SL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-18 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-40.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-35.7% vs 2023
Employees
31
-3.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
-54% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2009-10-23 → present
- SURRENDA-LINK LIMITED 1990-03-26 → 2009-10-23
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 | £22,382,042 | £18,780,065 | |
| Operating profit | £12,776,820 | £5,629,934 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,947,800 | £5,961,778 | |
| Net profit | £9,901,320 | £4,464,222 | |
| Cash | £10,157,932 | £6,060,934 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,323,126 | £5,350,940 | |
| Net assets | £8,323,126 | £5,350,940 | |
| Equity | £8,323,126 | £5,350,940 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 31 | |
| Wages | £1,874,087 | £3,965,789 |
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 | 57.1% | 30.0% | |
| Net margin | 44.2% | 23.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 153.5% | 105.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.0% | 45.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.42x | 2.17x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In the Directors' opinion the Company is able to meet all liabilities as they fall due for 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements and accordingly have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain investments and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and applicable accounting standards in the United Kingdom.”
Group structure
- SL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Lifestar Management Ltd 0%
- Blackoak Capital Partners Ltd 51%
Significant events
- “During the year the Directors of the Company declared dividends totalling £7,436,408.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, John | Secretary | 2013-04-30 | — | — |
| GOUGH, Alan | Director | 2025-10-16 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
| IRELAND, Robert Mark | Director | 2016-04-21 | May 1978 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Daniel John | Director | 2016-04-21 | Sep 1970 | British |
| MCADAMS, Patrick | Director | 2006-04-24 | Dec 1975 | American |
| SANDS, Cuthbert Paul | Director | — | Apr 1943 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROOME, Gareth David | Secretary | 2002-12-27 | 2013-04-30 |
| MORAN, Noel | Secretary | — | 1992-04-09 |
| PHELAN, Bryan Patrick Martin | Secretary | 1992-04-09 | 1993-04-30 |
| LEES LLOYD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-11-02 | 2002-12-27 |
| BRETTELL, Jeremy Macduff | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2011-05-18 |
| CLODE, Peter Cedric, Doctor | Director | 2000-01-27 | 2009-11-02 |
| GROOME, Gareth David | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2013-04-30 |
| HAYES, Ernest | Director | 2004-08-04 | 2005-08-19 |
| HINDLE, Peter Anthony | Director | 2009-02-26 | 2009-07-30 |
| LEE, Robert | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2017-09-26 |
| MORAN, Noel | Director | — | 1992-04-09 |
| MORTLOCK, Philip John | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| MORTLOCK, Philip John | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2014-05-01 |
| MURPHY, John Anthony | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2025-10-16 |
| ROXBURGH, David William James | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2021-07-28 |
| SEMPLE, Michael | Director | — | 2017-10-19 |
| TAYLOR, Alec David | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2024-07-19 |
| PHILLIP JOHN MORTLOCK | Corporate Director | 2010-10-01 | 2010-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio Design Group International Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-27 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-27 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-27 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-16.1%
£22,382,042 £18,780,065
-
Cash
-40.3%
£10,157,932 £6,060,934
-
Net assets
-35.7%
£8,323,126 £5,350,940
-
Employees
-3.1%
32 31
-
Operating profit
-55.9%
£12,776,820 £5,629,934
-
Profit before tax
-54%
£12,947,800 £5,961,778
-
Wages
+111.6%
£1,874,087 £3,965,789
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