SETFORDS LAW LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-0.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+56.1% vs 2024
Employees
176
+20.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+75.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,028,020 | £62,932,797 | |
| Operating profit | £5,566,979 | £9,353,808 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,599,376 | £9,823,209 | |
| Net profit | £4,111,679 | £7,318,444 | |
| Cash | £7,962,724 | £7,887,529 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,540,590 | £39,261,187 | |
| Net assets | £13,037,978 | £20,356,422 | |
| Equity | £13,037,978 | £20,356,422 | |
| Average employees | 146 | 176 | |
| Wages | £5,621,551 | £6,045,351 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £100,120 |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+39.8%
£45,028,020 £62,932,797
-
Cash
-0.9%
£7,962,724 £7,887,529
-
Net assets
+56.1%
£13,037,978 £20,356,422
-
Employees
+20.5%
146 176
-
Operating profit
+68%
£5,566,979 £9,353,808
-
Profit before tax
+75.4%
£5,599,376 £9,823,209
-
Wages
+7.5%
£5,621,551 £6,045,351
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 14.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.1% | 23.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 63.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 3.06x | |
| Interest cover | 1762.82x | 5.46x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SETFORDS LAW LTD · parent
- Setfords Technology Solutions Ltd
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2025, the Company transferred certain intangible assets to Setfords Technology Solutions Ltd, a newly incorporated subsidiary within the Group. The assets were transferred at their net book value for £3.2m.”
- “In November 2025, the Company agreed an additional loan facility of £14.0m with its existing lender. The £14.0m was used to voluntarily repay £1.1m of the shareholder loan notes in issue within the Group, redeem £12.6m of preference shares in issue in the Group's parent and pay a dividend of £0.2m to shareholders of the Group's parent.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLADE, Susannah Mary | Director | 2025-09-11 | Jul 1981 | British |
| BRAWLEY, John Mike | Director | 2021-11-11 | Oct 1984 | British |
| MCDOWELL, Angus James | Director | 2024-11-13 | May 1985 | British |
| MELLON, Victoria | Director | 2025-09-02 | Jun 1971 | British |
| MOSES, Pearl | Director | 2025-05-28 | Oct 1964 | English |
| O'LOUGHLIN, Antony Edward, Dr | Director | 2025-05-28 | Jun 1981 | English |
| SETFORD, Christopher James | Director | 2015-04-30 | Aug 1979 | British |
| SETFORD, Guy Michael David | Director | 2015-04-30 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAWLEY, John Mike | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2021-03-02 |
| JOSEPH, Andrew Dennis | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2023-07-07 |
| KIRBY, Ben James Richmond | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2017-12-11 |
| MCCOMBE, Ronald James | Director | 2019-10-29 | 2021-03-02 |
| RICHARDS, Stephen Wallace | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-10-23 |
| ROGERS, David John Anthony | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2023-12-31 |
| SATSANGI, Rahul | Director | 2017-12-13 | 2021-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setfords Management Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-02 | Active |
| Business Growth Fund Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-16 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mr Christopher James Michael Setford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Guy Michael David Setford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.