ST. JAMES'S PLACE UNIT TRUST GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
Cash
£24M
+39.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£94M
+57.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£222M
+21.9% 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 | £391,850,000 | £451,524,000 | |
| Operating profit | £177,809,000 | £216,997,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £182,450,000 | £222,496,000 | |
| Net profit | £139,907,000 | £167,422,000 | |
| Cash | £17,087,000 | £23,899,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £59,738,000 | £94,160,000 | |
| Net assets | £59,738,000 | £94,160,000 | |
| Equity | £59,738,000 | £94,160,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 45.4% | 48.1% | |
| Net margin | 35.7% | 37.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 297.6% | 230.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.6% | 85.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.17x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The going concern basis has been adopted in preparing these Financial Statements. The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out above on pages 1 to 11. The Board has considered the challenging macroeconomics and geopolitical conditions which prevailed during 2024, along with the Company's financial results. Given the uncertainty, the Board has reviewed and take comfort from the Group's assessment of going concern as outlined in the St. James's Place plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024. In addition, the Board has reviewed the performance of our key outsource providers, monitored through our ongoing oversight which supports its view that the business will continue to remain operationally resilient. As a result of its review, the Board believes that the Company will continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “In line with industry peers managing property funds, SJP announced the decision to wind down the Property Unit Trust. Due to low investor sentiment towards property and market-wide challenges experienced by property funds, it was not feasible to reopen the fund. Work is underway to focus on operational processes to implement the change and clients' money has started to be returned to them. This process is expected to take up to two years to complete.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST. JAMES'S PLACE CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-10-07 | — | — |
| FELL, Paul Matthew | Director | 2025-11-21 | Oct 1975 | British |
| FRASER, Simon William David | Director | 2025-05-13 | Dec 1963 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Dawn | Director | 2019-09-30 | Jun 1965 | British |
| NICOLL, Sheila Anne | Director | 2023-12-14 | Jul 1958 | British |
| ONUEKWUSI, Justin Chukwuma | Director | 2026-05-07 | Jan 1982 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADMAN, Hugh John | Secretary | 1994-12-13 | 2001-03-19 |
| TAPPING, Adele | Secretary | 1994-06-20 | 1994-12-13 |
| THOMAS, Derek John | Secretary | — | 1994-06-20 |
| ST JAMES'S PLACE ADMINISTRATION LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2014-10-07 |
| BATCHELOR, Adrian Harold | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2009-03-30 |
| BEAL, Thomas Chatterton | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2026-04-18 |
| BELLAMY, David Charles | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| CHATTERTON, Robin | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2008-05-30 |
| CRACKNELL, John David | Director | — | 1992-10-08 |
| CROFT, Andrew Martin | Director | 2003-06-20 | 2019-08-05 |
| GARDNER, Robert James | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2022-12-31 |
| GASCOIGNE, Ian Stewart | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2019-08-05 |
| GENTLE, Craig Gordon | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-07-08 |
| GLADMAN, Hugh John | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2011-12-31 |
| GRAVESTOCK, Michael Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| GRAVESTOCK, Sonia | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2009-03-19 |
| GRIFFIN, Emma Kate | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2025-05-13 |
| HETHERINGTON, Peter Andrew | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| HODSON, John Hepworth Ward | Director | — | 1996-05-29 |
| LAMB, David John | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2019-02-26 |
| LUND, Mark Joseph | Director | 2004-01-05 | 2007-01-04 |
| MEECH, Susan Margaret | Director | 2019-08-05 | 2022-11-01 |
| MORRISON, Christopher Patrick | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2023-12-06 |
| MOULE, Martin David | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2003-06-20 |
| PARRY, Trefor Wyn | Director | 1992-10-22 | 1997-05-11 |
| STEWART, John Barry Bingham | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| TAUBE, Nils Otto | Director | — | 1994-02-28 |
| TONKS, William Peter | Director | 2005-02-21 | 2011-12-31 |
| WEINBERG, Mark Aubrey, Sir | Director | — | 2004-09-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Paul | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2008-05-30 |
| WILSON, Michael Sumner | Director | — | 2011-05-23 |
| YATES, Roger Philip | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2020-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James's Place Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-22 | Active |
| St. James's Place Wealth Management Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-08 | Ceased 2025-05-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-29 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+15.2%
£391,850,000 £451,524,000
-
Cash
+39.9%
£17,087,000 £23,899,000
-
Net assets
+57.6%
£59,738,000 £94,160,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+22%
£177,809,000 £216,997,000
-
Profit before tax
+21.9%
£182,450,000 £222,496,000
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