PRIME PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-61.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+15.9% vs 2023
Employees
52
-3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-52.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PRIME PLC 2001-03-30 → present
- PRIME (UK) LIMITED 2001-02-07 → 2001-03-30
- PRIME (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-09-10 → 2001-02-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,185,954 | £43,404,546 | |
| Operating profit | £3,448,023 | £1,712,946 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,881,913 | £1,835,453 | |
| Net profit | £2,972,472 | £1,303,147 | |
| Cash | £11,077,965 | £4,227,588 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,225,101 | £15,128,126 | |
| Net assets | £8,174,121 | £9,477,268 | |
| Equity | £8,174,121 | £9,477,268 | |
| Average employees | 54 | 52 | |
| Wages | £4,913,175 | £3,984,247 |
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 | 6.7% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.2% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.8% | 62.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.73x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | 105.40x | 63.81x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the Company and Group on a going concern basis. We continue to appraise a range of scenarios to demonstrate the financial resilience of the Company and Group, applying downside sensitivities to the base case cash flow projections. Starting with existing available cash balances, allowing for sensitivities and potential mitigating actions, the Board remains satisfied that the Company and Group are able to continue to operate well within their available resources for a period of at least twelve months from the approval of these financial statements. We have long-term experience and understanding of the market in which we operate and a strong track record. Our forecasts for the coming year are based on income from projects on-site under construction or in the final stages of development and expected to achieve financial close within the review period and from the delivery of managed services agreements (MSA). In reviewing these forecasts and the assumptions made in preparing them, the market outlook, the Group’s strategy and the principal risks and uncertainties; the Board considers it appropriate that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PRIME PLC · parent
- Prime Operations Limited 100%
- Prime (UK) Investments Limited 100%
- Prime Company Secretarial Services Limited 100%
- Prime (UK) Developments Limited 100%
- Prime Infrastructure Management Services Limited 100%
- Prime Adanac Investment Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Prime were also appointed as commercial development partner for another NHS organisation during the year which again will provide potential for a number of future projects.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIME COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| CHUMBLEY, Leighton Daniel | Director | 2002-02-08 | Mar 1970 | British |
| HOLLAND, Philip John | Director | 2017-05-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
| SAUNDERS, Iain David Graham | Director | 2023-05-05 | Dec 1976 | British |
| TOWN, Vikki Louise | Director | 2011-12-01 | Aug 1977 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARGENT, Peter | Secretary | 1997-09-10 | 2002-02-08 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Gareth Emery | Secretary | 2002-02-08 | 2021-01-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-09-10 | 1997-09-10 |
| BILBROUGH, William James | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| BROOKES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| DYER, Matthew Stephen | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2015-03-19 |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher James | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2004-11-15 |
| FORSYTH, Ewan | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| GILLARD, Raymond | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2006-08-18 |
| KAVANAGH, Julian Samuel | Director | 2005-05-19 | 2011-12-01 |
| KEYTE, Julian Edward John | Director | 2005-05-19 | 2022-06-30 |
| LAING, Richard Handley L'Anson | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2025-12-31 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2005-05-19 |
| MIDDLETON, Nigel Wythen | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2005-05-19 |
| PANTON, Barry George | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2006-08-18 |
| POWELL, Richard Stephen | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2023-10-19 |
| PURSEY, Ann Catherine, Dr | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2015-01-01 |
| SARGENT, Peter | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2011-12-01 |
| SAUNDERS, Iain David Graham | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| SKIDMORE, Neil | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2007-08-11 |
| SMAYLEN, Robert Paul | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| TEO, Wendy Jane | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2017-11-09 |
| WHARTON, Peter | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2010-06-30 |
| WHEATER, Richard Feather | Director | 2007-11-30 | 2008-08-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Gareth Emery | Director | 2002-02-08 | 2023-11-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime (Uk) Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary 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
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-15.2%
£51,185,954 £43,404,546
-
Cash
-61.8%
£11,077,965 £4,227,588
-
Net assets
+15.9%
£8,174,121 £9,477,268
-
Employees
-3.7%
54 52
-
Operating profit
-50.3%
£3,448,023 £1,712,946
-
Profit before tax
-52.7%
£3,881,913 £1,835,453
-
Wages
-18.9%
£4,913,175 £3,984,247
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