PAUL PONSONBY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-22 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+13% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7M
+8.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
42
-4.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-24.6% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £7,800,448 | £7,487,415 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,063,893 | £1,389,804 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,348,397 | £2,000,582 | £2,124,696 | £1,602,128 | |
| Net profit | £1,061,874 | £1,568,174 | £1,680,522 | £1,102,314 | |
| Cash | £3,712,859 | £4,596,125 | £5,452,778 | £6,163,316 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,783,865 | £6,006,459 | £6,882,065 | £7,398,294 | |
| Net assets | £4,631,436 | £5,674,888 | £6,667,156 | £7,205,509 | |
| Equity | £4,631,436 | £5,674,888 | £6,667,156 | £7,205,509 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 44 | 44 | 42 | |
| 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 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 26.5% | 18.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 21.5% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 30.0% | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 7.24x | 7.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 115.15x | 84.74x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Friend Partnership Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PONSONBY, Donna Sally | Secretary | 1998-07-08 | — | British |
| PONSONBY, Paul Bernard Dennis | Director | 1998-07-08 | May 1958 | British |
| WILDMAN, Linda Anne | Director | 2005-12-19 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-08 | 1998-07-08 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-08 | 1998-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Ponsonby Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-06-25 | Active |
| Mr Paul Bernard Dennis Ponsonby | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-06-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-4%
£7,800,448 £7,487,415
-
Cash
+13%
£5,452,778 £6,163,316
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£6,667,156 £7,205,509
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-4.5%
44 42
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-32.7%
£2,063,893 £1,389,804
-
Profit before tax
-24.6%
£2,124,696 £1,602,128
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