NS PARTNERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+2.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+5.4% vs 2023
Employees
6
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£243K
-33.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- NS PARTNERS LTD 2012-10-30 → present
- NEW STAR INSTITUTIONAL MANAGERS LIMITED 2001-11-01 → 2012-10-30
- WORLDINVEST LIMITED 2000-03-17 → 2001-11-01
- UNION WORLDINVEST LIMITED 1999-05-18 → 2000-03-17
- WORLDINVEST LIMITED 1988-01-11 → 1999-05-18
- BA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1985-01-23 → 1988-01-11
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 | £18,961,000 | £19,142,000 | |
| Operating profit | £485,000 | £548,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £366,000 | £243,000 | |
| Net profit | £266,000 | £148,000 | |
| Cash | £2,666,000 | £2,733,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,696,000 | £1,781,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,680,000 | £1,771,000 | |
| Equity | £1,680,000 | £1,771,000 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | £767,000 | £1,067,000 |
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 | 2.6% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.6% | 30.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.26x |
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
- Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There are no matters to report as post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTIE, Ian James | Director | 2002-04-19 | Sep 1968 | British |
| BRAY, Timothy John | Director | 2002-04-19 | Mar 1964 | British |
| STODDART, John Warren | Director | 2011-07-01 | Jun 1963 | Canadian |
| WALSH, Michael John | Director | 2016-10-11 | Dec 1977 | Australian |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVENPORT, Kathryn Anne | Secretary | 1998-11-05 | 2000-12-31 |
| HALL, Charles Robert | Secretary | — | 1997-04-23 |
| WEEKES, Deborah Jane | Secretary | 2000-12-31 | 2001-10-24 |
| WEEKES, Deborah | Secretary | 1997-04-23 | 1998-11-05 |
| HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-06 | 2011-07-01 |
| NEW STAR ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-13 | 2009-04-06 |
| NEW STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-10-24 | 2003-11-13 |
| BEALE, Mark | Director | — | 2018-08-31 |
| BROWN, Keith Charles | Director | — | 2009-04-06 |
| COVINGTON, Howard John | Director | 2000-12-31 | 2009-04-06 |
| DUFFIELD, John Lincoln | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2009-04-06 |
| FORMICA, Andrew James | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2011-07-01 |
| FREUND, Michael | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2023-12-29 |
| HALL, Charles Robert | Director | — | 2000-06-22 |
| HARTE, Colin Peter | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| HISCOCK, Nicholas Toby | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2009-07-10 |
| JACOB, David Joseph | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2011-07-01 |
| KARKHANECHI, Soheil | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2016-09-28 |
| KIRK, Anna Elizabeth | Director | 2001-01-22 | 2023-12-29 |
| LEWIS, Richard David | Director | 1994-10-13 | 2010-02-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Steven John | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2009-07-10 |
| ROBITAILLE, Patrick | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2019-05-01 |
| RUVIGNY, Rupert Francis James Henry | Director | 2000-12-31 | 2009-04-06 |
| SANDERS, Christie Barnes | Director | 1998-07-20 | 2004-12-31 |
| SANDERS, Michelle Lee | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2007-07-01 |
| SHEWFELT, Bruce | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-06-06 |
| TURNER, Michael Craig | Director | 1996-07-25 | 1998-01-01 |
| WATSON, Rupert Michael Colvin | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2000-02-17 |
| WEEKES, Deborah Jane | Director | 2001-01-22 | 2009-04-06 |
| WHITMORE, Robert Douglas | Director | — | 1994-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldinvest Management Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 233 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
+1%
£18,961,000 £19,142,000
-
Cash
+2.5%
£2,666,000 £2,733,000
-
Net assets
+5.4%
£1,680,000 £1,771,000
-
Employees
0%
6 6
-
Operating profit
+13%
£485,000 £548,000
-
Profit before tax
-33.6%
£366,000 £243,000
-
Wages
+39.1%
£767,000 £1,067,000
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