CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
Cash
223,000,000
-33.6% vs 2023
Net assets
996,000,000
-28% vs 2023
Employees
24
-71.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
34,000,000
+209.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED 2006-01-16 → present
- CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (EUROPE) LIMITED 1996-12-31 → 2006-01-16
- CS FIRST BOSTON LIMITED 1993-11-01 → 1996-12-31
- CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1993-11-01
- CREDIT SUISSE WHITE WELD LIMITED 1966-11-09 → 1978-12-31
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 | £37,000,000 | £36,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £11,000,000 | £34,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,000,000 | £34,000,000 | |
| Net profit | -£35,000,000 | -£238,000,000 | |
| Cash | £336,000,000 | £223,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,987,000,000 | £1,382,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,383,000,000 | £996,000,000 | |
| Equity | £1,383,000,000 | £996,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 24 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 29.7% | 94.4% | |
| Net margin | -94.6% | -661.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.0% | 63.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 0.38x | 1.62x |
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
- Ernst & Young 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 group and parent company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) Limited 100%
- Redwood Guernsey I Funding Trust 100%
- Sail Guernsey I Funding Trust 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, CSS(E)L paid a USD 500 million dividend to its parent (2023: USD 500 million).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 97 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARE, Paul Edward | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | — | British |
| O'CUINN, Shane Patrick | Director | 2024-04-11 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
| STEWART, Caroline Patricia | Director | 2024-10-18 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 97 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Adrian Rupert Tyndale | Secretary | — | 1994-10-20 |
| EARLE, Elizabeth Rosalind | Secretary | 2001-03-28 | 2002-02-01 |
| HORNSEY, Nicholas John | Secretary | 1994-10-20 | 2004-03-31 |
| ABBASI, Osama Salman | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2008-03-10 |
| ADAMI, Manfred John, Dr | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| ALICABIOTIS, Nicholas | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1993-06-01 |
| AMINE, James Louis | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2009-12-16 |
| ARBUTHNOTT, Robert Keith | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| BARTHA, Janos | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| BECK, Peter Joan | Director | — | 1995-03-13 |
| BENNETT, Jeremy John Leonard | Director | 2005-03-22 | 2007-03-05 |
| BERRY, Brian Sheldon | Director | — | 1993-04-23 |
| BLESS, Rudolf Anton | Director | 2010-06-07 | 2012-12-06 |
| BOISSARD, Gaul De | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2010-04-12 |
| BRADY, Susan Clare | Director | 2021-08-19 | 2021-12-31 |
| BRETTON, Nigel Paul | Director | 2001-03-27 | 2001-11-26 |
| BULLOCK, Gary | Director | 2013-08-21 | 2014-12-31 |
| CARPMAEL, Chris Donald | Director | 2012-03-29 | 2014-01-01 |
| CARTER, Christopher Russell | Director | 2005-03-22 | 2005-12-09 |
| CARTER, Ian Christopher | Director | 1997-12-29 | 2005-03-22 |
| CARTER, Ian Christopher | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| CERRI, Glauco | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| CHEYSSON, Jean-Christian | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| COLEBATCH, Phillip Maxwell | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| COLEMAN, Samuel Richard | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1994-03-10 |
| COOPER, Adrian Rupert Tyndale | Director | — | 2001-11-05 |
| DAINTON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2017-01-26 |
| DAINTON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2009-10-30 | 2011-12-09 |
| DAINTON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2008-11-27 |
| DARGAN, Alan | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| DAVIE, Jonathan Richard | Director | 1999-03-30 | 2001-11-12 |
| DAVIES, Debra Jane | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| DE BOISSARD, Gael | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2015-12-31 |
| DE CARVALHO, Michel Ray | Director | — | 1994-03-15 |
| DE ZOETE, Simon Miles | Director | 1998-03-31 | 2001-06-15 |
| DEVINE, John | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2025-11-13 |
| DIIORIO, Michael Anthony | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2020-05-11 |
| DOUBLEDAY, Geoffrey John Renshaw | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1994-03-08 |
| DOUGAN, Brady William | Director | 2004-04-30 | 2005-02-01 |
| DOUIN, Willy Francois | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1994-03-10 |
| DOYLE, Noreen | Director | 2011-08-26 | 2019-04-30 |
| EBERT, Michael John | Director | 2023-01-25 | 2024-07-04 |
| ENDERSBY, Robert Duncan | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2019-08-16 |
| EVERARD, Marcus Angel Lane | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| FASSBIND, Renato | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2010-06-07 |
| FISCHER, Leonhard Heinrich | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-29 |
| FORRESTER, Jason Pierpoint, Mr. | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2016-03-25 |
| FRY, Simon Jeremy | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1994-03-10 |
| GENDRON, David Brooks | Director | 1994-03-21 | 1996-09-30 |
| GHOSH, Surojit | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| GOEKJIAN, Christopher Allan | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| GORDON, Campbell | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1994-03-10 |
| GOTTSCHLING, Andreas Peter | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| GREENE, Stephen Robert | Director | 1997-12-29 | 2000-03-09 |
| GULDIMANN, Tobias | Director | 2001-11-27 | 2013-12-31 |
| GUTIERREZ, Theodore | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1993-11-05 |
| HAFNER, Ralf | Director | 2020-11-19 | 2021-07-28 |
| HALSEY, Alison Margaret | Director | 2015-11-05 | 2021-08-25 |
| HANDRICK, Karl Ernst Michael | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| HARMAN, Charles Desmond | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| HAWLEY, Robert William | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| HESTER, Stephen Alan Michael | Director | — | 2001-09-27 |
| HILLIARD, Geoffrey William | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1993-04-07 |
| HODGSON, Michael Roy | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2014-12-31 |
| HOFER, Paul Robert | Director | 1997-12-29 | 1998-03-31 |
| HONOLD, Doris | Director | 2020-09-18 | 2023-07-31 |
| HORNE, Christopher Gerard Bryan | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2023-12-11 |
| HORNE, Christopher Gerard Bryan | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2011-12-09 |
| HORNE, Christopher Gerard Bryan | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2008-11-27 |
| HOSKING, Lisa Marguerits | Director | — | 1993-06-18 |
| HOTIMSKY, Marc Ronald | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| HOYOS, Friedrich | Director | — | 1997-07-28 |
| INGRAM, Paul Robert | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2020-05-22 |
| JACKSON, Alfred George | Director | 1994-03-21 | 1994-10-20 |
| JENKINS, Edward James, Mr. | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2025-12-12 |
| KANE, Nicola Suzanne | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2022-03-24 |
| KEATING, Giles Barry | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| KINGSLEY, Stephen Michael | Director | 2012-03-29 | 2015-03-31 |
| KREITMAN, James | Director | 2001-11-27 | 2005-03-22 |
| KUEHNE, Kare | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| KYRIAKOS-SAAD, Fawzi Sami | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-11-22 |
| KYRIAKOS-SAAD, Fawzi Sami | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2008-06-11 |
| LABES, Claus Gernot | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| LEIGH PEMBERTON, James Henry | Director | 2011-12-09 | 2013-10-25 |
| LEIGH PEMBERTON, James Henry | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2005-03-22 |
| LESLIE MELVILLE, Ian Hamish, Mr. | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2008-03-10 |
| LIVINGSTONE, David Mcdonald | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2016-03-04 |
| LOVERD, Robert Lewis | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| LOVETT, Nicholas | Director | 2024-10-18 | 2025-04-01 |
| MACDONALD, Robin Russell | Director | 1997-01-16 | 2001-11-01 |
| MAK VAN WAAY, Andries | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| MALLINCKRODT, Philip Stephan Arnold | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| MARURI, Victor Luis | Director | — | 1992-10-15 |
| MATHERS, David Richard | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2022-10-31 |
| MATHERS, David Richard | Director | 2005-10-25 | 2006-12-12 |
| MATHIEU, Arturo Carlo Felice | Director | — | 1994-03-10 |
| MAZZUCCHELLI, Marco Giovanni | Director | 2004-08-19 | 2008-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubs Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-14 | Ceased 2026-03-14 |
| Ubs Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-14 | Active |
| Credit Suisse Investment Holdings (Uk) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 607 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£37,000,000 £36,000,000
-
Cash
-33.6%
£336,000,000 £223,000,000
-
Net assets
-28%
£1,383,000,000 £996,000,000
-
Employees
-71.4%
84 24
-
Operating profit
+209.1%
£11,000,000 £34,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+209.1%
£11,000,000 £34,000,000
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