SUCDEN FINANCIAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£270M
+19.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£181M
+7.1% vs 2023
Employees
222
+8.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£37M
+54.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SUCDEN FINANCIAL LIMITED 2008-11-18 → present
- SUCDEN (U.K.) LIMITED 1985-02-28 → 2008-11-18
- COMFIN (COMMODITY & FINANCE) COMPANY LIMITED 1973-02-14 → 1985-02-28
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 | £69,736,000 | £85,160,000 | |
| Operating profit | £11,851,000 | £21,504,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,756,000 | £36,729,000 | |
| Net profit | £17,889,000 | £27,470,000 | |
| Cash | £225,480,000 | £270,089,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £195,749,000 | £206,589,000 | |
| Net assets | £169,035,000 | £181,072,000 | |
| Equity | £169,035,000 | £181,072,000 | |
| Average employees | 205 | 222 | |
| Wages | £28,430,000 | £31,361,000 |
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 | 17.0% | 25.3% | |
| Net margin | 25.7% | 32.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.1% | 76.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 6.05x | 10.35x |
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
- CLA Evelyn Partners 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.”
Group structure
- SUCDEN FINANCIAL LIMITED · parent
- Sucden Financial (HK) Limited 100%
- Sucden Futures Inc 100%
- Sucden Financial Hamburg GmbH 64%
Significant events
- “The subsidiary in Germany gained its regulatory license from the German regulator, BaFin, in 2024 and started trading on 2 January 2025.”
- “During the year, the Company opened a Branch in Singapore, with a view to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.”
- “Post year end, the Group's German subsidiary, Sucden Financial Hamburg GmbH, went live on 2 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Marc Richard | Director | 2015-10-20 | Jun 1964 | British |
| BOURVIS, Thierry | Director | 1997-09-10 | Dec 1957 | French |
| BREILLOUT, Marc Andre | Director | 2014-05-01 | Apr 1954 | French |
| COUDRAY, Christine Marie-Pierre Denise | Director | 2025-07-15 | Jan 1966 | French |
| GONCALVES DE ALMEIDA, Bruno Emanuel | Director | 2024-11-14 | Jul 1982 | British |
| LESCOP, Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2023-03-21 | May 1985 | French |
| OVERLANDER, Michael | Director | — | Oct 1951 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Peter Sydney | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| TUNNELL, Jonathan Frederick | Secretary | 1992-03-31 | 2016-02-26 |
| BENHAMOU, Max | Director | 1994-11-24 | 2002-02-14 |
| BOHBOT, Jean-Luc | Director | 2007-03-15 | 2010-11-24 |
| BOTTERILL, John Herbert Reginald | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| BRIDEL, Claire Marie Michel | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| DEMAL, Sami Erza | Director | 2004-07-20 | 2023-12-31 |
| DENISTY, Gilles | Director | 2000-02-29 | 2001-01-08 |
| DENTOOM, Nigel Kenneth | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| DUBARRY, Danielle Francisca Marie | Director | — | 2001-03-23 |
| EMERY, Martin Edwin | Director | — | 1998-09-17 |
| GOLDWYN, Jeremy David | Director | 2012-05-31 | 2016-06-29 |
| JAMES, Robert | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2015-10-23 |
| KRIEF, Serge | Director | — | 1994-11-24 |
| KURAS, Richard | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2009-11-09 |
| LIM, Kiam Leng | Director | — | 1997-03-18 |
| LIM, Tai Fung | Director | — | 1992-03-26 |
| NEWMAN, Derek Anthony | Director | 2001-02-27 | 2003-01-24 |
| OSBORNE, Tobias Charles | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2025-11-21 |
| PARKER, Gavin Trevor | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2019-11-07 |
| PECKER, Suzanne | Director | — | 1991-07-26 |
| PRATT, Martin Joel | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2004-09-14 |
| VARSANO, Serge | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2019-11-22 |
| WONG, Graham | Director | 1992-08-13 | 1997-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Serge Versano | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-03-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+22.1%
£69,736,000 £85,160,000
-
Cash
+19.8%
£225,480,000 £270,089,000
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£169,035,000 £181,072,000
-
Employees
+8.3%
205 222
-
Operating profit
+81.5%
£11,851,000 £21,504,000
-
Profit before tax
+54.6%
£23,756,000 £36,729,000
-
Wages
+10.3%
£28,430,000 £31,361,000
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