MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£66M
-19.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£246M
+5.8% vs 2024
Employees
75
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£7M
+83.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,427,000 | £29,551,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£40,664,000 | -£16,596,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£39,690,000 | -£6,579,000 | |
| Net profit | -£39,643,000 | -£3,452,000 | |
| Cash | £81,983,000 | £65,775,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £275,241,000 | £295,206,000 | |
| Net assets | £232,838,000 | £246,386,000 | |
| Equity | £232,838,000 | £246,386,000 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 75 | |
| Wages | £15,129,000 | £13,802,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -118.1% | -56.2% | |
| Net margin | -115.2% | -11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.8% | -5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.0% | 25.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 2.23x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue with ongoing support from the parent company. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Manulife IM (Switzerland) LLC 100%
- CQS Management Limited 100%
- CQS (UK) LLP 100%
Significant events
- “The decrease in loss was driven by an earn-out charge following the acquisition of multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS in the prior year.”
- “On 16 February 2026, the company issued 33,000,000 £1 ordinary shares at par in order to provide additional working capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNE, Luke Richard Tyrrill | Director | 2026-01-13 | Aug 1973 | British |
| CHABAREK, Soraya | Director | 2024-04-02 | Oct 1976 | British |
| MINK, Stella | Director | 2024-05-03 | Aug 1982 | American |
| PURDIE, Colin Andrew | Director | 2025-03-26 | Jun 1979 | British |
| TSARAVAS, Christos | Director | 2025-04-11 | Jul 1976 | Swiss |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOAG, Steven George | Secretary | 1993-08-23 | 2003-09-30 |
| CROOK, Richard James | Secretary | 2003-09-30 | 2004-08-16 |
| GRINTER, Sian | Secretary | 2017-02-23 | 2017-04-21 |
| HARE, Elisabeth Eleanor | Secretary | 2004-09-17 | 2014-05-02 |
| LAPHEN, Sean Martin | Secretary | 2014-10-08 | 2017-02-23 |
| RUDICK, Warren Mark, Mr. | Secretary | 2017-04-21 | 2021-12-15 |
| SUNNERBERG, Steven | Secretary | 2021-12-15 | 2025-02-11 |
| TYSON, Stephen John | Secretary | 2004-08-16 | 2004-09-17 |
| ARNOTT, Andrew G. | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
| BOAG, Steven George | Director | 1994-07-04 | 2003-08-08 |
| CHENE, Claude Andre | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2018-04-30 |
| CONKEY, Christopher Paul | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2024-04-01 |
| CORNFORTH, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2010-08-04 | 2017-04-07 |
| CROOK, Richard James | Director | 1993-08-23 | 2004-08-16 |
| FITZGERALD, Colin John | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2024-11-29 |
| MENNIE, Peter Sam | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2024-06-03 |
| MILLER, David John | Director | 2003-09-10 | 2004-08-16 |
| MOUNSEY, Joseph Backhouse | Director | 1993-08-23 | 1994-09-05 |
| MULHOLLAND, Michael John Cieran | Director | 2018-06-04 | 2026-01-13 |
| OTSUKI, Ronald Ryo | Director | 2003-03-20 | 2005-08-09 |
| PEDERSEN, Endre Gaski | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2026-01-26 |
| SHED, John William | Director | 2005-08-09 | 2013-01-07 |
| TYSON, Stephen John | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2013-12-31 |
| ZANUSO, Marco, Mr. | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2024-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-14.2%
£34,427,000 £29,551,000
-
Cash
-19.8%
£81,983,000 £65,775,000
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£232,838,000 £246,386,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
77 75
-
Operating profit
+59.2%
-£40,664,000 -£16,596,000
-
Profit before tax
+83.4%
-£39,690,000 -£6,579,000
-
Wages
-8.8%
£15,129,000 £13,802,000
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