MERCER ALTERNATIVES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£860K
+1.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-46.3% vs 2024
Employees
7
-12.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+50.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MERCER ALTERNATIVES LIMITED 2019-03-29 → present
- PAVILION ALTERNATIVES GROUP LIMITED 2016-09-05 → 2019-03-29
- ALTIUS ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1998-02-26 → 2016-09-05
- METALPOST LIMITED 1997-11-25 → 1998-02-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,203,396 | £5,541,678 | |
| Operating profit | £1,093,436 | £1,933,615 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,431,473 | £2,155,201 | |
| Net profit | £742,694 | £1,612,420 | |
| Cash | £849,853 | £859,829 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,405,236 | £4,517,656 | |
| Net assets | £8,405,236 | £4,517,656 | |
| Equity | £8,405,236 | £4,517,656 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 7 | |
| Wages | £1,872,463 | £2,062,789 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.0% | 34.9% | |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 29.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 42.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 1.98x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months after signing the financial statements and, therefore, continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements. The Company continues to monitor uncertainty in the current economic and business environment and the directors are satisfied that the Company's services will continue to be attractive to clients.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSEYER, Ashton | Secretary | 2021-11-02 | — | — |
| O'DWYER, Tony | Director | 2024-11-01 | Apr 1970 | Irish |
| PARKINSON, Philip Anthony James | Director | 2024-03-28 | Oct 1985 | British |
| TYLER, Joanna | Director | 2024-04-03 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FENTON, Jennifer Mary | Secretary | 2006-03-29 | 2019-11-29 |
| GEORGHIADES, George | Secretary | 2003-10-16 | 2006-03-29 |
| MACCURRACH, Connie | Secretary | 2020-06-09 | 2020-11-30 |
| SIMPSON, Ian | Secretary | 1998-03-03 | 2003-10-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-25 | 1998-02-26 |
| BARBER, John William Mckenzie | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2006-11-28 |
| BIGGER, Christopherus Anton Viktor | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2024-04-24 |
| CECIL, Charles Edward Vere, Lord | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| CHATURVEDI, Pawan | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| CHESSHER, Mark Christopher | Director | 2024-04-22 | 2024-11-01 |
| COX III, Donn Knowlton | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2020-03-31 |
| CRUMBLING, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2014-01-14 | 2016-08-31 |
| FENTON, Jennifer Mary | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2019-11-29 |
| GEORGHIADES, George | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2006-03-29 |
| HESS, John Arthur | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| HOBSON, Michael Rowson | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| HOPE, Judith Richards | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2014-09-25 |
| KEIJZER, Marinus Willem | Director | 2000-09-08 | 2005-02-23 |
| KIRTON, Andrew James | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2019-01-09 |
| KLIEWER, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2018-11-30 |
| LOUDON, George Ernest | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2014-09-25 |
| MUYSKEN, William Andrew | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2023-12-31 |
| OLIEMAN, Harry Johan Wilhelm | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2009-06-30 |
| PERRIN, Elvire | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| RUPPERT, Robert Todd | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2012-05-10 |
| RUSSELL, Michael | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-04-05 |
| SIMPSON, Peter Marcus Galsworthy | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2005-08-31 |
| TROXELL, Garth | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2012-09-14 |
| WARNER, Eric David | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| YOUNG, Philip Bradford | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2018-11-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-25 | 1998-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferies International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-09 |
| Pavilion Financial Corporation Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.5%
£5,203,396 £5,541,678
-
Cash
+1.2%
£849,853 £859,829
-
Net assets
-46.3%
£8,405,236 £4,517,656
-
Employees
-12.5%
8 7
-
Operating profit
+76.8%
£1,093,436 £1,933,615
-
Profit before tax
+50.6%
£1,431,473 £2,155,201
-
Wages
+10.2%
£1,872,463 £2,062,789
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