PINDERS PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£236K
-36.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£737K
-16% vs 2023
Employees
34
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£88K
-58.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PINDERS PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 1996-04-19 → present
- PINDERS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PLC 1996-02-29 → 1996-04-19
- STOCKPOWER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1996-01-18 → 1996-02-29
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 | £4,231,000 | £4,191,000 | |
| Operating profit | £199,000 | £83,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £213,000 | £88,000 | |
| Net profit | £201,000 | £84,000 | |
| Cash | £372,000 | £236,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £877,000 | £737,000 | |
| Net assets | £877,000 | £737,000 | |
| Equity | £877,000 | £737,000 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 34 | |
| Wages | £2,154,000 | £2,213,000 |
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 | 4.7% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.3% | 45.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | 14.21x | 16.60x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed these forecasts and reviewed the implications of them in terms of cashflow and the available cash resources, management believe the company has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “As the Board look back on 2024, we see what an excellent year it was for Pinders across almost all the key criteria we use to measure our performance. While the board aims to increase revenue and operating profit annually, the final result for the year was achieved despite a challenging competitive landscape that subdued performance in the early part of the year.”
- “In particular, we are delighted that we have successfully justified our high reputation for service quality across our target markets, which is reflected in a strong set of financial results.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Jonathan Ralph | Secretary | 1996-05-15 | — | British |
| CAIN, Justin Anthony | Director | 2004-02-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Jonathan Ralph | Director | 1998-10-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| COATS, Simon | Director | 2006-01-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| KIDBY, Malcolm | Director | 2006-01-01 | May 1967 | British |
| PARKER, Stephen Geoff | Director | 2006-01-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| STAMP, James Richard | Director | 2018-01-22 | Feb 1976 | British |
| WEBBER, Wendy | Director | 2009-01-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'KANE, Sharon Linda | Secretary | 1996-02-08 | 1996-05-15 |
| ZENKER, Robert Michael | Secretary | 1996-02-08 | 1996-05-15 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-01-18 | 1996-02-08 |
| BIRD, Simon David | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2011-08-18 |
| CHAMBERLIN, Austin Raymond | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Jonathan Ralph | Director | 1996-02-26 | 1996-05-15 |
| ELLIS, John Mark | Director | 1996-02-08 | 2023-01-27 |
| HOULIHAN, Colin Anthony | Director | 2007-04-30 | 2007-09-27 |
| LARKIN, David James Watson | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2007-10-31 |
| MARRIOTT, Stephen Alan | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| ZENKER, Robert Michael | Director | 1996-02-08 | 1996-05-15 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-01-18 | 1996-02-08 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-01-18 | 1996-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-01-30 | 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
-0.9%
£4,231,000 £4,191,000
-
Cash
-36.6%
£372,000 £236,000
-
Net assets
-16%
£877,000 £737,000
-
Employees
0%
34 34
-
Operating profit
-58.3%
£199,000 £83,000
-
Profit before tax
-58.7%
£213,000 £88,000
-
Wages
+2.7%
£2,154,000 £2,213,000
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