CAPE ANN ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
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Cash
£7.1M
+49.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.2M
+33.3% vs 2025
Employees
21
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£11M
+65% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,784,256 | £20,158,155 | £25,861,760 | +28.3% | |
| Operating profit | £5,742,132 | £6,203,441 | £8,415,495 | +35.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,064,031 | £6,525,618 | £10,764,842 | +65% | |
| Net profit | £5,347,848 | £4,818,345 | £8,204,262 | +70.3% | |
| Cash | £3,234,180 | £4,764,995 | £7,125,370 | +49.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,523,658 | £7,163,503 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,291,852 | £6,936,536 | £9,246,772 | +33.3% | |
| Equity | £10,291,852 | £6,936,536 | £9,246,772 | +33.3% | |
| Average employees | 20 | 20 | 21 | +5% | |
| Wages | £7,263,605 | £7,868,998 | £10,556,063 | +34.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,892,310 | £4,180,676 | £6,234,616 | +49.1% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.6% | 30.8% | 32.5% | |
| Net margin | 28.5% | 23.9% | 31.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.6% | 86.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.6% | 45.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.39x | 1.35x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CAPE ANN ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD · parent
- Cape Ann Asset Management, Inc. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE PAN DE LIGNY, Lara | Secretary | 2025-06-27 | — | — |
| BELL, Jonathan Neva | Director | 2015-11-19 | Nov 1972 | American |
| LINEHAN, Timothy John | Director | 2015-09-10 | Sep 1970 | American |
| LYNCH, John Francis | Director | 2016-07-18 | Aug 1967 | American |
| SUMMERS, Geoffrey Peter | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jan 1982 | British |
| VILICNIK, Ivana | Director | 2023-03-28 | Sep 1983 | Croatian |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKEY, Pete | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2016-02-25 |
| SUMMERS, Geoffrey Peter | Secretary | 2016-02-25 | 2025-06-27 |
| LOCKEY, Pete | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2023-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silchester Partners Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Neva Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-02-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-11-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.