BIRCHWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
Cash
£730K
-2.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£741K
-4.2% vs 2023
Employees
22
+10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£34K
-126.1% 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
Forecasts include the continuing effect of DFM services migrating to Stonewood Wealth Management LLP. Negotiations ongoing for potential sale of the company and its holding company, which could complete within 12 months. This represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, despite directors' reasonable expectation to continue in operational existence.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIRCHWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1984-03-28 → present
- BIRCHWOOD UNIT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1984-01-24 → 1984-03-28
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 | £2,189,441 | £2,216,287 | |
| Operating profit | £129,131 | -£37,912 | |
| Profit before tax | £129,131 | -£33,664 | |
| Net profit | £150,695 | -£32,372 | |
| Cash | £746,115 | £730,244 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £777,073 | £743,409 | |
| Net assets | £772,953 | £740,581 | |
| Equity | £772,953 | £740,581 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 22 | |
| Wages | £1,093,908 | £1,107,502 |
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 | 5.9% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | -5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 31.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.36x | 3.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | -18.58x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Forecasts include the continuing effect of DFM services migrating to Stonewood Wealth Management LLP. Negotiations ongoing for potential sale of the company and its holding company, which could complete within 12 months. This represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, despite directors' reasonable expectation to continue in operational existence.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Jason | Director | 2025-11-28 | Mar 1974 | British |
| UNDERWOOD, Daniel Robert | Director | 2025-11-28 | May 1983 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Margaret Ann Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-08-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| LUCKINS, Andrew Roger | Secretary | — | 2003-08-31 |
| FOX, Wesley | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2016-01-18 |
| GRAY, Margaret Ann Elizabeth | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| KATTEN, Adam Simon | Director | 2014-10-31 | 2025-11-28 |
| LORD, Sarah Joanna | Director | 2023-09-27 | 2025-11-28 |
| LUCKINS, Andrew Roger | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2003-08-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-03-21 | 2025-11-28 |
| PATTERSON, Sean | Director | 2023-03-21 | 2024-05-28 |
| PAUL, Richard Jeremy | Director | 2014-10-31 | 2021-03-02 |
| PITTAL, Lee Elliott | Director | 2014-10-31 | 2023-10-26 |
| SIMMS, Peter Robert | Director | 2020-09-18 | 2025-11-28 |
| SIMMS, Trevor | Director | — | 2022-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nlp Financial Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+1.2%
£2,189,441 £2,216,287
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Cash
-2.1%
£746,115 £730,244
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Net assets
-4.2%
£772,953 £740,581
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Employees
+10%
20 22
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Operating profit
-129.4%
£129,131 -£37,912
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Profit before tax
-126.1%
£129,131 -£33,664
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Wages
+1.2%
£1,093,908 £1,107,502
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