PROVENIR (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+90% vs 2023
Net assets
-£4M
-2,459% vs 2023
Employees
54
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-57.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,542,501 | £13,666,553 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,913,857 | -£4,588,661 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,913,857 | -£4,588,661 | |
| Net profit | -£2,758,384 | -£4,578,926 | |
| Cash | £1,113,483 | £2,116,083 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £186,211 | -£4,392,715 | |
| Equity | £186,211 | -£4,392,715 | |
| Average employees | 60 | 54 | |
| Wages | £5,299,624 | £5,680,694 |
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 | -21.5% | -33.6% | |
| Net margin | -20.4% | -33.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.9% | 133.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.74x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director is pleased to confirm that, after careful consideration and thorough analysis, we believe that Provenir (UK) Limited is a going concern, and we have every reason to expect it will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. This assessment is based on multiple scenarios that have been run and comprehensive modelling of potential risks and opportunities, all of which have been taken into account. We have considered the potential risks and modelled sensitivity around uncertainties that could impact our business. We performed both a sensitivity analysis leveraging the key business drivers for both revenue and operating expenses, while additionally performing a worst case analysis by reducing the revenue growth expectations by 50% from the baseline plan as a stress test to the plan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Lawrence Carleton | Director | 2003-06-25 | Oct 1964 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, James Michael Vincent | Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2005-03-18 |
| OULTON, Jeffrey John | Secretary | 2005-03-19 | 2017-06-14 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2003-06-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-06-25 | 2003-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lawrence Carleton Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-07-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.9%
£13,542,501 £13,666,553
-
Cash
+90%
£1,113,483 £2,116,083
-
Net assets
-2,459%
£186,211 -£4,392,715
-
Employees
-10%
60 54
-
Operating profit
-57.5%
-£2,913,857 -£4,588,661
-
Profit before tax
-57.5%
-£2,913,857 -£4,588,661
-
Wages
+7.2%
£5,299,624 £5,680,694
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