ZEDRA TRUST COMPANY (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+99.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+36.8% vs 2023
Employees
80
-5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-10.4% vs 2023
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 | £9,439,000 | £9,480,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,591,000 | £2,153,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,674,000 | £2,397,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,134,000 | £1,597,000 | |
| Cash | £997,000 | £1,992,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,343,000 | £5,940,000 | |
| Equity | £4,343,000 | £5,940,000 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 80 | |
| Wages | £2,920,000 | £3,091,000 |
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 | 27.4% | 22.7% | |
| Net margin | 22.6% | 16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.9% | 49.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | 29.11x | 26.26x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI 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 at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 76 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEDRA CORPORATE AND PRIVATE OFFICE (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-02-15 | — | — |
| BARNFATHER, Duncan David | Director | 2020-01-08 | Dec 1982 | British |
| MCLUCKIE, Stuart Wallace | Director | 2019-12-23 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SKELLY, Peter James | Director | 2025-01-13 | May 1987 | British |
| WAKEFIELD, Susan | Director | 2019-12-23 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 76 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Ronald David Henry | Secretary | 1995-02-16 | 1996-09-10 |
| ATTERBURY, John Michael David | Secretary | — | 1995-02-16 |
| BLIZZARD, David John Mark | Secretary | 2004-06-16 | 2012-11-16 |
| MILLS, John Michael | Secretary | 1996-09-10 | 1998-10-06 |
| BARCOSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-11-20 | 2017-03-31 |
| BARCOSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-10-06 | 2004-06-16 |
| ZEDRA SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-12-23 | 2024-02-15 |
| ZEDRA UK SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2019-12-23 |
| ADAMS, Stanley Phillip | Director | 2000-08-21 | 2006-06-09 |
| ALLEN, John Rodney | Director | 2008-05-23 | 2009-02-18 |
| AVERY, Catherine Rosemary Reid | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1996-04-22 |
| BALL, Alec Victor | Director | 1994-12-12 | 1995-01-30 |
| BARNFATHER, Duncan David | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2019-12-23 |
| BATES, Susan Veronica | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2022-01-18 |
| BEVAN, James Edward Briscoe | Director | 1997-02-03 | 1999-07-28 |
| BONHAM CARTER, Thomas David | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| BORROWS, Martin John | Director | 1995-11-06 | 1996-09-20 |
| BROADHURST, John | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| BUNGEY, Philip Robert John | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-06-01 |
| BURD, Paul Howard | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-01-05 |
| CAMERON, Angus Kenneth | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1996-07-08 |
| COXON, Walter Duncan | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2015-12-09 |
| CURRIE, David Mclean | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2016-02-15 |
| DENCH, Robert Graham | Director | 2002-04-12 | 2003-09-30 |
| DENCH, Robert Graham | Director | 1995-11-06 | 1996-06-12 |
| DENNIS, Peter | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| DICKINSON, Rupert | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2011-03-10 |
| DOOLEY, Lee John | Director | 2004-02-13 | 2007-04-11 |
| FAIRCLOUGH, John William Percy | Director | 1996-02-09 | 1999-01-18 |
| FENN-SMITH, Clive Antony Kemp | Director | — | 1993-07-28 |
| FULLALOVE, Michael Robert | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2017-03-31 |
| GALE, Christine Elizabeth | Director | — | 1995-12-19 |
| GARCIA JIMENEZ, Soledad | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2019-12-23 |
| GOULD, Ronald Jay | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1997-03-13 |
| GREENSHIELDS, Raymond | Director | 2003-09-19 | 2006-04-06 |
| GUY, Kevin Stephen | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2025-02-28 |
| HALE, Ian Michael | Director | 2008-05-23 | 2008-08-15 |
| HALL, Peter Lindop | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2006-02-28 |
| HOLMES, Virginia Anne | Director | 1996-11-04 | 1997-09-05 |
| HUNTER, Antony Nicolas | Director | 1996-04-23 | 1997-01-31 |
| HUNTER, Robert David | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2003-06-30 |
| IRVING, Ian | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2023-05-31 |
| LAY, Ronald Edward | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2007-07-17 |
| LEIGH, Samuel John | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2024-05-29 |
| MACALLAN, Malcolm David | Director | 1999-04-02 | 2007-02-27 |
| MCGUFFOG, John Hamilton | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1995-12-07 |
| MORZARIA, Tushar | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2016-11-25 |
| NAUIOKAS, Amy | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2008-05-06 |
| NEWMAN, Geoffrey Alistair | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-05-20 |
| NICOLL, Graham Scott | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2013-03-27 |
| NIELSEN, Niels | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-12-23 |
| NIELSEN, Torben | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2010-12-21 |
| NORTHEY, Philip Andrew | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2007-10-15 |
| PARR, Sharon Ann | Director | 2009-02-18 | 2010-06-30 |
| PHELPS, Richard Charles | Director | 2014-03-21 | 2016-03-04 |
| PLATT, Jane Christine | Director | 1996-06-20 | 2001-07-01 |
| REID, Donald William Sherret | Director | 1999-04-02 | 2006-12-12 |
| RICHARDS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2013-09-11 | 2017-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Maxwell Mackenzie | Director | 1997-02-03 | 1999-05-31 |
| ROGERS, Paul Stuart | Director | 1999-04-02 | 2001-10-26 |
| ROSTRON, Thomas | Director | 2009-04-07 | 2012-09-28 |
| SARIKHANI, Ali Reza | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-12-23 |
| SHERIDAN, Thomas | Director | 1996-11-04 | 2000-08-18 |
| SOLLEN, Ian | Director | 1996-06-20 | 1998-03-31 |
| STEVENS, Alexander James | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2019-12-23 |
| STEWART, John Morrison | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2003-02-27 |
| TEMPLER, Peter Gordon Raeburn | Director | 1994-05-01 | 1995-11-14 |
| TIDY, Alan Victor | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2020-01-08 |
| URQUHART, Ramsay Alexander | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2010-05-31 |
| URQUHART STEWART, Justin Alun | Director | 1996-02-09 | 2001-03-31 |
| VASWANI, Ashok Valiram | Director | 2016-04-25 | 2016-11-25 |
| VINE-LOTT, Anthony Keith | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1996-04-19 |
| WELD, Simon John | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2010-09-01 |
| WHITESIDE, Stephen | Director | 1996-02-09 | 2000-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Arthur Barrie | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| WILLOUGHBY, Bernadette Clare | Director | 1996-08-08 | 2001-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zedra Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-19 | Active |
| Barclays Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 358 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-06 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
-
Turnover
+0.4%
£9,439,000 £9,480,000
-
Cash
+99.8%
£997,000 £1,992,000
-
Net assets
+36.8%
£4,343,000 £5,940,000
-
Employees
-5.9%
85 80
-
Operating profit
-16.9%
£2,591,000 £2,153,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.4%
£2,674,000 £2,397,000
-
Wages
+5.9%
£2,920,000 £3,091,000
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