SILCHESTER CONTINUATION LIMITED
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Cash
£152k
-45.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£727m
+5.5% vs 2025
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£126m
+17.8% 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 | £101,625,947 | £102,758,405 | £94,563,499 | -8% | |
| Operating profit | £101,498,220 | £102,617,510 | £94,477,965 | -7.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £119,452,963 | £106,615,517 | £125,630,354 | +17.8% | |
| Net profit | £90,763,316 | £81,264,252 | £96,150,975 | +18.3% | |
| Cash | £3,066,973 | £278,149 | £151,673 | -45.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £736,294,272 | £695,698,068 | £739,819,918 | +6.3% | |
| Net assets | £729,555,529 | £689,639,298 | £727,409,943 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £729,555,529 | £689,639,298 | £727,409,943 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | £45,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £45,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 | 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | |
| Net margin | 89.3% | 79.1% | 101.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.8% | 14.8% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 0.9% | 1.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 26.60x | — |
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
- SILCHESTER CONTINUATION LIMITED 2019-04-11 → present
- SILCHESTER CAPITAL LIMITED 2016-06-12 → 2019-04-11
- DMWSL 813 LIMITED 2015-12-18 → 2016-06-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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 at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The Directors have considered the current market and economic situations and expect the Company to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTT, Stephen Charles | Director | 2016-05-19 | Feb 1951 | British |
| LE PAN DE LIGNY, Bertrand | Director | 2023-10-01 | Aug 1966 | French |
| LINEHAN, Timothy John | Director | 2016-05-19 | Sep 1970 | American |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DM COMPANY SERVICES (LONDON) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-18 | 2016-05-19 |
| COWAN, Michael John Julian | Director | 2016-05-19 | 2023-10-01 |
| MACNEILL, Colin James | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2016-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Bertrand Le Pan De Ligny | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-10-01 | Active |
| Mr Michael John Julian Cowan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2023-10-01 |
| Mr Stephen Charles Butt | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Timothy John Linehan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Silchester Partners Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.