PATHLINES PENSIONS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-07 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-24
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+7.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+14.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£500K
+107.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-31
- PATHLINES PENSIONS UK LIMITED 2024-10-31 → present
- LONDON & COLONIAL SERVICES LIMITED 2008-12-15 → 2024-10-31
- THE FIDUCIARY CORPORATION LIMITED 1994-09-08 → 2008-12-15
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 | £1,794,481 | £1,529,385 | |
| Operating profit | -£653,135 | -£817,928 | |
| Profit before tax | £240,449 | £499,981 | |
| Net profit | £284,713 | £375,332 | |
| Cash | £2,914,328 | £3,144,545 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,627,853 | £3,003,185 | |
| Net assets | £2,627,853 | £3,003,185 | |
| Equity | £2,627,853 | £3,003,185 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -36.4% | -53.5% | |
| Net margin | 15.9% | 24.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -24.9% | -27.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.23x | 2.88x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as it is the Directors' opinion that the Company will be able to meet all liabilities as they fall due. This opinion is derived at from financial and cash projections for the forthcoming twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30 October 2024, 100% of the ordinary share capital of the Company were purchased by Pathlines Holdings Limited as part of a wider transaction. As part of that acquisition, all intercompany balances with other group members of the previous shareholder were written off to the profit and loss account, generating a one-off credit of £254,116.”
- “On 28 February 2025, the preference shares of the Company were redeemed for £1,000,000 in cash. In addition, 100,000 ordinary shares were issued on the same day for £100,000 in cash.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HATCH, David Edward | Director | 2016-11-30 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHT, Linda Anne | Secretary | 2016-04-26 | 2016-05-27 |
| BRIGHT, Linda Anne | Secretary | 1998-09-04 | 2015-02-02 |
| ROSS, Gretchen | Secretary | 2015-02-02 | 2015-10-01 |
| WRENCH, Kenneth John Vincent | Secretary | 1994-09-21 | 1998-09-04 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-08 | 1994-09-21 |
| BRIGHT, Linda Anne | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2016-05-27 |
| CARY ELWES, Charles Gervase Rundle | Director | 1998-09-04 | 2015-02-02 |
| COSTAIN, Ian Leslie | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2019-05-09 |
| EASTON, David Jonathan | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2019-09-03 |
| ELLISON, Robin Charles | Director | 1994-09-21 | 2017-01-09 |
| GURNEY, Steven Leonard | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2020-01-10 |
| HOGG, Kenneth Duncan | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2024-12-16 |
| KETTLEBOROUGH, Graham Leslie | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2023-04-28 |
| SHARP, Nigel Paul | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2014-07-18 |
| SHEARING, Brian Charles | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1998-09-04 |
| WRENCH, Kenneth John Vincent | Director | 1994-09-21 | 2016-12-30 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-09-08 | 1994-09-21 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-09-08 | 1994-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathlines Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-10-30 | Active |
| London & Colonial Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-31 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-14.8%
£1,794,481 £1,529,385
-
Cash
+7.9%
£2,914,328 £3,144,545
-
Net assets
+14.3%
£2,627,853 £3,003,185
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-25.2%
-£653,135 -£817,928
-
Profit before tax
+107.9%
£240,449 £499,981
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