STANCROFT TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-22.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£122M
-2.3% vs 2023
Employees
15
+15.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£28M
+200.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,706,000 | £3,813,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,477,000 | £521,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,232,000 | £27,711,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,011,000 | £27,711,000 | |
| Cash | £6,959,000 | £5,373,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £160,880,000 | £127,074,000 | |
| Net assets | £125,401,000 | £122,492,000 | |
| Equity | £125,401,000 | £122,492,000 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 15 | |
| Wages | £2,228,000 | £2,343,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 62.9% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 103.5% | 726.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.6% | 4.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 4.10x | |
| Interest cover | 2.37x | 0.45x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- STANCROFT TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Stancroft Capital Limited 100%
- Penduline Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “A sale and share buyback of the Stancroft Trust holding of M I Investment Holding Ltd resulted in a £37 million decrease in the value of investments and intercompany debt.”
- “On the 24th September 2024 Stancroft Financial Research Ltd changed its name to Penduline Ltd.”
- “Until the 8 January 2024 the principal place of business was 75 Spyrou Kyprianou Street, Office 102, 4042 Potamos Germasogeias, Limassol, Cyprus. On 9 January 2024 the principal place of business changed to Bride House, 20 Bride Lane, London, EC4Y 8JP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SATOW, Claire Elspeth | Secretary | 1999-09-22 | — | British |
| BERRY, Alexander Sebastian | Director | 2024-01-09 | Aug 1981 | British |
| BERRY, William Alexander | Director | 2024-01-09 | Mar 1978 | British,French |
| DE CONTADES, Arnaud | Director | 2008-01-08 | Nov 1969 | French |
| SATOW, Claire Elspeth | Director | 2024-01-09 | Feb 1958 | British |
| STANFORD, Clive David | Director | 2024-01-09 | Apr 1954 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Edward Guy | Secretary | 1991-11-01 | 1999-09-22 |
| TUCKER, Christine Olivia | Secretary | — | 1991-11-01 |
| ABEL, Edward Guy | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2007-12-10 |
| BERRY, Nicholas William | Director | — | 2016-12-25 |
| BERRY, William Alexander | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2008-01-08 |
| ELIA, Maria | Director | 2023-05-10 | 2024-01-09 |
| ELIA, Maria | Director | 2008-01-08 | 2009-07-31 |
| HEATHCOAT AMORY, Michael Fitzgerald | Director | — | 2007-12-10 |
| IOANNIDES, Persella | Director | 2008-01-08 | 2018-04-01 |
| KLAUSNER, Isidor, Drs | Director | — | 2004-10-14 |
| NIKOU, Panagiota | Director | 2009-07-31 | 2023-05-10 |
| PARASKEVAIDOU, Elena | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2023-05-10 |
| PILKINGTON, Timothy Charles | Director | — | 2007-12-10 |
| SATOW, Claire Elspeth | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2008-01-08 |
| SOFRONIOU, Inga | Director | 2023-05-10 | 2024-01-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Ilharreborde Lette | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust | 2025-02-20 | Active |
| Mrs Eleonore Gabrielle Darcy Lette-Farre | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-10-28 | Active |
| Mr Arthur Philippe Lette | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-06-19 | Ceased 2025-02-20 |
| Mr William Alexander Berry | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-13 | Ceased 2018-12-14 |
| Mr Alexander Sebastian Berry | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-13 | Active |
| Mrs Evelyne Jacqueline Berry | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-25 | Ceased 2017-07-20 |
| Mrs Diane Francoise Marie-Antoinette De Galard | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-12-14 | Ceased 2018-11-15 |
| Philippe Lette | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-28 |
| Mr Alexander Sebastian Berry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 233 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-56.2%
£8,706,000 £3,813,000
-
Cash
-22.8%
£6,959,000 £5,373,000
-
Net assets
-2.3%
£125,401,000 £122,492,000
-
Employees
+15.4%
13 15
-
Operating profit
-90.5%
£5,477,000 £521,000
-
Profit before tax
+200.2%
£9,232,000 £27,711,000
-
Wages
+5.2%
£2,228,000 £2,343,000
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