SHAFTESBURY CL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£460K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£264M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SHAFTESBURY CL LIMITED 2014-03-17 → present
- SHAFTESBURY CHARLOTTE STREET CL LIMITED 2014-02-19 → 2014-03-17
- SHAFTESBURY CHARLOTTE STREET CANADA LIFE LIMITED 2014-02-19 → 2014-02-19
- CHARLOTTE STREET PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2004-08-17 → 2014-02-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,012,000 | £17,729,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£22,375,000 | £12,218,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£32,637,000 | £7,024,000 | |
| Net profit | -£32,637,000 | £7,024,000 | |
| Cash | £1,156,000 | £460,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £395,913,000 | £397,758,000 | |
| Net assets | £261,882,000 | £263,626,000 | |
| Equity | £261,882,000 | £263,626,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | -93.2% | 68.9% | |
| Net margin | -135.9% | 39.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.7% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.0% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | -2.18x | 1.87x |
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 ultimate parent company has agreed to support the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The existence of this support results in the going concern of the Company being dependent on the going concern of the ultimate parent company and group.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, the Company disposed of its Fitzrovia property portfolio for £87,150,000 (prior to disposal costs).”
- “Post year end, the Company completed on the disposal of an investment property for £3,012,000. The property was classified as held for sale as at 31 December 2024.”
- “On 20 March 2025, the Group announced the creation of a new long-term, strategic partnership with Norges Bank Investment Management who acquired a 25 per cent shareholding in the Group's Covent Garden property portfolio (the "Transaction"). As a result of the Transaction, properties within the Company's portfolio were transferred to a fellow group subsidiary at their fair value of £125.0 million. In addition, 50 per cent of the principal loan balance of £134,750,000 were repaid with net proceeds from the Transaction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAVEY, Ruth Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-04-19 | — | — |
| CORBETT, Sarah Anne | Director | 2026-04-06 | May 1986 | Irish |
| DENNESS, Christopher Ian | Director | 2026-04-06 | Jul 1982 | British |
| FISHER, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2026-04-06 | Jul 1977 | British |
| HAWKSWORTH, Ian David | Director | 2023-03-06 | Dec 1965 | British |
| JOBANPUTRA, Situl Suryakant | Director | 2023-03-06 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MARTIN, Matthew Rhys | Director | 2026-04-06 | Apr 1985 | British |
| OLIVER, William Charles Kenneth | Director | 2026-04-06 | Feb 1992 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BICKELL, Brian | Secretary | 2004-09-20 | 2006-06-07 |
| MARTIN, Desna Lee | Secretary | 2020-02-14 | 2024-09-06 |
| THOMAS, Penelope Ruth | Secretary | 2006-06-07 | 2020-02-14 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-08-17 | 2004-09-20 |
| BICKELL, Brian | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2023-03-06 |
| LANE, Jonathan Stewart | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2013-02-07 |
| MCGRATH, Michelle Veronica Athena | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| PRICE, Andrew James | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| QUAYLE, Simon John | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2023-03-06 |
| WARD, Christopher Peter Alan | Director | 2012-01-09 | 2023-12-22 |
| WELTON, Thomas James Chisnell | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2023-03-06 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-08-17 | 2004-09-20 |
| SERJEANTS'INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-08-17 | 2004-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaftesbury Cl Investment Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 2
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