SUMITOMO MITSUI DS ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+83.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+2.5% vs 2023
Employees
33
+17.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£321K
-56.4% vs 2023
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 | £12,103,267 | £15,746,806 | |
| Operating profit | £357,996 | -£103,164 | |
| Profit before tax | £737,634 | £321,244 | |
| Net profit | £571,649 | £241,357 | |
| Cash | £1,150,440 | £2,107,752 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,582,023 | £9,823,380 | |
| Net assets | £9,582,023 | £9,823,380 | |
| Equity | £9,582,023 | £9,823,380 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 33 | |
| Wages | £2,892,124 | £4,288,633 |
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 | 3.0% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | -1.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.33x | 3.36x | |
| Interest cover | 6.14x | -1.82x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's annual financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. This basis presumes that management neither intends to cease trading nor has any intention of doing so in the foreseeable future. The directors are confident that the company is a going concern based on the assessment of the company's business activities, together with its financial position, cash flows and liquidity position.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (UK) Limited (SMDAM) entered into agreements with IT, information data, and legal service providers in relation to a new joint project with SMBC Bank International plc. These agreements, signed after 31 December 2024, involve commitments amounting to approximately £2.5 million for IT infrastructure and legal costs (2023: Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUTLER, John Edward | Secretary | 2025-10-16 | — | — |
| KATO, Hiroaki | Director | 2024-08-12 | Mar 1974 | Japanese |
| SUZUKI, Takenari | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1969 | Japanese |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUKUMURO, Eiji | Secretary | 1998-04-10 | 2006-08-31 |
| FURUKAWA, Chie | Secretary | 2018-04-24 | 2024-03-08 |
| HORI, Hiroshi | Secretary | 1996-03-21 | 1998-04-09 |
| IMAI, Yuichi | Secretary | 1995-02-01 | 1996-03-21 |
| IMAI, Yuichi | Secretary | — | 1992-07-17 |
| INOHARA, Noriyuki | Secretary | 1992-07-17 | 1995-02-01 |
| ITO, Yuichiro, Company Secretary&Compliance Officer | Secretary | 2006-10-11 | 2010-08-17 |
| MARMALIDOU, Anastasia | Secretary | 2024-03-11 | 2025-10-16 |
| NISHIHARA, Katsumi | Secretary | 2010-08-17 | 2018-02-23 |
| SATO, Tadashi | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2006-10-10 |
| TAYLOR, Chiaki | Secretary | 2018-02-23 | 2018-04-23 |
| CURTIS, Neil | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| FUKUMURO, Eiji | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2018-09-01 |
| GREEN, Richard David | Director | — | 1996-01-04 |
| HAGI, Tadashi | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| HIGGINS, Alan Roger | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1997-10-29 |
| HORI, Hiroshi | Director | 1995-03-27 | 2000-04-10 |
| HOSHINO, Kiyotaka | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2011-04-01 |
| ICHIJO, Shunsuke | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2005-04-11 |
| IMAI, Tsuyoshi | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| IMAI, Yuichi | Director | 1992-07-17 | 1996-03-21 |
| ISHIHARA, Daisuke | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| ISHIMARU, Shinji | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2019-10-18 |
| KANAMURA, Akihiko | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| KOHASHI, Yuichi | Director | 2000-04-10 | 2002-10-07 |
| MIYAGAKI, Naoya | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2021-03-31 |
| NAKAMURA, Chikara | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| NISHINO, Shunsuke | Director | 2002-10-07 | 2005-09-16 |
| OBARA, Michio | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2015-05-11 |
| OKADA, Junya | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2023-01-31 |
| OTSUKA, Sunao | Director | 2012-05-28 | 2015-10-01 |
| OZAKI, Hideomi | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-10-18 |
| SAKAMOTO, Toru | Director | — | 1992-07-17 |
| SATO, Tadashi | Director | 2005-06-02 | 2008-06-20 |
| TANAKA, Hideo | Director | — | 1995-03-29 |
| TERASHIMA, Junichi | Director | 2008-06-03 | 2012-05-28 |
| UENO, Takahiro | Director | 2018-09-18 | 2023-06-30 |
| VITHLANI, Prashant Manilal | Director | 1995-04-28 | 1998-02-06 |
| WAKABAYASHI, Nobumasa | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2002-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-31 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+30.1%
£12,103,267 £15,746,806
-
Cash
+83.2%
£1,150,440 £2,107,752
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£9,582,023 £9,823,380
-
Employees
+17.9%
28 33
-
Operating profit
-128.8%
£357,996 -£103,164
-
Profit before tax
-56.4%
£737,634 £321,244
-
Wages
+48.3%
£2,892,124 £4,288,633
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