SARASIN ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-31.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-29% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-3.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SARASIN ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1994-07-22 → present
- A. SARASIN & CO. LIMITED 1980-05-20 → 1994-07-22
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 | £4,020,000 | £3,735,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,333,000 | £2,201,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,417,000 | £2,332,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,851,000 | £1,743,000 | |
| Cash | £5,076,000 | £3,482,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,379,000 | £3,822,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,380,000 | £3,822,000 | |
| Equity | £5,380,000 | £3,822,000 | |
| 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 | 58.0% | 58.9% | |
| Net margin | 46.0% | 46.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.4% | 57.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.8% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | 10.16x | 8.89x |
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
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months after the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SARASIN ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Sarasin U.S. Services Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAUGHLIN, Ailsa Louise | Secretary | 2017-04-19 | — | — |
| BLACK, Michael Jamie Gordon | Director | 2000-11-29 | Mar 1965 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Guy Vincent | Director | 1998-04-16 | Jun 1965 | British |
| OSBORNE, Emma Charlotte | Director | 2022-11-23 | Feb 1964 | British |
| SIMONS, Hadley Jason | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jan 1980 | British |
| WOOD, Nicholas Andrew John | Director | 2013-01-17 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Nicola Clare | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | 2014-06-27 |
| LARKINS, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2014-10-02 | 2015-02-27 |
| LEWIS, Eric Bowes | Secretary | — | 2006-12-31 |
| BEGBIES CHETTLE AGAR LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-03 | 2006-12-31 |
| EVERETT CHETTLE & CO | Corporate Secretary | — | 2002-10-03 |
| DUNCAN, Ruadhri Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2023-10-12 |
| HALL, Andrew John | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2017-04-19 |
| HALL, Andrew John | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1994-12-21 |
| HUFSCHMID, Hans-Rudolf | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| MONSON, John Guy Elmhurst | Director | 1992-09-01 | 2000-11-24 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Roger Daniel | Director | 1998-05-26 | 2000-10-25 |
| PREISWERK, Matthias | Director | 1998-07-20 | 2000-08-24 |
| SARASIN, Beat Alexander, Dr | Director | — | 1992-09-02 |
| SARASIN, Eric | Director | 1992-09-01 | 2004-12-22 |
| SERVICE, Thomas Nicholas Mckinlay | Director | 2005-02-22 | 2019-12-31 |
| SERVICE, Thomas Nicholas Mckinlay | Director | — | 1994-12-21 |
| STEWART, Andrew Clyde | Director | 2008-04-02 | 2010-10-08 |
| VON GUNTEN, Beat Paul | Director | 1999-08-13 | 2000-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasin & Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-7.1%
£4,020,000 £3,735,000
-
Cash
-31.4%
£5,076,000 £3,482,000
-
Net assets
-29%
£5,380,000 £3,822,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-5.7%
£2,333,000 £2,201,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.5%
£2,417,000 £2,332,000
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