NORTHUMBERLAND ESTATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
-30.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£186M
+14.9% vs 2024
Employees
24
-11.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£40M
+194.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,365,325 | £19,640,721 | |
| Operating profit | £12,030,090 | £9,519,993 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,508,614 | £39,840,520 | |
| Net profit | £10,492,378 | £27,566,712 | |
| Cash | £32,001,142 | £22,143,120 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £400,489,565 | £424,686,809 | |
| Net assets | £161,909,707 | £186,014,256 | |
| Equity | £161,909,707 | £186,014,256 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 24 | |
| Wages | £2,416,540 | £2,176,662 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 65.5% | 48.5% | |
| Net margin | 57.1% | 140.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.92x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 1.99x | 1.71x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and group have adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- NORTHUMBERLAND ESTATES LIMITED · parent
- Northumberland Estates Investments Limited 100%
- Northumberland Estates Developments Limited 100%
- Northumberland Estates Investments 3000 Limited 100%
- Swiss Land Estates SA 100%
- Weylands Investments Limited 100%
- Blyth Investments LLP 100%
- Objekt Schwabach Investments GmbH 100%
- Tyne Investments Inc. 100%
- German Land Estates GmbH 100%
- Swiss Land Development SA 100%
- SLEnergy SA 100%
- Bridge Court Holdings Limited 100%
- Northumberland Estates Renewables Limited 100%
- BB26 SA 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the group or company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGLE, Clare | Director | 2021-06-17 | Nov 1980 | British |
| O'DRISCOLL, Michael Peter Finnbarr | Director | 2026-03-25 | May 1980 | British |
| PERCY, George Dominic, Earl | Director | 2023-10-01 | May 1984 | British |
| PERCY, Ralph George Algernon, Duke Of Northumberland | Director | 2015-12-02 | Nov 1956 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Susan | Director | 2026-03-09 | Nov 1964 | British |
| ROBERTS, Mark | Director | 2026-03-09 | Sep 1987 | British |
| ROBSON, Andrew James | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1986 | British |
| STRAUGHAN, David Fenwick | Director | 2022-07-20 | Jun 1980 | British |
| WILSON, Roderick Charles St John | Director | 2006-11-23 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREARLEY, John Richard | Secretary | 2006-11-23 | 2017-05-31 |
| ILDERTON, Lesley Ann | Secretary | 2017-06-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| MAY MAY & MERRIMANS | Corporate Secretary | 2006-09-20 | 2006-11-23 |
| 12TH DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, Ralph George Algernon, His Grace | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2015-12-01 |
| BARNES, Colin Leslie | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2026-03-09 |
| BREARLEY, John Richard | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2017-05-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Colin | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2020-09-04 |
| ILDERTON, Lesley Ann | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| SMYTH, David Hamilton | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2006-11-23 |
| WALSH, Christopher Phillip | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2006-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl George Percy | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-11-17 | Ceased 2020-11-17 |
| Earl George Dominic Percy | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-11-17 | Active |
| Marquess Of Stafford James Granville Egerton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-01-01 | Active |
| The Right Honourable Matthew White 5th Viscount Ridley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-12 |
| Viscount Matthew White Ridley | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
| Duke Of Buccleuch Richard Walter John Buccleuch | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
| Duke Of Buccleuch Richard Walter John Buccleuch | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| The Most Noble Ralph George Algernon Percy | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Lord Percy James William Eustace Percy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Duke Of Northumberland Ralph George Algernon Percy | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+6.9%
£18,365,325 £19,640,721
-
Cash
-30.8%
£32,001,142 £22,143,120
-
Net assets
+14.9%
£161,909,707 £186,014,256
-
Employees
-11.1%
27 24
-
Operating profit
-20.9%
£12,030,090 £9,519,993
-
Profit before tax
+194.9%
£13,508,614 £39,840,520
-
Wages
-9.9%
£2,416,540 £2,176,662
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