GLOBAL SHARES UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+58.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+37.1% vs 2023
Employees
74
+12.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£763K
-34.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,576,405 | £9,454,533 | |
| Operating profit | £949,115 | -£715,965 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,166,892 | £762,743 | |
| Net profit | £909,247 | £569,110 | |
| Cash | £2,856,295 | £4,524,509 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,422,507 | £1,949,624 | |
| Net assets | £1,422,507 | £1,949,624 | |
| Equity | £1,422,507 | £1,949,624 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 74 | |
| Wages | £6,049,954 | £6,257,504 |
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 | 11.1% | -7.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 66.7% | -36.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | -81.90x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. As the company recharges its costs, the company has the support of its parent to ensure adequate resources and funding in place.”
Significant events
- “There were no significant events between the year end date and the date of signing of the financial statements, affecting the company, which require adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTLEY, Claire, Ms. | Director | 2025-11-12 | Nov 1970 | British |
| OSBORNE-SHAW, Martin Geoffrey | Director | 2023-06-21 | May 1970 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTOUN, Timothy Edward | Secretary | 2009-07-11 | 2025-11-12 |
| O'CULACHAIN, Maoiliosa Seosamh | Secretary | 2006-02-20 | 2009-07-17 |
| FORFAR, David James | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2009-07-17 |
| HAYES, Richard George | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2021-08-23 |
| HOUSTOUN, Timothy Edward | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2025-11-12 |
| MEEHAN, John | Director | 2016-08-18 | 2023-06-21 |
| MURPHIE, Ian Richard | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2020-01-28 |
| O'CULACHAIN, Maoiliosa Seosamh | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2012-06-27 |
| PURCELL, Mark | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2022-08-11 |
| ROGERS, Andrew | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2012-06-27 |
| SANDERS, Caryn | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2008-04-25 |
| SCHNEIDER, Carine | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2012-06-27 |
| SLOAN, Stuart | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2022-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Daniel Steinkamp | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-12-08 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Mr. Vincent La Padula | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-02-02 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Mr. Tim Houstoun | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-08-23 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Mr. Mark Purcell | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-08-23 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Mr. Christophe Bouhon | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-08-23 | Ceased 2025-11-11 |
| Mr. Michael Camacho | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-08-23 | Ceased 2024-08-14 |
| Mr. Michael Elanjian | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-08-23 | Ceased 2023-08-23 |
| Mr. Paul Luc Robert Heyvaert | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-31 | Ceased 2022-08-23 |
| Global Shares Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+10.2%
£8,576,405 £9,454,533
-
Cash
+58.4%
£2,856,295 £4,524,509
-
Net assets
+37.1%
£1,422,507 £1,949,624
-
Employees
+12.1%
66 74
-
Operating profit
-175.4%
£949,115 -£715,965
-
Profit before tax
-34.6%
£1,166,892 £762,743
-
Wages
+3.4%
£6,049,954 £6,257,504
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