PRUDENTIAL UNIT TRUSTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
Cash
£549K
-50% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-10% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£52K
+40.5% 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 Company has prepared the financial statements for both 18 month period ended 30 June 2025 and previous year ended 31 December 2023 on a basis other than going concern, as the deauthorisation process is completed, the Directors intend to liquidate the Company in the near future.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- PRUDENTIAL UNIT TRUSTS LIMITED 1992-01-01 → present
- PRUDENTIAL HOLBORN UNIT TRUSTS LIMITED 1987-09-21 → 1992-01-01
- PRUDENTIAL UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 1984-09-20 → 1987-09-21
- STAPLE SECURITIES LIMITED 1984-02-29 → 1984-09-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £37,000 | £52,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,000 | £39,000 | |
| Cash | £1,097,000 | £549,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,610,000 | £5,049,000 | |
| Equity | £5,610,000 | £5,049,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 5611.00x | 2525.50x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company has prepared the financial statements for both 18 month period ended 30 June 2025 and previous year ended 31 December 2023 on a basis other than going concern, as the deauthorisation process is completed, the Directors intend to liquidate the Company in the near future.”
Significant events
- “The Company is deauthorised with effect from 25 June 2024 as a result of approval of deauthorisation application submitted to FCA on 21 September 2023. The Directors intend to liquidate the Company in near future, with the parent company bearing any liquidation costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M&G MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-02-01 | — | — |
| GILBERT, David Hugh | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| MCMORRAN, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2025-01-01 | Dec 1974 | British |
| MUMFORD, Laurence John | Director | 2004-12-17 | Apr 1966 | British |
| SMYTH, Christopher Maurice | Director | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACDONALD, Kerryn Lynn | Secretary | 2004-04-30 | 2005-03-09 |
| MCCLELLAND, Jonathan Peter | Secretary | 2001-01-08 | 2002-06-26 |
| MOLLOY, Fiona Jane | Secretary | 2002-06-26 | 2006-01-13 |
| RUTHERFORD, Adam Paul | Secretary | 1998-10-27 | 2000-01-14 |
| SIGLEY, Angela | Secretary | 2000-01-14 | 2000-03-20 |
| WALKER, Robert | Secretary | — | 1998-10-27 |
| WINDRIDGE, Susan Doreen | Secretary | 2000-03-20 | 2001-01-08 |
| ALLISTON, Nicholas Ben-Gough | Director | 1997-06-09 | 1997-11-06 |
| ASHPLANT, Anthony John | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2001-11-15 |
| BEDELL PEARCE, Keith Leonard | Director | — | 1997-04-06 |
| BOYLING, Nigel Stephen | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2001-11-15 |
| CARTER, Deborah Jacqueline | Director | 2005-02-24 | 2008-10-31 |
| CASSONI, Maria Luisa | Director | 1996-01-03 | 1998-05-14 |
| CHEAL, Trevor | Director | 2009-02-05 | 2010-03-31 |
| COOK, Rodney Malcolm | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2006-06-13 |
| COOK, Stephen James | Director | 1998-05-14 | 1999-07-30 |
| COURTNAY SMITH, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2004-01-19 |
| DARBY, Lavinia Ulrike | Director | 2008-09-24 | 2011-12-23 |
| DIBBEN, David William | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2004-10-31 |
| DONALDSON, William Allan | Director | 1998-05-14 | 1998-12-21 |
| ELBOURNE, John Kenneth | Director | 1997-03-27 | 1998-05-14 |
| ELLIOTT, Symon | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1995-02-28 |
| FIELD, Richard Julian | Director | 2002-09-02 | 2003-05-08 |
| FITZGERALD, Sean Andrew | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2024-12-31 |
| FLYNN, Roger Patrick | Director | 1999-10-11 | 2000-09-20 |
| HIGGINBOTHAM, Robert Charles Trant | Director | 1998-05-14 | 1999-06-30 |
| HITCHENS, Gary Anthony | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2002-09-23 |
| JACKSON, Christopher Ian | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2013-04-30 |
| JENKINS, Hugh Royston | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Martin | Director | 1999-09-28 | 2016-06-13 |
| MACDOWALL, Graham Williamson | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2019-01-04 |
| NOTT, William John | Director | 2006-03-27 | 2017-12-31 |
| RICHMOND, Carol Ann | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2001-12-03 |
| SCRINE, Leslie John | Director | 2005-04-08 | 2012-04-30 |
| SHAUGHNESSY, Gary Paul John | Director | 2001-11-22 | 2008-06-12 |
| SMITH, Alan Edward | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2001-02-26 |
| TALBOT, John Richard | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2013-06-30 |
| TAMLYN, Andrew | Director | 1998-05-14 | 1999-06-30 |
| THOMPSON, Mark Alan | Director | 2010-05-18 | 2010-12-10 |
| THOMPSON, Mark Alan | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2000-06-16 |
| TOMLINS, John | Director | 1996-12-30 | 1997-06-06 |
| TOMPKINS, Sean | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2001-10-31 |
| TUSTAIN, Leeroy Robert | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2019-06-26 |
| VASILIEFF, William George | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2001-04-30 |
| WARBURTON, John | Director | 2011-06-28 | 2015-11-17 |
| WATSON, David Kenneth | Director | 1999-09-28 | 2001-11-15 |
| WREN, Alan Christopher | Director | — | 1992-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M&G Fa Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 264 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-18 | 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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-50%
£1,097,000 £549,000
-
Net assets
-10%
£5,610,000 £5,049,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+40.5%
£37,000 £52,000
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