POLUNIN CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-10 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£31M
+17.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£36M
+19.1% vs 2023
Employees
17
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£22M
+45.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- POLUNIN CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED 2001-08-28 → present
- RHINO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2001-03-02 → 2001-08-28
- BOOKGARDEN LIMITED 2000-12-28 → 2001-03-02
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £35,141,863 | £39,099,952 | |
| Operating profit | — | £14,544,245 | £20,390,391 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £14,851,083 | £21,637,236 | |
| Net profit | — | £11,295,446 | £16,269,050 | |
| Cash | £32,908,180 | £26,061,648 | £30,543,065 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £30,562,455 | £36,464,118 | |
| Net assets | — | £30,422,935 | £36,234,375 | |
| Equity | £36,208,236 | £30,422,935 | £36,234,375 | |
| Average employees | — | 16 | 17 | |
| Wages | — | £6,879,783 | £6,618,903 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 41.4% | 52.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 32.1% | 41.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 47.6% | 55.9% |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- POLUNIN CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED · parent
- PCP Management (EM Small Cap), LLC 100%
- PCP Management (Developing Countries), LLC 100%
- PCP Management (China A Value), LLC
Significant events
- “The Company will be launching a new International Value Strategy in the first quarter of 2025, concentrating primarily on global developed market companies outside North America.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAREL-JONES, Julian | Director | 2001-06-14 | Sep 1966 | British |
| MEHTA, Aditya Singh | Director | 2001-03-21 | Nov 1966 | Indian |
| PARSONS, Paul Gerhardt Frederic | Director | 2011-05-04 | Feb 1965 | British |
| POLUNIN, Douglas Harold Hart | Director | 2001-06-14 | Aug 1958 | British |
| SILVER, Alexandra Claire | Director | 2022-03-22 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFORI-ATTA, Nadine | Secretary | 2001-02-14 | 2001-03-30 |
| SAUNDERS, William Alexander | Secretary | 2001-03-30 | 2025-01-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-12-28 | 2001-02-14 |
| PARSONS, Paul Gerhart Frederic | Director | 2001-06-14 | 2006-07-24 |
| SAUNDERS, William Alexander | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2001-03-21 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-12-28 | 2001-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas Harold Hart Polunin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-28 | Ceased 2017-12-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-21 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
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
+11.3%
£35,141,863 £39,099,952
-
Cash
+17.2%
£26,061,648 £30,543,065
-
Net assets
+19.1%
£30,422,935 £36,234,375
-
Employees
+6.3%
16 17
-
Operating profit
+40.2%
£14,544,245 £20,390,391
-
Profit before tax
+45.7%
£14,851,083 £21,637,236
-
Wages
-3.8%
£6,879,783 £6,618,903
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