PERMIRA ADVISERS (LONDON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
-31.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£74M
-6.7% vs 2023
Employees
387
+3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£26M
-3.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- PERMIRA ADVISERS (LONDON) LIMITED 2006-03-20 → present
- PERMIRA ADVISERS LIMITED 2001-11-08 → 2006-03-20
- SVA LIMITED 1993-11-02 → 2001-11-08
- CAMBERFLAME LIMITED 1993-09-15 → 1993-11-02
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 | £353,550,000 | £328,622,000 | |
| Operating profit | £26,739,000 | £25,457,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,565,000 | £25,662,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,341,000 | £17,218,000 | |
| Cash | £33,174,000 | £22,843,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £88,640,000 | £84,887,000 | |
| Net assets | £79,520,000 | £74,185,000 | |
| Equity | £79,520,000 | £74,185,000 | |
| Average employees | 373 | 387 | |
| Wages | £185,352,000 | £169,767,000 |
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 | 7.6% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.2% | 30.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.1% | 54.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 307.34x | 353.57x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Group's and Company's financial position and resources, the Directors believe that the Group is well placed to manage its business risks. Therefore, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of authorisation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PERMIRA ADVISERS (LONDON) LIMITED · parent
- Permira Associati SPA 100%
- Permira Luxembourg S.a.r.l. 100%
- Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH 100%
- Permira Advisers SAS 100%
- Permira Advisers Limited 100%
- Permira Advisers China Holdings Limited 100%
- Permira Asesores SL 100%
- Permira Advisers Holdings LLC 100%
- Permira Advisers Pte. 100%
- Permira Advisors India Private Limited 99.9%
- Permira Ventures Ltd 100%
- Permira Ltd 100%
- Permira Private Equity Ltd 100%
- Permira Co-Investments Ltd 100%
- Permira Capital Partners Ltd 100%
- Permira Investments Ltd 100%
- Permira Capital Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, the board of Directors of Permira Advisors SAS communicated to employees the intention to place Permira Advisers SAS, a direct Group subsidiary, into a voluntary dissolution process.”
- “In April 2025, Permira announced a restructuring of its Asian strategy over the next 18 months, which includes the closure of offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and the relocation of senior leadership in Asia to India.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Peter George | Director | 2023-11-23 | May 1972 | British |
| LAFONT, Jerome | Director | 2024-09-06 | Jun 1973 | French |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYTHE, Graeme Allan | Secretary | 1993-10-22 | 2005-09-14 |
| O'BRIEN, David | Secretary | 2005-09-14 | 2016-07-18 |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2016-07-18 | 2022-07-14 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-15 | 1993-10-22 |
| BASSETT, Philip | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-06-13 |
| BJORKLUND, Kurt | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2003-04-30 |
| BUFFINI, Damon Marcus | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1993-09-15 | 1993-10-22 |
| CLARKE, Martin Andrew, Dr | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-06-13 |
| DAVIES, Guy | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2006-06-13 |
| DETTMAR, Kerry | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2024-02-16 |
| ENG, Veronica Siang Yang | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| GARLAND, Michael Charles | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2006-06-13 |
| GASSE, Ulrich | Director | 2021-12-10 | 2023-11-23 |
| GIBBS, Peter George | Director | 2018-08-13 | 2021-12-10 |
| HAIGHT, Richard Allen | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2002-07-31 |
| LOWE, Jonathan | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2010-01-27 |
| LYTHE, Graeme Allan | Director | 1993-10-22 | 2006-06-13 |
| MOULTON, Jonathan Paul | Director | 1993-10-22 | 1994-07-13 |
| NOBLE, Diana | Director | 1998-03-06 | 1999-01-29 |
| PARKER, Carl Henry | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| PEREZ, Ignacio Faus | Director | 2021-12-10 | 2024-09-06 |
| POTTER, Cheryl Yvonne | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-06-13 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1993-09-15 | 1993-10-22 |
| SCHOLES, Pamela Ann | Director | 1993-10-22 | 1998-07-01 |
| SELLARS, Ian | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| SHERWOOD, Charles Nigel Cross | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| SMITH, Duncan John | Director | 2010-01-27 | 2023-06-30 |
| SMITHAM, Peter | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| TROUP, Alistair Westray Charles | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2005-12-31 |
| WINCKLES, Richard Kenneth | Director | 1998-03-06 | 1999-06-22 |
| WRIGLEY, Graham Lloyd | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2006-06-13 |
| PERMIRA ADVISERS LLP | Corporate Director | 2006-06-13 | 2018-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permira Advisers Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-08-31 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-7.1%
£353,550,000 £328,622,000
-
Cash
-31.1%
£33,174,000 £22,843,000
-
Net assets
-6.7%
£79,520,000 £74,185,000
-
Employees
+3.8%
373 387
-
Operating profit
-4.8%
£26,739,000 £25,457,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.4%
£26,565,000 £25,662,000
-
Wages
-8.4%
£185,352,000 £169,767,000
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