CLIFFORD CHANCE LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£269K
-80.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,780
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£20M
-3.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CLIFFORD CHANCE LONDON LIMITED 1997-09-26 → present
- POLARHILL LIMITED 1997-05-23 → 1997-09-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £386,929,000 | £387,738,000 | |
| Operating profit | £18,364,000 | £18,437,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,561,000 | £19,868,000 | |
| Net profit | £14,906,000 | £14,786,000 | |
| Cash | £1,395,000 | £269,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £149,963,000 | £107,712,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,782,000 | £17,568,000 | |
| Equity | £17,782,000 | £17,568,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,762 | 1,780 | |
| Wages | £254,012,000 | £249,629,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 17.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 5.01x | 5.83x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basıs is appropriate due to continued financial support of the ultimate parent undertaking, Clifford Chance LLP The Directors have received confirmation that Clifford Chance LLP intends to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements, in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies using FRS 101”
Significant events
- “Between March and May 2025, the Company installed new inverters on the cooling towers Additionally, energy savings continue to be realised from inverters previously installed on toilet extract fans, pool extract fans and parking extract fans”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-15 | — | — |
| ABRAHAM, Robin Guy | Director | 2021-04-27 | Sep 1969 | British |
| BATES, Michael David | Director | 2018-03-02 | Aug 1967 | British |
| CARTY, Helen Louise | Director | 2018-03-02 | Jul 1972 | British |
| HOXEY, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2018-03-02 | Feb 1974 | British |
| NEWICK, Matthew Forster | Director | 2019-04-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| ODIMBA-CHAPMAN, Chinwe | Director | 2025-04-23 | Jul 1979 | British |
| POWER, Martin Alexander | Director | 2024-09-10 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-05-23 | 2009-09-09 |
| BAIRD, James | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2011-04-30 |
| BICKERTON, David John | Director | 2010-12-21 | 2018-04-16 |
| BRADLEY, Edward Leonard | Director | 2008-03-25 | 2009-09-09 |
| BRAY, Michael | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2002-06-13 |
| BURTON, Amanda Jane | Director | 2002-06-13 | 2005-03-31 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Director | 1997-05-23 | 2008-10-06 |
| CHILDS, David Robert | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2014-03-05 |
| CLARK, Keith | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2001-12-31 |
| CORNELL, Peter Charles Edward | Director | 2001-07-10 | 2006-06-29 |
| DUNNIGAN, David | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2014-09-22 |
| FRENCH, Alan Douglas | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2006-08-16 |
| GOODWILL, Christopher | Director | 2002-06-13 | 2006-10-30 |
| HARKNESS, David | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2026-04-30 |
| HILL, Rupert Charles Starforth | Director | 1997-09-17 | 1998-03-04 |
| HOWE, Geoffrey Michael Thomas | Director | 1997-09-17 | 1997-12-31 |
| LAYTON, Matthew Robert | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2022-04-30 |
| MATEBALAVU, Emma Louise | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2024-09-10 |
| MATHEWS, Michael Robert | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2000-07-06 |
| MOORE, Roger William | Director | 2006-03-25 | 2010-11-17 |
| PALACHE, Robert | Director | 1997-09-17 | 1998-11-30 |
| PALMER, Phillip Alan | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2006-01-31 |
| PERRIN, Christopher Courtenay | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2020-12-31 |
| POLLARD, Andrew Garth | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2001-07-31 |
| POPHAM, Stuart Godfrey | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2011-04-30 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1997-09-17 |
| SANDELSON, Jeremy Vaughan | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2018-02-28 |
| SWEETING, Malcolm John | Director | 2010-12-21 | 2019-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Anthony Neville | Director | 1997-09-17 | 1999-12-31 |
| MITHRAS (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-09-17 | 2002-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mithras Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£386,929,000 £387,738,000
-
Cash
-80.7%
£1,395,000 £269,000
-
Net assets
-1.2%
£17,782,000 £17,568,000
-
Employees
+1%
1,762 1,780
-
Operating profit
+0.4%
£18,364,000 £18,437,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.4%
£20,561,000 £19,868,000
-
Wages
-1.7%
£254,012,000 £249,629,000
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