PATRIA PRIVATE EQUITY (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5M
+19.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+47.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
65
+14% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6M
+488.1% first positive since 2024
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 | £9,784,000 | £14,329,000 | £21,261,000 | +48.4% | |
| Operating profit | £15,102,000 | -£2,827,000 | £5,761,000 | +303.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £15,516,000 | -£1,558,000 | £6,046,000 | +488.1% | |
| Net profit | £11,364,000 | -£1,179,000 | £4,703,000 | +498.9% | |
| Cash | £4,928,000 | £1,257,000 | £1,501,000 | +19.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,106,000 | £15,727,000 | £25,170,000 | +60% | |
| Net assets | £4,106,000 | £15,727,000 | £23,230,000 | +47.7% | |
| Equity | £4,106,000 | £15,727,000 | £23,230,000 | +47.7% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 57 | 65 | +14% | |
| Wages | £1,284,000 | £4,144,000 | £8,352,000 | +101.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £70,000 | £1,125,000 | £1,252,000 | +11.3% |
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 | 154.4% | -19.7% | 27.1% | |
| Net margin | 116.1% | -8.2% | 22.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 367.8% | -18.0% | 22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 55.4% | 41.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 1.22x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 92.92x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- PATRIA PRIVATE EQUITY (EUROPE) LIMITED 2024-04-29 → present
- ABRDN PRIVATE EQUITY (EUROPE) LIMITED 2021-11-26 → 2024-04-29
- STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE CAPITAL) LIMITED 2016-05-10 → 2021-11-26
- STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE EQUITY) LIMITED 1998-08-26 → 2016-05-10
- STANDARD LIFE PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGER LIMITED 1998-06-03 → 1998-08-26
- LOTHIAN FIFTY (501) LIMITED 1998-03-23 → 1998-06-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPMS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-04-29 | — | — |
| BRYDEN, James Richard | Director | 2021-12-17 | Jan 1972 | British |
| D'IPPOLITO, Marco Nicola | Director | 2025-11-11 | Sep 1976 | Italian |
| MCKAY, Merrick | Director | 2022-06-20 | Sep 1967 | Australian,British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, David John | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2016-05-03 |
| KIDD, Holly Sylvia | Secretary | 2016-05-03 | 2020-06-30 |
| O'BRIEN, Vincent Joseph | Secretary | 2004-06-17 | 2010-08-01 |
| SOMERVILLE, Peter Walter | Secretary | 1998-08-25 | 2004-06-17 |
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-06-30 | 2024-04-29 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-03-23 | 1998-08-25 |
| CROMBIE, Alexander Maxwell, Sir | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2004-02-25 |
| CURRIE, David | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2007-10-01 |
| DEMETRIOU, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2022-03-04 | 2022-06-20 |
| DONALDSON, Allison | Director | 2019-12-08 | 2021-05-31 |
| FITZGERALD, Sean Andrew | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2018-10-28 |
| FRICKE, Barry Colin | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2021-12-31 |
| HAY, Stewart | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2007-10-01 |
| HELMSLEY, Dominic James | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2019-12-08 |
| LITTLEBOY, William Regnar | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2017-11-14 |
| MACHRAY, Neil Lindsay Nicholson | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2019-12-10 |
| MARSHALL, Gary Robert | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2021-05-31 |
| MAXWELL, John Dingwall | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2006-12-15 |
| MCKELLAR, Peter Archibald | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2019-12-08 |
| MCKELLAR, Peter | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2007-10-01 |
| MCKILLOP, Robert John | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2019-12-08 |
| MITCHELL, Aron William | Director | 2019-12-08 | 2021-12-07 |
| PARIS, Roderick Louis | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-12-08 |
| PIM, Roger Jonathan | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2019-12-08 |
| REDMAN, Michael Mark | Director | 2021-12-17 | 2022-03-04 |
| SHANKS, Adam George | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2024-04-16 |
| SKEOCH, Norman Keith, Sir | Director | 2004-02-25 | 2015-09-01 |
| WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-23 | 1998-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patria Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-14 | Active |
| Patria Finance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-12 | Ceased 2024-06-14 |
| Abrdn Investment Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2024-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-19 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-05-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.