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DARWIN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Cash
£188K
+631.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£484K
+16.5% vs 2023
Employees
13
+8.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£103K
+138.7% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 08100415
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2012-06-11
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-09-30
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 66300
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Net assets
7-year trend · vs UK Fintech median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£266,037 | £102,837 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£242,354 | £68,512 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £25,712 | £188,013 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £419,759 | £486,629 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £415,493 | £484,005 | |
| Equity | £129,955 | £237,319 | £318,588 | — | — | £415,493 | £484,005 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 13 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,697,795 | £1,786,899 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, and after considering and taking into account the matters described above, the directors of Darwin Alternative Investment Management Limited have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In the year under review, revenue decreased to £4,813,544 (2023: £5,029,245). The decrease in revenue was matched by a decrease in costs, giving rise to a profit.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEAVER, Randi | Secretary | 2015-11-18 | — | — |
| ESSE, Anthony Geoffrey David | Director | 2012-06-11 | Feb 1962 | British |
| PENNEY, Christopher James Affleck | Director | 2015-10-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher James Affleck Penney | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Geoffrey David Esse | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-09 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-09 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-06-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2019-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-01-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2018-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2018-01-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2018-01-15 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2018-01-15 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-09-30
4.52
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.444 × 6.56 = +2.91
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.100 × 6.72 = +0.67
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.892 × 1.05 = +0.94
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
27.1
COLD
/ 100
- Filings velocity 33
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 0
- Headcount trajectory 58
- Accounts trajectory 67
- 4 filing(s) in last 12 months
- Employees +8% YoY
- Net Assets +16% YoY