BIRCHSTONE MARKETS LIMITED
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Cash
£13k
+3,325.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£10m
+27.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
22
-12% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£2.8m
-45.5% first positive since 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The directors have taken the decision, after the balance sheet date, that the company's operations will be absorbed within another group company and intend to complete the liquidation process within 24 months of the balance sheet date.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £552,103 | £7,941,342 | £12,092,723 | £8,823,714 | -27% | |
| Operating profit | -£83,021 | £3,197,799 | £4,481,098 | £2,182,785 | -51.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£83,021 | £3,209,855 | £5,184,166 | £2,826,333 | -45.5% | |
| Net profit | -£83,021 | £2,613,462 | £3,886,353 | £2,181,315 | -43.9% | |
| Cash | £261,446 | £2,022,104 | £392 | £13,429 | +3,325.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£82,921 | £2,541,311 | £7,949,277 | £10,122,715 | +27.3% | |
| Net assets | -£82,921 | £2,530,542 | £7,941,400 | £10,122,715 | +27.5% | |
| Equity | -£82,921 | £2,530,542 | £7,941,400 | £10,122,715 | +27.5% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 10 | 25 | 22 | -12% | |
| Wages | £276,645 | £1,268,647 | £4,630,166 | £3,321,571 | -28.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,000 | £482,083 | £1,384,163 | £929,628 | -32.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £2,642 | £3,009 | +13.9% |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -15.0% | 40.3% | 37.1% | 24.7% | |
| Net margin | -15.0% | 32.9% | 32.1% | 24.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 125.8% | 56.4% | 21.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 123.4% | 42.3% | 23.4% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.25x | 3.63x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The directors have taken the decision, after the balance sheet date, that the company's operations will be absorbed within another group company and intend to complete the liquidation process within 24 months of the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINSLEY, Scott | Secretary | 2025-07-22 | — | — |
| KETERMAN, Tony Junior | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| PRYOR, Jonathan | Director | 2021-10-01 | Oct 1984 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLISON, Elizabeth Sarah | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2024-05-20 |
| ARNOLD, James Michael | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2026-03-09 |
| GREEN, Peter Laurence | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| SIMON, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marex Hcg Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-02 | Active |
| Mr Tony Junior Keterman | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Mr David Mark Kyte | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Hamilton Court Foreign Exchange Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-20 | Ceased 2021-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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.