POLLEN STREET LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6m
-19% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£303m
-3.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
-20% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£24m
-0.9% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £62,770,000 | £41,380,000 | £33,063,000 | -20.1% | |
| Operating profit | £61,366,000 | £49,370,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £30,173,000 | £24,226,000 | £24,020,000 | -0.9% | |
| Net profit | £30,173,000 | £23,818,000 | £20,912,000 | -12.2% | |
| Cash | £14,402,000 | £4,420,000 | £3,580,000 | -19% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £655,859,000 | £503,962,000 | £504,401,000 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £577,833,000 | £315,240,000 | £303,374,000 | -3.8% | |
| Equity | £577,833,000 | £315,240,000 | £303,374,000 | -3.8% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 5 | 4 | -20% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 97.8% | 119.3% | — | |
| Net margin | 48.1% | 57.6% | 63.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 9.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.9% | 41.2% | 47.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.23x | 0.79x | |
| 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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- POLLEN STREET LIMITED · parent
- Pollen Street Investments Limited 100%
- Sting Funding Limited 100%
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 164 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.