SARASIN INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
-5.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-14.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
-10.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- SARASIN INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED 1999-09-21 → present
- SARASIN UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 1998-08-21 → 1999-09-21
- ELY PLACE UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 1994-06-20 → 1998-08-21
- ELCON LIMITED 1987-12-03 → 1994-06-20
- TROWMAN LIMITED 1987-11-10 → 1987-12-03
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 | £48,440,000 | £49,183,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,081,000 | £7,977,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,308,000 | £8,297,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,122,000 | £6,221,000 | |
| Cash | £12,795,000 | £12,086,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £12,708,000 | £10,857,000 | |
| Equity | £12,708,000 | £10,857,000 | |
| 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% | 16.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 12.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.9% | 42.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | 9081.00x | — |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months after the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No events have occurred since the reporting date that have an impact on the Statement of Financial Position or the Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAUGHLIN, Ailsa Louise | Secretary | 2017-02-08 | — | — |
| JEFFRIES, Simon Alexander Mark | Director | 2015-03-12 | Jan 1973 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Guy Vincent | Director | 2000-08-22 | Jun 1965 | British |
| STEINBERG, Gary | Director | 2019-07-30 | Apr 1952 | British |
| TRACEY, Elizabeth Emma | Director | 2019-10-04 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOORMAN, John Edward | Secretary | — | 1993-08-31 |
| BURNLEY, Martyn James | Secretary | 1993-08-31 | 1994-06-10 |
| EVANS, Nicola Clare | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | 2014-06-27 |
| LARKINS, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2014-09-24 | 2015-02-27 |
| LEWIS, Eric Bowes | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2006-12-31 |
| WHATLEY, John, Mr. | Secretary | 1994-06-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| BEGBIES CHETTLE AGAR LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-08-27 | 2006-12-31 |
| EVERETT CHETTLE & CO | Corporate Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2002-08-27 |
| BARRATT, Eric George | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| BELL, Christopher Richard | Director | 2017-08-07 | 2019-12-19 |
| COCKERILL, Desmond Frank | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| CROWTHER, George Anthony | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| DUNMORE, Eric Maurice | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| FORDE, Mathew Ivo Hubert Boys | Director | 2001-03-27 | 2003-01-13 |
| GIFFEN, George | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| GROSSMANN, Hans-Peter | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2014-08-31 |
| HALL, Andrew John | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2000-08-22 |
| JENNINGS, George William Bryan | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| JENNINGS, Michael Wesley Bryan | Director | 1999-03-03 | 2001-07-17 |
| LAKE, John Burton | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2020-03-31 |
| MONSON, John Guy Elmhirst | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2004-10-21 |
| OSSENBRINK, Nils | Director | 2003-05-15 | 2014-12-15 |
| PARAVICINI, Nicholas Vincent Somerset | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| RIVETT-CARNAC, Simon Miles | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2017-08-31 |
| SARASIN, Beat Alexander, Dr | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2000-08-22 |
| SERVICE, Thomas Nicholas Mckinlay | Director | 2004-10-21 | 2004-10-21 |
| SERVICE, Thomas Nicholas Mckinlay | Director | 1999-02-16 | 2010-03-18 |
| SERVICE, Thomas Nicholas Mckinlay | Director | 1998-06-30 | 1999-02-16 |
| SEWELL, David John Elliott | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1997-03-13 |
| SIMPSON, Henry Mckay | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| WEBB, John Sherwood | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| WEBER, Markus Ernst | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2003-03-12 |
| WHATLEY, John, Mr. | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| WITTENDORFER, Rolf Max | Director | 1998-07-17 | 2007-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasin & Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.5%
£48,440,000 £49,183,000
-
Cash
-5.5%
£12,795,000 £12,086,000
-
Net assets
-14.6%
£12,708,000 £10,857,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-12.2%
£9,081,000 £7,977,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.9%
£9,308,000 £8,297,000
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