BROWN SHIPLEY & CO. LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-14 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-31

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£293M

-44.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£133M

+3% vs 2023

Employees

305

-15.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£8M

+538% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

3 officer resignations in last 12 months

Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Financials median

BROWN SHIPLEY & CO. LIMITED·Financials median · n=631

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£95,723,000	£95,421,000
Operating profit	£4,697,000	£11,056,000
Profit before tax	£1,223,000	£7,803,000
Net profit	-£612,000	£4,084,000
Cash	£528,997,000	£292,700,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,502,574,000	£1,195,930,000
Net assets	£129,139,000	£132,953,000
Equity	£129,139,000	£132,953,000
Average employees	362	305
Wages	£41,121,000	£32,498,000

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	4.9%	11.6%
Net margin	-0.6%	4.3%
Return on capital employed	0.3%	0.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	91.6%	89.1%

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: Ernst & Young LLP
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 the foreseeable future, being a 12 month period to 31 March 2026. They therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

BROWN SHIPLEY & CO. LIMITED · parent
1. N W Brown & Co. Limited · United Kingdom · Non-trading
2. White Rose Nominees Limited · United Kingdom · Nominee
3. Fairmount Pension Trustees Limited · United Kingdom · Pension Trustee
4. N W Brown Nominees Limited · United Kingdom · Nominee
5. N W Brown ISA Nominees Limited · United Kingdom · Nominee

Significant events

“During 2024 the transfer of Court of Protection business was completed, while the Affluent book transfer commenced in the second half of 2024 and will finalise in 2025.”
“The Company was awarded a five star rating in the Wealth management category from the Financial Times and Investors' Chronicle.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 66 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CANTOR-GRABLE, Marcia Ina	Director	2021-10-05	Sep 1954	British
GILLBANKS, Timothy Nicholas	Director	2021-05-21	Nov 1966	British
KITCHEN, Robert Michael	Director	2025-01-06	Jul 1966	British
MAZZUCCHELLI, Marco Giovanni	Director	2025-06-06	Dec 1962	Italian,Swiss

Show 66 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BLANEY, Stephen	Secretary	2003-02-03	2003-05-01
CASEY, Theresa	Secretary	2008-11-24	2013-05-31
EAGLE, Alan Hugh	Secretary	—	1998-06-08
HERRON, Michael Patrick	Secretary	2008-02-02	2008-07-04
SAUNT, Timothy Patrick	Secretary	1998-06-08	2003-02-03
WARREN, Jacqueline Tina	Secretary	2003-05-01	2008-02-01
ALLEN, Christopher David	Director	2023-06-08	2026-03-31
BELL, Gordon Geoffrey	Director	—	1998-12-31
BLANEY, Stephen	Director	2001-09-18	2012-03-01
BLONDEEL, Jean Louis	Director	1993-05-06	1994-11-27
BOOTH, Arthur Thomas	Director	1999-04-01	2001-12-31
BREWSTER, Calum	Director	2022-08-01	2024-12-31
BRYDIE, James Ednie	Director	2016-11-21	2021-06-30
CAIN, Derrick Charles	Director	2012-01-30	2013-01-31
CAYTAN, Lucien Jean-Francoise	Director	1992-10-30	2002-12-31
CODY, Paul Frank	Director	2002-09-19	2012-11-08
COLE-FONTAYN, Michael Colquhoun	Director	2020-08-14	2020-11-16
CONNOLLY, Derek John	Director	—	1992-10-06
COOKE, Trevor Charles	Director	1999-04-06	2004-01-16
CURRAN, Andrew Paul	Director	2014-01-01	2024-03-31
DACOMBE, William John Armstrong	Director	—	1993-07-31
DE JAMBLINNE DE MEUX, Olivier Jean, Emmanuel	Director	2010-10-01	2013-09-03
DICK, Stewart John Cunningham	Director	—	1992-10-26
DICKINSON, Alan Peter	Director	2012-04-01	2015-03-31
DOZIN, Thomas Jacques Marie Hubert	Director	1996-10-09	2001-05-17
ECKERSLEY, John Stephen	Director	2001-09-18	2002-05-31
FRIOB, Carlo	Director	2014-06-04	2016-12-13
GILLEN-SNYERS, Marie-Paule	Director	1992-10-30	2002-12-31
HALSEY, Michael John	Director	—	1992-10-06
HARDIMAN, Julian	Director	2012-11-29	2013-11-12
HARDING, Patricia Anne, Lady	Director	2004-01-30	2010-11-22
HARVEY, Nicholas John	Director	2018-07-17	2025-06-06
HENRY, Marc-Hubert	Director	1992-10-30	2001-12-31
HURLEY, Anthony David Peter	Director	2001-09-18	2011-09-23
JACKSON, Stephen Russell	Director	2000-09-05	2002-12-31
KITCHEN, Robert Michael	Director	2009-02-09	2014-01-13
LAUWERS, Marc	Director	2013-04-24	2016-09-01
LOOS, Jean Paul	Director	2002-05-24	2010-10-01
MANSELL JONES, Richard	Director	1992-10-30	2003-04-04
MATHEWSON, Alan	Director	2018-04-03	2022-02-08
MISSELBROOK, John	Director	2012-01-05	2021-07-01
MOORSOM, Patrick William Pierre	Director	1996-11-05	2007-12-31
OWENS, John Robin	Director	—	1995-12-31
PETERS, Jacques	Director	2006-05-18	2014-01-31
ROBINSON, William Martin	Director	1999-04-01	2002-12-31
ROSSI, Francesco	Director	—	1992-11-09
ROUGH, David	Director	2004-01-30	2019-08-31
RUPPERT, Charles Aloyse, Prf	Director	1992-10-30	2002-03-31
SACKFIELD, Ian Michael	Director	2001-09-18	2018-04-30
SAUNT, Timothy Patrick	Director	2001-05-17	2003-02-03
SCHOLTEN, Paul	Director	2016-12-08	2018-09-17
SHAILER, Kathleen Mary	Director	2021-09-23	2025-11-30
SHAND, Peter Robert	Director	—	2002-12-31
SMITH, Andrew Keith	Director	2001-09-18	2004-02-08
SMOKER, Robert Anthony John	Director	2002-09-19	2014-01-13
STEIN, Yves	Director	2016-11-24	2018-01-31
STEIN, Yves	Director	2013-04-24	2015-06-04
STONE, John Kyle	Director	2003-05-09	2010-11-22
SWINGS, Anthony Thierry	Director	2019-04-16	2022-09-29
TAPNER, Nicholas Rory	Director	2020-11-26	2021-09-23
TAPNER, Nicholas Rory	Director	2019-06-10	2020-08-14
VAN DOOREN, Philippe	Director	2001-05-17	2006-12-31
VAN HOVE, Daniel Alphonse Hubert Roger	Director	1999-09-03	2002-12-31
VERWILGHEN, Etienne	Director	—	2010-10-01
WILLENS, James Henry, Mr	Director	2014-02-01	2016-01-31
WILLENS, James Henry, Mr	Director	2012-01-05	2012-11-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Quintet Private Bank (Europe) Sa	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 398 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-02-27	AUD	auditors	Auditors resignation company
2026-02-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-12-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-08-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-06-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-04-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-02-17	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-08-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-09-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-09-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 8
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 3

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-0.3%

£95,723,000 £95,421,000
Cash

-44.7%

£528,997,000 £292,700,000
Net assets

+3%

£129,139,000 £132,953,000
Employees

-15.7%

362 305
Operating profit

+135.4%

£4,697,000 £11,056,000
Profit before tax

+538%

£1,223,000 £7,803,000
Wages

-21%

£41,121,000 £32,498,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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