POLLEN STREET LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-69.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£315M
-45.4% vs 2023
Employees
5
-28.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£24M
-19.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,770,000 | £51,140,000 | |
| Operating profit | £61,366,000 | £49,370,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,173,000 | £24,226,000 | |
| Net profit | £30,173,000 | £23,818,000 | |
| Cash | £14,402,000 | £4,420,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £655,859,000 | £503,962,000 | |
| Net assets | £577,833,000 | £315,240,000 | |
| Equity | £577,833,000 | £315,240,000 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 5 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-18.5%
£62,770,000 £51,140,000
-
Cash
-69.3%
£14,402,000 £4,420,000
-
Net assets
-45.4%
£577,833,000 £315,240,000
-
Employees
-28.6%
7 5
-
Operating profit
-19.5%
£61,366,000 £49,370,000
-
Profit before tax
-19.7%
£30,173,000 £24,226,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 97.8% | 96.5% | |
| Net margin | 48.1% | 46.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.9% | 41.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 3.01x | 3.14x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- POLLEN STREET LIMITED 2024-02-14 → present
- POLLEN STREET PLC 2022-10-06 → 2024-02-14
- HONEYCOMB INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2015-12-02 → 2022-10-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 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, being a period of at least twelve months from the date that this report and accounts will be approved. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these accounts.”
Group structure
- POLLEN STREET LIMITED · parent
- Pollen Street Investments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 January 2024, the Company introduced a Guernsey incorporated holding company, named Pollen Street Group Limited ("PSGL"), as the new parent of the Group by way of a scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme").”
- “On 14 February 2024, the Company distributed the entire issued share capital of PSCHL to PSGL; this is referred to as the "Distribution". The Scheme and the Distribution are together referred to as the "Reorganisation".”
- “As part of the Reorganisation, the Company's shares were delisted from the London Stock Exchange and the Company ceased to be classified as an investment trust and re-registered as a private company.”
- “We completed a new 4-year £200 million senior debt facility on 10 June 2024 refinancing the previous facility and achieving a lower margin. This was subsequently upsized to £240 million on 13 December 2024 to refinance certain SPV facilities which enable us to reduce the operating cost base.”
- “On 24 March 2025 a dividend of £16.5 million was approved for payment to the sole shareholder of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GASCOIGNE, Ian Matthew Charles | Director | 2024-05-02 | Sep 1981 | British |
| GOLDSMITH, Crispin Kinglake | Director | 2026-01-22 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MCMURRAY, Lindsey Villon | Director | 2022-09-30 | Jan 1971 | British |
| POTTER, Matthew James Gary | Director | 2024-05-02 | Sep 1983 | British |
| SCOTCHER, James Debonaire | Director | 2024-05-02 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APEX FUND SERVICES (UK) LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-02 | 2018-09-04 |
| LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-09-04 | 2024-05-02 |
| CARDENAS, Gustavo Adolfo | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-05-02 |
| COYLE, James | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2024-05-02 |
| DALE, Julian David | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2024-06-13 |
| HUGGINS, Mark | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2016-04-13 |
| LAKE, Joanne Carolyn | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-05-02 |
| MCMURRAY, Lindsey Villon | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2015-12-14 |
| ROWNEY, Richard Alexander | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2024-05-02 |
| SCOTT, James William | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2015-12-14 |
| SHARPE, Robert | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2024-05-02 |
| TAKHAR, Ravi | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2019-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollen Street Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-13 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.