ST. JAMES’S PLACE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
-5.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
-1.7% vs 2023
Employees
188
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+68.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-29
- ST. JAMES’S PLACE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2025-12-29 → present
- ROWAN DARTINGTON & CO. LIMITED 1992-12-01 → 2025-12-29
- ROWAN DARTINGTON & CO LIMITED 1992-11-16 → 1992-12-01
- OVAL (823) LIMITED 1992-10-01 → 1992-11-16
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 | £24,755,425 | £24,870,139 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,944,875 | -£2,751,582 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,595,145 | -£1,784,673 | |
| Net profit | -£3,972,822 | -£1,052,088 | |
| Cash | £20,854,559 | £19,699,096 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,817,144 | £20,687,193 | |
| Net assets | £19,750,955 | £19,408,657 | |
| Equity | £19,750,955 | £19,408,657 | |
| Average employees | 192 | 188 | |
| Wages | £12,261,042 | £11,247,165 |
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 | -32.1% | -11.1% | |
| Net margin | -16.0% | -4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -34.8% | -13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.1% | 52.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | -194.21x | -600.39x |
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 Board believes that, with the Group's support, the Company will continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements, as per the letter of support dated 22 April 2025.”
Group structure
- ST. JAMES’S PLACE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Cabot Portfolio Nominees Limited 100%
- Dartington Portfolio Nominees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The £1.1m loss in 2024 compares to losses of £9.6m and £4.0m in 2022 and 2023 respectively.”
- “The Company is currently re-platforming its back office systems to an outsourced provider. Recognising the risks inherent in a project of this scale, oversight and change management practices aligned with the level of change are maintained within a robust governance framework.”
- “During the financial year ended 31 December 2024, the lease agreement for Temple Point, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, BS1 6NL came to an end. Following the lease termination, Rowan Dartington employees relocated to alternative Group premises in Bristol.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST. JAMES'S PLACE CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-09-22 | — | — |
| BULSTRODE, Marc Robert Andrew | Director | 2024-11-28 | Sep 1968 | British |
| COCKERILL, Glenn | Director | 2018-08-23 | Apr 1978 | British |
| LEATHER, Mark Kevin | Director | 2019-01-17 | Dec 1973 | English |
| ONUEKWUSI, Justin Chukwuma | Director | 2025-07-07 | Jan 1982 | British |
| ROWE, Sharon | Director | 2024-11-07 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVERY, Ernest Roy | Secretary | 1992-11-13 | 1993-03-01 |
| BARNFIELD, Richard James | Secretary | 1993-03-01 | 1994-09-14 |
| BIGGS, Malcolm Graham | Secretary | 1999-12-15 | 2007-04-05 |
| BROKENSHA, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2008-05-01 | 2009-10-29 |
| BURROWS, David | Secretary | 2010-07-19 | 2016-09-22 |
| COOKE, Oliver Charles | Secretary | 2009-10-29 | 2010-07-16 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-14 | 2008-05-02 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-10-01 | 1992-11-13 |
| ADAMS, Marcus | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2018-01-03 |
| BARNFIELD, Richard James | Director | 1997-06-16 | 2006-03-10 |
| BEAL, Thomas Chatterton | Director | 2022-05-12 | 2025-09-08 |
| BETTERIDGE, John Clark | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2020-06-30 |
| BURROWS, David | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2016-09-22 |
| CHEAL, Trevor | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2019-11-26 |
| CHEAL, Trevor | Director | 2012-07-13 | 2014-11-19 |
| CLARK, Adrian, Mr | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2019-09-26 |
| COCKERILL, Timothy John | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-04-11 |
| COE, Michael Charles | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-07-31 |
| COOKE, Oliver Charles | Director | 2009-03-24 | 2009-10-30 |
| COOPER, Ben Douglas | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2017-11-02 |
| COOPER, John Nicholas | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2017-11-02 |
| COUCH, David Paul | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2010-03-31 |
| COWELL, Stephen Oliver Charles | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-04-11 |
| COXELL, Graham Peter | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2019-11-26 |
| DU BOULAY, Robin Bernard Houssemayne | Director | 1992-11-13 | 2006-08-28 |
| EVANS, Suzanne Elizabeth | Director | 2010-06-11 | 2017-04-20 |
| GARDNER, Robert James | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| GENTLE, Craig Gordon | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2023-05-02 |
| HIRD, Jonathan Denis Beatson | Director | 2007-09-25 | 2009-07-29 |
| HOBBS, David Geoffrey | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2024-11-30 |
| HOLT, Clare | Director | 2018-01-05 | 2019-01-17 |
| HUNT, Nicholas James | Director | 2017-08-09 | 2021-07-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Neil David | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2012-06-12 |
| HUTSON, James Alexis | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2010-11-05 |
| JONES, Stephen | Director | 2018-07-06 | 2023-12-14 |
| JOY, Peter Colin Murray | Director | 2008-06-24 | 2009-01-13 |
| JUKES, Robert | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-05-12 |
| LEWIS, Justin Llewellyn Gareth | Director | 2009-01-13 | 2009-03-31 |
| MANN, Anthony Charles Douglas | Director | 1996-06-13 | 2003-12-31 |
| MONK, Andrew Anthony | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2009-01-13 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2011-06-15 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2010-03-31 |
| NEWTON, Barrie John, Brea Avalon Llp | Director | 1992-11-13 | 2008-02-15 |
| RICHARDS, Fiona Bannatyne | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-09-09 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2008-12-16 |
| SNOW, David Wallace Ballintine | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2014-11-19 |
| SNOW, David Wallace Ballintine | Director | 2009-03-24 | 2011-03-08 |
| STEPHENS, Guy Jonathan | Director | 2011-11-02 | 2017-04-11 |
| STOKES, Kenneth Arthur | Director | 1992-11-13 | 2006-03-10 |
| TOBEY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2010-04-12 |
| VANDYK, Edward | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2010-05-26 |
| VANDYK, Edward | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2007-03-05 |
| WAKEFIELD, John Nigel | Director | 1992-11-13 | 2006-07-31 |
| WILKINS, Gary Terence | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2009-09-21 |
| WILLIAMSON, Daniel John | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-04-11 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-10-01 | 1992-11-13 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-10-01 | 1992-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan Dartington Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 316 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2023-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-31 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2024-01-31 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
+0.5%
£24,755,425 £24,870,139
-
Cash
-5.5%
£20,854,559 £19,699,096
-
Net assets
-1.7%
£19,750,955 £19,408,657
-
Employees
-2.1%
192 188
-
Operating profit
+65.4%
-£7,944,875 -£2,751,582
-
Profit before tax
+68.1%
-£5,595,145 -£1,784,673
-
Wages
-8.3%
£12,261,042 £11,247,165
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