PURE CREMATION FUNERAL PLANNING LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16m
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
113
+17.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£459k
-96.4% first positive since 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | — | £2,475,734 | £8,179,000 | +230.4% | |
| Net earned premiums | — | £1,999,394 | £6,053,264 | +202.8% | |
| Claims incurred | — | £392,796 | £1,531,000 | +289.8% | |
| Investment return | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,688,294 | £12,740,462 | £459,070 | -96.4% | |
| Net profit | -£3,688,375 | £13,606,596 | £473,784 | -96.5% | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | — | £215,341 | £676,769 | +214.3% | |
| Total assets | £68,034,728 | £117,381,421 | £175,519,911 | +49.5% | |
| Total liabilities | £66,434,118 | £102,174,215 | £159,838,921 | +56.4% | |
| Equity | £1,600,610 | £15,207,206 | £15,680,990 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 68 | 96 | 113 | +17.7% |
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 | -102.4% | 37.6% | — | |
| Net margin | -70.4% | 57.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.2% | 9.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.6% | 87.0% | 91.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 1.27x | — | |
| Interest cover | -16.41x | 20.81x | — |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the above the directors have concluded that the Company can meet its financial obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future, this being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 5 February 2025, as part of a group restructuring and share-for-share exchange, Pure Newco Limited acquired all of the shares in Pure Topco Limited previously held by investors in Epiris Fund III LP and Epiris Fund III (B) LP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLOWERS, Brett William | Secretary | 2024-01-31 | — | — |
| FLOWERS, Brett William | Director | 2024-01-18 | Jun 1974 | British |
| LAMBLE, Dean Nicholas | Director | 2023-11-14 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WASSALL, Sally Jane Tamsin | Director | 2021-08-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, Robert John | Secretary | 2023-09-14 | 2024-01-31 |
| POWELL, Bryan | Secretary | 2015-12-08 | 2022-03-08 |
| THILO, Paul Edward | Secretary | 2022-03-08 | 2023-09-14 |
| COLLINGWOOD, David Anthony | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2021-08-01 |
| KAYE, Eliot Charles | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2019-03-01 |
| LE DRUILLENEC, Timothy Vincent | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2018-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Kimberly | Director | 2017-11-21 | 2018-01-31 |
| MURPHY, Robert John | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2024-01-31 |
| POWELL, Bryan Donald Leslie | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2022-03-08 |
| POWELL, Catherine Anne | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2021-08-24 |
| ROSETHORN, Harriet Jane | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2021-06-15 |
| SMITH, Paul Kenneth | Director | 2022-03-08 | 2022-09-30 |
| THILO, Paul Edward | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-09-14 |
| THOMERSON, Richard Ronald | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2021-08-24 |
| WATSON-GANDY, Mark, Prof | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2021-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Cremation Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-23 | Active |
| Mrs Catherine Anne Powell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-19 |
| Mr Bryan Donald Leslie Powell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination 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.