PARETO LAW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16M
-10.3% vs 2023
Employees
456
-21.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-124.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PARETO LAW LIMITED 2010-02-12 → present
- PARETO LAW PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1996-01-18 → 2010-02-12
- BYTEINPUT LIMITED 1995-10-30 → 1996-01-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,324,000 | £23,175,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,397,000 | -£3,449,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,725,000 | -£2,402,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,998,000 | -£1,802,000 | |
| Cash | £60,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,063,000 | £16,723,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,379,000 | £15,583,000 | |
| Equity | £17,379,000 | £15,583,000 | |
| Average employees | 578 | 456 | |
| Wages | £21,261,000 | £17,678,000 |
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 | -8.5% | -14.9% | |
| Net margin | 35.3% | -7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.6% | -20.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.3% | 27.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.16x | 4.93x | |
| Interest cover | -19.49x | -45.99x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors do not consider that there are any material uncertainties, in relation to the company's ability to continue as a going concern and are satisfied that the company will continue to meet its obligations, as they fall due, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. A letter of comfort covering a period of at least 12 months from the parent Randstad Group UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDERMOTT, Cathal Noel, Mr | Secretary | 2024-07-19 | — | — |
| MILLER, Julie Ann | Director | 2025-08-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| SLONINA, Kajetan Edward | Director | 2025-10-15 | Feb 1964 | Polish |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Christine | Secretary | 2017-07-24 | 2018-01-01 |
| FISHER, Robin | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2020-05-14 |
| FITCHEW, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2005-12-20 | 2008-03-28 |
| FITCHEW, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 1995-11-21 | 2004-03-18 |
| KING, James Russell | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | 2008-12-05 |
| MAYES, John | Secretary | 2020-05-14 | 2024-07-19 |
| NAYLOR, Ian | Secretary | 2008-12-05 | 2010-04-10 |
| VERNON, Jeremy Gwynne | Secretary | 2004-03-18 | 2005-12-20 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-30 | 1995-11-21 |
| BRADSHAW, Christopher John | Director | 2016-08-05 | 2018-05-31 |
| BRUCE, David Julian | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2025-07-31 |
| BULL, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2019-04-11 |
| COLLINS, Dermot Andrew | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2003-10-06 |
| FITCHEW, Jonathan Paul | Director | 1995-11-21 | 2021-05-31 |
| GIETELINK, Joost Carel Sandor | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2016-08-05 |
| READER, Colin Graham | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2011-12-19 |
| SAWER, Andrew Edgar | Director | 2001-07-30 | 2021-01-20 |
| SAWER, Andrew Edgar | Director | 1995-11-21 | 1999-03-01 |
| SHORT, Victoria Ann | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2025-10-15 |
| SMITH, Michael John | Director | 2019-04-12 | 2021-01-01 |
| VERNON, Jeremy Gwynne | Director | 2004-03-18 | 2005-12-20 |
| WAGER, Nils Barton | Director | 1995-11-21 | 2000-11-17 |
| WILKINSON, Brian | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2011-07-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-30 | 1995-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randstad Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-18.2%
£28,324,000 £23,175,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-10.3%
£17,379,000 £15,583,000
-
Employees
-21.1%
578 456
-
Operating profit
-43.9%
-£2,397,000 -£3,449,000
-
Profit before tax
-124.7%
£9,725,000 -£2,402,000
-
Wages
-16.9%
£21,261,000 £17,678,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers