ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
Cash
£114K
-10.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-85.8% vs 2024
Employees
1,717
+4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16M
+8.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-05-01
- ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED 2024-05-01 → present
- ALLEN & OVERY SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED 1994-01-11 → 2024-05-01
- ALLEN & OVERY 1987-08-28 → 1994-01-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £311,699,925 | £333,455,790 | |
| Operating profit | £14,555,041 | £15,819,683 | |
| Profit before tax | £14,594,148 | £15,869,967 | |
| Net profit | £10,965,190 | £11,955,711 | |
| Cash | £127,417 | £114,125 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,965,192 | £1,559,817 | |
| Equity | £10,965,192 | £1,559,817 | |
| Average employees | 1,641 | 1,717 | |
| Wages | £249,142,550 | £253,797,304 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.31x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7554.77x |
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
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the company's ultimate parent, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP. The directors have received confirmation that Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP intends to support the company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2024 the company changed its name from Allen & Overy Service Company Limited to Allen Overy Shearman Sterling Service Company Limited.”
- “On 29 April 2025, the entire issued share capital of the company was transferred from its previous immediate parent, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Legal Advisers) Limited (formerly Allen & Overy (Legal Advisers) Limited), to another undertaking within the Allen Overy Shearman Sterling group, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Holdings) Limited (formerly Allen & Overy (Holdings) Limited), as part of a group reorganisation. The transaction was completed at the carrying value.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL-GAROUSHA, Khalid Soleiman | Director | 2024-05-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| CONDUIT, Timothy Clive | Director | 2025-03-10 | Apr 1973 | British |
| EKUÉ, Hervé Roland Adade | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jan 1972 | French |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALLUM, Heather | Secretary | 2003-07-31 | 2014-01-08 |
| ROUSE, Edward George | Secretary | — | 2003-07-31 |
| BALLHEIMER, Andrew Mark | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| BERINGER, Guy Gibson | Director | 2000-05-16 | 2008-05-01 |
| BROWNE, Richard Kimberley John | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2024-07-15 |
| CRANFIELD, Richard William Lionel | Director | 2000-05-16 | 2021-09-30 |
| DEJONGHE, Willem Michel Georges Clara | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| HERBERT, Anthony James | Director | 1994-08-15 | 2000-05-15 |
| KENNEDY, John Maxwell | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| MONK, Paul Nicholas | Director | 1994-08-15 | 2004-03-08 |
| MORLEY, David Howard | Director | 2000-05-16 | 2016-04-30 |
| NORRIS, William Vernon Wentworth | Director | — | 1995-11-15 |
| PRICE, Gareth David | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2023-07-10 |
| RINK, John Stuart | Director | 1994-07-14 | 2003-04-18 |
| SYKES, Richard Hugh | Director | 1995-11-12 | 2000-05-15 |
| TUDOR JOHN, William | Director | — | 1999-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-29 | Active |
| Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Legal Advisers) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+7%
£311,699,925 £333,455,790
-
Cash
-10.4%
£127,417 £114,125
-
Net assets
-85.8%
£10,965,192 £1,559,817
-
Employees
+4.6%
1,641 1,717
-
Operating profit
+8.7%
£14,555,041 £15,819,683
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Profit before tax
+8.7%
£14,594,148 £15,869,967
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Wages
+1.9%
£249,142,550 £253,797,304
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers