PORTMAN SETTLED ESTATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-21 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£509K
+18.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-3.3% vs 2024
Employees
87
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£35K
-81.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PORTMAN SETTLED ESTATES LIMITED 1998-07-15 → present
- PORTMAN FAMILY SETTLED ESTATES LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1998-07-15
- BELOPLED PROPERTIES LIMITED 1972-05-22 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,681,000 | £6,137,000 | |
| Operating profit | £169,000 | £35,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £186,000 | £35,000 | |
| Net profit | -£39,000 | -£132,000 | |
| Cash | £428,000 | £509,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,073,000 | £4,660,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,054,000 | £3,922,000 | |
| Equity | £4,054,000 | £3,922,000 | |
| Average employees | 83 | 87 | |
| Wages | £7,796,000 | £8,305,000 |
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 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 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
- 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 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDERSON, Katherine Georgina | Secretary | 2018-12-18 | — | — |
| BALDERSON, Katherine Georgina | Director | 2020-07-17 | Mar 1974 | British |
| ELLIS, Ian David | Director | 2006-10-31 | Dec 1955 | British |
| FENN SMITH, Oliver Barry Kemp | Director | 2006-03-08 | Jan 1965 | British |
| JONES, Michael | Director | 2018-05-25 | Sep 1970 | British |
| KNIGHT, Thomas James Bailey | Director | 2018-05-25 | Feb 1977 | British |
| LIFFORD, Edward James Wingfield, The Viscount | Director | 2014-07-03 | Jan 1949 | British |
| LOOMES, Simon | Director | 2017-11-08 | Feb 1967 | British |
| MEESON, Sophie | Director | 2019-08-14 | Sep 1976 | British |
| PORTMAN, Christopher Edward Berkeley | Director | 1998-05-13 | Jul 1958 | British |
| STEPHEN, John Holmes | Director | 2011-10-12 | Mar 1950 | British |
| WYTHE, John Michael | Director | 2014-01-01 | Dec 1956 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGALL, John Stratford | Secretary | — | 1998-05-13 |
| ATHENAEUM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-10-22 | 2018-12-10 |
| SMITH & WILLIAMSON LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 2003-10-22 |
| BROCK, Robert Antony Stuart | Director | — | 1999-12-09 |
| CLUTTON, Gareth Edmund | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-05-28 |
| FELL, John Arnold | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| GEDDES, Euan Michael Ross, The Lord | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2007-11-20 |
| GOODLIFF, Michael Richard | Director | — | 1995-03-01 |
| HATHERELL, Charles Anson Grey | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
| HUGALL, John Stratford | Director | 1995-03-01 | 1998-05-13 |
| LAY, Richard Neville | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2014-12-31 |
| MOORE, William Hewitt | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2018-05-25 |
| SEABORN, Hugh Richard | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2008-09-30 |
| SOUTHERN, Mark Peter | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2021-06-30 |
| WAKEFORD, Geoffrey Michael Montgomery, Sir | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2007-11-20 |
| WATNEY, John Adrian | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2013-10-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Street Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-05 vs 2024-04-05
-
Turnover
+8%
£5,681,000 £6,137,000
-
Cash
+18.9%
£428,000 £509,000
-
Net assets
-3.3%
£4,054,000 £3,922,000
-
Employees
+4.8%
83 87
-
Operating profit
-79.3%
£169,000 £35,000
-
Profit before tax
-81.2%
£186,000 £35,000
-
Wages
+6.5%
£7,796,000 £8,305,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers