SCRUTTON BLAND FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
Cash
£95K
+1.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£659K
+1,893.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
17
-41.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£191K
+46% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
A decision has been made by the Directors to novate the Company's business activities to its parent company, Emery (IFA) Limited. It is the intention of the directors that the company will become dormant by the end of June 2025. For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material accounting adjustments have arisen as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- SCRUTTON BLAND FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 2017-03-09 → present
- SCRUTTON BLAND LIMITED 2003-09-15 → 2017-03-09
- BLAND & SON LIMITED 2002-05-31 → 2003-09-15
- BLAND & SON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 1984-04-02 → 2002-05-31
- BLAND & SON (INSURANCE CONSULTANTS) LIMITED 1976-12-01 → 1984-04-02
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £2,097,473 | £1,422,552 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£349,500 | -£191,643 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£352,809 | -£190,653 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£288,748 | -£124,380 | |
| Cash | £345,878 | £456,546 | £93,607 | £95,337 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £515,734 | £655,261 | £33,041 | £658,661 | |
| Net assets | £509,934 | £655,261 | £33,041 | £658,661 | |
| Equity | £509,934 | £655,261 | £33,041 | £658,661 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 44 | 29 | 17 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,361,089 | £991,367 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -16.7% | -13.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -13.8% | -8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -1057.8% | -29.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.00x | 2.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -65.35x | — |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“A decision has been made by the Directors to novate the Company's business activities to its parent company, Emery (IFA) Limited. It is the intention of the directors that the company will become dormant by the end of June 2025. For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material accounting adjustments have arisen as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “No events have occurred between the balance sheet date and the date of this report, which have had an adjusting or non-adjusting impact on the results and amounts disclosed in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREELY, Michael Dominic | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEATH, Truan James | Secretary | 2012-04-16 | 2021-09-01 |
| HAWES, Jeremy Steed | Secretary | — | 1999-04-30 |
| MCKAY, Simon Ian William | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2012-04-16 |
| BANKS, Nicholas Leslie | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| BLIGH, Daniel Joseph | Director | 2011-08-09 | 2019-10-01 |
| BOLTON, James Thomas | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| BRUNNING, James William | Director | 2023-08-15 | 2025-03-30 |
| BUCHANAN, John Grant | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2022-02-18 |
| EDGE, Andrew Edwin | Director | 2011-11-03 | 2013-07-12 |
| EMERY, Peter Leonard | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-08-15 |
| HEWITT, Neil Gordon | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2022-03-21 |
| HUTCHINSON, Nigel Healy | Director | 1997-04-30 | 2011-08-30 |
| LONG, Timothy Jonathan Adam | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2018-10-16 |
| MCKAY, Simon Ian William | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2012-04-16 |
| MILLS, Stuart | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| MULLEY, Timothy John | Director | 1997-04-30 | 2021-09-01 |
| NEWLAND, John William | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| RICHES, Gary Leonard | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2022-03-15 |
| STRICKLAND, Andrew Paul | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2018-04-01 |
| TWINN, Eric Robin | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emery (Ifa) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-01 | Active |
| Scrutton Bland Nominees | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2021-09-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
-32.2%
£2,097,473 £1,422,552
-
Cash
+1.8%
£93,607 £95,337
-
Net assets
+1,893.5%
£33,041 £658,661
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-41.4%
29 17
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+45.2%
-£349,500 -£191,643
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Profit before tax
+46%
-£352,809 -£190,653
-
Wages
-27.2%
£1,361,089 £991,367
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