 | £18,067,923 | +34.1% | |
| Average employees | 316 | 387 | 428 | +10.6% | |
| Wages | £16,137,377 | £20,059,090 | £22,837,357 | +13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £995,064 | £999,134 | £1,054,405 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £54,832 | £69,701 | £57,968 | -16.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £283,075 | £326,509 | £366,944 | +12.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 10.0% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 9.4% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 59.3% | 64.8% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.3% | 43.6% | 54.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 2.22x | 2.43x | |
| 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
- NEILSON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 2012-06-22 → present
- 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 subsequent period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and other longer term plans, the directors are satisfied that, at the time of approving the financial statements, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NEILSON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Neilson Funeral Planning Limited
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for office premises located in Windsor.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONNELLY, Gavin John | Director | 2012-03-12 | Aug 1973 | Italian |
| WEAVIS, Mark Gavin | Director | 2012-07-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
Show 9 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 |
| DAWSON, Christopher Charles | Director | 2022-09-06 | 2026-06-04 |
| 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 |
| REES, David Michael | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2026-06-04 |
| 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 84 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
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.