GAM STERLING MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
Cash
£321K
-18.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-13.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£422K
+23.6% 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
The Directors intend to liquidate the Company in 2025 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £3,093,000 | £1,927,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£577,000 | -£432,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£552,000 | -£422,000 | |
| Net profit | -£562,000 | -£422,000 | |
| Cash | £393,000 | £321,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,145,000 | £2,723,000 | |
| Equity | £3,145,000 | £2,723,000 | |
| 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 | -18.7% | -22.4% | |
| Net margin | -18.2% | -21.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.8% | 75.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.32x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors intend to liquidate the Company in 2025 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Directors intend to liquidate the Company in 2025 following the transfer of the ACD.”
- “In 2024, the Company saw its Assets under Management (AuM) decrease by 82% from £533 million (2023) to £95 million.”
- “The decline in AUM is attributed to the transfer of the UK Equity Fund and the two portfolio managers to Jupiter Asset Management ("Jupiter") following a definitive agreement signed on 20th November 2023. The fund was fully transferred to Jupiter by July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THURSTON, Claire | Secretary | 2021-08-02 | — | — |
| CZYZOWSKA, Magdalena | Director | 2026-04-14 | Feb 1980 | British |
| WHALE, Duncan | Director | 2025-10-22 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Catriona Ann | Secretary | 2012-08-13 | 2017-09-19 |
| MIKE-EZE, Cynthia | Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2021-08-02 |
| MILLER, David John | Secretary | — | 2000-06-19 |
| SULLIVAN, Scott | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2012-08-13 |
| WILLS, Andrew Michael | Secretary | 2000-06-19 | 2006-04-01 |
| ARGI, Edouard | Director | — | 2000-05-19 |
| BEESLEY, Matthew Charles | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2019-12-03 |
| BEEVOR, Christopher | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2025-10-08 |
| BENNETT, John | Director | 1993-05-14 | 2003-01-31 |
| BOEHNI, Kaspar | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| BRANSON, Doug | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2020-05-08 |
| BUNKER, Michael Stewart | Director | — | 2003-03-26 |
| CAPLAN, Daniel | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2019-07-22 |
| CRERAR, John Graham | Director | 1993-05-14 | 1994-06-30 |
| CULL, Richard Brian | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2017-12-12 |
| DE BOTTON, Gilbert | Director | — | 2000-05-19 |
| DOBIE, Clare Juliet | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2005-03-15 |
| DOWD, Tom Martin | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2019-05-01 |
| ELLIS, Simon Charles | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2026-01-31 |
| GINSBERG, Jeffrey | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2011-06-30 |
| HANGES, Andrew | Director | 2000-11-10 | 2018-05-18 |
| HARRISON, Martin Edward | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-01-31 |
| HAZLETON, Tomas Joseph | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2013-07-05 |
| HOFMANN, Sybille | Director | 2019-11-05 | 2026-01-31 |
| HORSEMAN, John | Director | — | 1999-07-23 |
| HOUSTON, David Arthur | Director | 1994-03-01 | 1996-07-12 |
| KIRKBY, Paul Stanley | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| MONEDERO, Clementa | Director | 2010-04-23 | 2017-12-05 |
| NAYLOR, Charles Edmiund Francis | Director | 2021-02-10 | 2024-02-22 |
| NICHOLLS, Darren Edward | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2021-11-23 |
| O'MAHONY, Nora Agnes | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2017-05-22 |
| PRATT, Andrew Leonard | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2022-03-22 |
| RAEBURN, Denis | Director | — | 2000-05-19 |
| RAINSFORD, Timothy Cameron | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2020-08-14 |
| SMITH, David Ian | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2012-08-13 |
| SMOUHA, Jeremy Alan | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2011-06-30 |
| SULLIVAN, Scott | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2012-08-13 |
| TITMAN, Melanie Adrienne | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2005-02-28 |
| WAINER, Graham Derek | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2012-08-13 |
| WALLIS, Craig Brian | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2016-03-08 |
| WILLS, Andrew Michael | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2010-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gam Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-08-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-37.7%
£3,093,000 £1,927,000
-
Cash
-18.3%
£393,000 £321,000
-
Net assets
-13.4%
£3,145,000 £2,723,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+25.1%
-£577,000 -£432,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.6%
-£552,000 -£422,000
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