COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE CAPITAL (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-18 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£134K
-94.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-13.1% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£661K
+66.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE CAPITAL (UK) LIMITED 2022-07-01 → present
- BMO AM CAPITAL (UK) LIMITED 2018-10-31 → 2022-07-01
- THAMES RIVER CAPITAL (UK) LIMITED 1998-02-11 → 2018-10-31
- TUNINGMETER LIMITED 1997-12-30 → 1998-02-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,680,000 | £1,031,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,775,000 | -£420,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,969,000 | -£661,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,700,000 | -£479,000 | |
| Cash | £2,550,000 | £134,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,662,000 | £3,183,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,652,000 | £3,173,000 | |
| Equity | £3,652,000 | £3,173,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -66.2% | -40.7% | |
| Net margin | -63.4% | -46.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -48.5% | -13.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.1% | 68.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 0.41x | |
| Interest cover | -8.96x | -1.69x |
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 Company has net assets that support the Directors' assessment that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The Company is in a net current liability position and has received a letter of support from its parent, Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Limited, confirming that sufficient funds would be made available to the Company to meet its short-term obligations if required. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE CAPITAL (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Thames River Capital LLP 100%
- Columbia Threadneedle Multi-Manager LLP 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, one of the LLP's, Columbia Threadneedle Multi-Manager LLP, ceased to provide such services and was deregulated.”
- “Following the removal of Columbia Threadneedle Multi-Manager LLP's regulatory permissions in July 2024, £4,000,000 of the Company's Corporate Member capital was withdrawn from the LLP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Elliot James | Director | 2024-04-30 | Oct 1976 | British |
| OLLIER, Alexander Timothy Matthew | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENLEES, Loudon Ian | Secretary | 2004-08-10 | 2009-11-25 |
| NICHOL, Robert Allan | Secretary | 1998-02-11 | 1998-06-16 |
| O'KEEFFE, Cormac | Secretary | 2000-09-18 | 2004-08-10 |
| PRATT, Baillie Alexander Gammack | Secretary | 1998-06-16 | 2000-09-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-12-30 | 1998-02-11 |
| BECKWITH, John Lionel, Sir | Director | 2005-03-09 | 2010-09-01 |
| BROWN, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2004-12-10 | 2010-09-01 |
| CHARLES, Jeremy Douglas | Director | 2007-01-08 | 2012-05-31 |
| DOEL, Philip John | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-04-30 |
| GNODDE, John Andrew | Director | 1998-02-11 | 1998-04-01 |
| GREENLEES, Loudon Ian | Director | 1999-05-24 | 2010-09-01 |
| GRISAY, Alain Leopold | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-05-09 |
| HAMPDEN-ACTON, Toby Henry John De Carteret | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| HAMPDEN-ACTON, Toby Henry John De Carteret | Director | 2004-08-10 | 2010-09-01 |
| HUGHES-MORGAN, Jonathan Michael Vernon | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2006-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Mark Christopher | Director | 2005-03-09 | 2010-09-01 |
| JOHNSON, Mark Christopher | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1998-08-28 |
| LOGAN, David | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2024-04-30 |
| MCGUINNESS, Peter Timothy | Director | 1998-08-28 | 1999-07-22 |
| MOIR, Hugh Cameron | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2021-11-08 |
| MORSE, Edward David South | Director | 2006-11-29 | 2010-09-01 |
| NEWDIGATE, Justin Francis Wood | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2003-05-31 |
| NICHOL, Robert Allan | Director | 1998-02-11 | 1999-04-28 |
| PORTER, Charles Benedict | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2012-09-30 |
| VEREY, David John, Sir | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2010-09-01 |
| WARREN, Michael Sturrock | Director | 2007-05-23 | 2010-09-01 |
| WILSON, Richard Charles | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2019-04-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-12-30 | 1998-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Threadneedle Am (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-07-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-61.5%
£2,680,000 £1,031,000
-
Cash
-94.7%
£2,550,000 £134,000
-
Net assets
-13.1%
£3,652,000 £3,173,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+76.3%
-£1,775,000 -£420,000
-
Profit before tax
+66.4%
-£1,969,000 -£661,000
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