PUNTER SOUTHALL LAW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
Cash
£135K
+28.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£5M
-66.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
9
+28.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
-99% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Outstanding charges registered
One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £90,900 | £79,980 | £1,346,058 | £1,338,280 | |
| Operating profit | -£183,826 | -£522,640 | -£677,038 | -£1,477,994 | |
| Profit before tax | -£201,629 | -£578,164 | -£994,870 | -£1,979,822 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£994,870 | -£1,978,315 | |
| Cash | £25,947 | £71,734 | £105,100 | £135,146 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£201,529 | -£779,653 | -£2,965,871 | -£4,944,186 | |
| Net assets | -£201,529 | -£779,653 | -£2,965,871 | -£4,944,186 | |
| Equity | £201,529 | £779,653 | -£2,965,871 | -£4,944,186 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | — | £582,449 | £1,032,384 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £730,101 | £589,792 |
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
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Turnover
-0.6%
£1,346,058 £1,338,280
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Cash
+28.6%
£105,100 £135,146
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-66.7%
-£2,965,871 -£4,944,186
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+28.6%
7 9
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-118.3%
-£677,038 -£1,477,994
lowest in 4 filed years
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Profit before tax
-99%
-£994,870 -£1,979,822
lowest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+77.2%
£582,449 £1,032,384
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -50.3% | -110.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -73.9% | -147.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 91.2% | 67.0% | 22.8% | 29.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 376.3% | 546.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.18x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | -10.33x | -9.41x | -2.12x | -2.95x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors have prepared projections to 31 December 2027. These projections have been prepared using assumptions which the Directors consider to be appropriate to the current financial position of the Company as regards to current expected revenues and its cost base. In light of these forecasts and on the basis that it will be receiving support from the parent entity, the Directors consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Punter Southall Law Limited (the Company) was incorporated on 9 October 2018.”
- “The Company is a law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority which received its licence to operate as an alternative business structure pursuant to the Legal Services Act 2007 on 16 December 2019 (Licence number: 659184).”
- “The Company is focussed on increasing the number of legal consultants working in the business to increase revenue.”
- “CM Thorogood resigned on 13 June 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLINGWORTH, Thomas Simon | Director | 2018-10-09 | Aug 1957 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Gary Andrew | Director | 2023-12-07 | Feb 1966 | British |
| FINNEGAN, Martin Gerald | Director | 2020-12-02 | Sep 1970 | British |
| HOLT, Nicholas John | Director | 2020-12-02 | Apr 1958 | British |
| MCKELVEY, Kenneth John | Director | 2018-10-09 | Nov 1956 | British |
| PUNTER, Jonathan Dominic | Director | 2018-10-09 | May 1957 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASH, Ian | Secretary | 2018-10-09 | 2025-07-31 |
| THOROGOOD, Claire Marie | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2024-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punter Southall Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-20 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-01-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.