SEWELL VENTURES LIMITED
Sewell Ventures Limited is a dormant entity within the Hull-based Sewell Group, a part employee-owned construction, facilities management, and retail business.
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Cash
£9.3k
+17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£11k
+13.3% vs 2024
Employees
514
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.9k
+37.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified 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 | £112,259,000 | £98,986 | £103,955 | +5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,268,000 | £2,142 | £2,473 | +15.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,171,000 | £2,843 | £3,900 | +37.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,785,000 | £1,534 | £2,493 | +62.5% | |
| Cash | £6,432,000 | £7,915 | £9,302 | +17.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,887,000 | £20,990 | £20,996 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £10,021,000 | £9,922 | £11,244 | +13.3% | |
| Equity | £10,021,000 | £9,922 | £11,244 | +13.3% | |
| Average employees | 510 | 522 | 514 | -1.5% | |
| Wages | £17,440,000 | £18,179 | £18,953 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £648,000 | £628 | £806 | +28.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,000 | £1,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £226,000 | £215 | £410 | +90.7% |
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 | 2.9% | 2.2% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 1.5% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.9% | 10.2% | 11.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.5% | 81.3% | 79.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.69x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | 4.91x | 3.55x | 5.41x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its bank facilities. The directors are aware ongoing challenges across both the estates and retail sectors and current economic climate due to political and fiscal uncertainties. However, the directors feel that the Group has adequate resources and is well placed to respond to these uncertainties.”
Group structure
- SEWELL VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Sewell Retail Limited 100%
- Sewell Group Limited 100%
- Sewell Construction Limited 100%
- Sewell Facilities Management Limited 100%
- Sewell Investments Limited 100%
- Sewell Education (Hull) Limited 100%
- Sewell Education (Hull BSF) Limited 100%
- Illingworth & Gregory (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Illingworth & Gregory Limited 100%
- Sewell Advisory Limited (formerly Shared Agenda Solutions Limited) 100%
- Community Ventures Partnership Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Management Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Investments Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Primary Care Limited 100%
- Refit 2050 Limited 100%
- EMS Community Ventures Limited 50%
- Hull Eco Park Limited 33%
- Lost Souls Forever Limited 9.5%
Significant events
- “Merger of consultancy companies to form Sewell Advisory Limited.”
- “Establishment of Community Interest Company, Sewell Futures.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEEDHAM, David Adrian | Secretary | 2012-09-11 | — | — |
| DAVISON, Simon John | Director | 2012-09-11 | Apr 1974 | British |
| LEEDHAM, David Adrian | Director | 2012-09-11 | Mar 1967 | British |
| SEWELL, Patrick Allan | Director | 2015-12-17 | Mar 1972 | British |
| SEWELL, Paul Edwin | Director | 2012-09-11 | May 1952 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNESON, Neil | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Allan Sewell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-21 | Active |
| Mr Paul Edwin Sewell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.