SYMINGTON'S LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-21 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+145.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£24M
+0.8% vs 2023
Employees
580
-13.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£883K
-47.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SYMINGTON'S LIMITED 2006-12-18 → present
- BRAND PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 1990-08-06 → 2006-12-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £124,553,000 | £111,667,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,028,000 | £887,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,676,000 | £883,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,376,000 | £244,000 | |
| Cash | £3,319,000 | £8,154,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,698,000 | £24,444,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,554,000 | £23,750,000 | |
| Equity | £23,554,000 | £23,750,000 | |
| Average employees | 669 | 580 | |
| Wages | £19,369,000 | £17,803,000 |
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 | 1.6% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.2% | 53.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 5.75x | 7.99x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. On this basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SYMINGTON'S LIMITED · parent
- Symington's Holdings Limited 100%
- Symingtons PTY (Subsidiary of Symington's Holdings Limited) 100%
Significant events
- “After Newlat Food's acquisition of Princes Limited (Princes) in July 2024, all Newlat's activities in the UK are going to be integrated into the single entity Princess Limited with effect from from January 1st 2025.”
- “On 1 January 2025 the existing Symington's business was transferred to its fellow group company, Princes UK Limited. The company has not ceased trading and will continue to trade as an asset management business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-07 | — | — |
| FAZZARI, Fabio | Director | 2021-08-04 | May 1978 | Italian |
| MASTROLIA, Angelo | Director | 2021-08-04 | Dec 1964 | Italian |
| MASTROLIA, Benedetta | Director | 2021-08-04 | Oct 1995 | Italian |
| MASTROLIA, Giuseppe | Director | 2021-08-04 | Feb 1989 | Italian |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAITHWAITE, Janice Margaret | Secretary | 1998-01-01 | 2000-07-05 |
| KITSON, John Edward | Secretary | 2016-10-17 | 2017-02-24 |
| MICKLETHWAITE, Andrew | Secretary | 2000-07-05 | 2007-09-14 |
| MITCHELL, Simon Anthony | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| SALKELD, David John | Secretary | 2007-09-14 | 2016-10-17 |
| BOULTER, Christian Steven | Director | 2022-02-15 | 2024-05-22 |
| BREESE, Henry Strother Colquhoun | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2022-04-30 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Kevin John | Director | 2022-02-15 | 2022-10-31 |
| COX, David Leslie | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2021-12-31 |
| KITSON, John Edward | Director | 2008-03-03 | 2017-02-24 |
| LEE, Anthony Victor | Director | — | 2000-07-05 |
| LEE, Matthew | Director | 2017-02-13 | 2020-03-31 |
| MICKLETHWAITE, Andrew | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2007-09-14 |
| MITCHELL, Simon Anthony | Director | — | 2000-07-05 |
| MUSTOE, John William Tarleton | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2006-07-20 |
| PADE, Henrik Nygaard | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2017-02-25 |
| POWER, John | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2019-09-27 |
| ROBERTSHAW, Tim | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2007-09-14 |
| SALKELD, David John | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2016-10-17 |
| SIDDALL, Philip Graham | Director | 2006-07-18 | 2007-09-14 |
| URMSTON, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2018-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlat Food S.P.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-04 | Active |
| Speedboat Acquisitionco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-05-27 | Ceased 2021-08-04 |
| Speedboat Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-04 |
| Brand Partnership (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-10.3%
£124,553,000 £111,667,000
-
Cash
+145.7%
£3,319,000 £8,154,000
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£23,554,000 £23,750,000
-
Employees
-13.3%
669 580
-
Operating profit
-56.3%
£2,028,000 £887,000
-
Profit before tax
-47.3%
£1,676,000 £883,000
-
Wages
-8.1%
£19,369,000 £17,803,000
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