SILCHESTER PARTNERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-22 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£520K
-85.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£843M
+2.4% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£129M
-32.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SILCHESTER PARTNERS LIMITED 2010-11-01 → present
- SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED 1995-02-09 → 2010-11-01
- SPEED 4723 LIMITED 1994-12-12 → 1995-02-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £103,776,211 | £104,814,108 | |
| Operating profit | £100,642,882 | £101,658,256 | |
| Profit before tax | £191,822,104 | £129,445,614 | |
| Net profit | £152,409,122 | £107,041,095 | |
| Cash | £3,698,901 | £519,852 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £846,883,795 | £863,496,130 | |
| Net assets | £822,417,090 | £842,520,750 | |
| Equity | £822,417,090 | £842,520,750 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £90,000 | £90,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 97.0% | 97.0% | |
| Net margin | 146.9% | 102.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 11.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.15x | 0.07x | |
| Interest cover | 41.72x | 42.59x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 approval of the financial statements. The Directors have considered the current market and economic situations and expect the Group to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The Group has diversified revenue streams, namely from fund investments and dividends received from various associated firms. The Group has low operating costs and few fixed commitments. The Group has significant liquid investments in various commingled funds. The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- SILCHESTER PARTNERS LIMITED · parent
- Silchester Continuation Limited 86.6%
- Colchester Global Investors Limited 48.5%
- Heronbridge Limited 49.9%
- Nippon Value Investors KK 48.3%
- Highclere Investment Management Limited 49%
- Edgbaston Partners Limited 49.9%
- Kiltearn Limited 49.4%
- Cape Ann Asset Management Limited 49.9%
- Life Science People Limited 27.1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTT, Stephen Charles | Director | 1995-01-25 | Feb 1951 | British |
| LE PAN DE LIGNY, Bertrand | Director | 2023-10-01 | Aug 1966 | French |
| LINEHAN, Timothy John | Director | 2011-04-01 | Sep 1970 | American |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Maria | Secretary | 2006-04-30 | 2009-12-31 |
| SUMMERS, Andrew John Sibbald | Secretary | 1995-01-25 | 2006-04-30 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-12 | 1995-01-25 |
| ASADA, Keizo | Director | 1998-04-16 | 2000-09-28 |
| COWAN, Michael John Julian | Director | 1995-04-28 | 2023-10-01 |
| COWIE, Christopher Brann | Director | 2003-08-04 | 2017-03-31 |
| KASAMA, Tatsuo | Director | 1999-04-23 | 2001-05-16 |
| KAWASAKI, Yasushi | Director | 2001-05-16 | 2002-02-15 |
| MIZUTANI, Hiroshi | Director | 1995-04-28 | 1996-03-07 |
| SEKIGUCHI, Hiroshi | Director | 2000-09-28 | 2002-02-15 |
| SHIMIZU, Hidenori | Director | 1996-03-07 | 1998-04-16 |
| SUMMERS, Andrew John Sibbald | Director | 1995-01-25 | 2006-04-30 |
| YAMANAKA, Osamu | Director | 1995-04-28 | 1999-04-23 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-12-12 | 1995-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Butt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Charles Butt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 310 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1%
£103,776,211 £104,814,108
-
Cash
-85.9%
£3,698,901 £519,852
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£822,417,090 £842,520,750
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+1%
£100,642,882 £101,658,256
-
Profit before tax
-32.5%
£191,822,104 £129,445,614
-
Wages
0%
£90,000 £90,000
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