SEWELL VENTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-25 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+23.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-1% vs 2023
Employees
522
+2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-31.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £112,259,000 | £98,986,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,268,000 | £2,142,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,171,000 | £2,843,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,785,000 | £1,534,000 | |
| Cash | £6,432,000 | £7,915,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,887,000 | £20,990,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,021,000 | £9,922,000 | |
| Equity | £10,021,000 | £9,922,000 | |
| Average employees | 510 | 522 | |
| Wages | £17,440,000 | £18,179,000 |
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 | 2.9% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.9% | 10.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | 4.91x | 3.55x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SEWELL VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Sewell Retail Limited 100%
- Sewell Group Limited 100%
- Sewell Construction Limited 100%
- Sewell Facilities Management Limited 100%
- Sewell Investments Limited 100%
- Sewell Education (Hull) Limited 100%
- Sewell Education (Hull BSF) Limited 100%
- Illingworth & Gregory (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Illingworth & Gregory Limited 100%
- Sewell Advisory Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Partnership Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Management Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Investments Limited 100%
- Community Ventures Primary Care Limited 100%
- Refit 2050 Limited 100%
- EMS Community Ventures Limited 50%
- Hull Eco Park Limited 33%
Significant events
- “In January 2024 the Group was delighted to renew its stadium naming rights partnership with Super League club, Hull KR.”
- “On 19 December 2024, a new class of shares were created. These C-Ordinary shares carry the same rights as the A-Ordinary shares but are to be held entirely by Sewell Estates Trustee Limited.”
- “On 1 January 2025, the Group combined the trade, assets and liabilities of two of its subsidiary companies to form Sewell Advisory Limited. Community Ventures (Management) Limited combined with Shared Agenda Solutions Limited and the name of the latter company was changed to Sewell Advisory Limited on 18 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEEDHAM, David Adrian | Secretary | 2012-09-11 | — | — |
| DAVISON, Simon John | Director | 2012-09-11 | Apr 1974 | British |
| LEEDHAM, David Adrian | Director | 2012-09-11 | Mar 1967 | British |
| SEWELL, Patrick Allan | Director | 2015-12-17 | Mar 1972 | British |
| SEWELL, Paul Edwin | Director | 2012-09-11 | May 1952 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNESON, Neil | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Allan Sewell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-21 | Active |
| Mr Paul Edwin Sewell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
-11.8%
£112,259,000 £98,986,000
-
Cash
+23.1%
£6,432,000 £7,915,000
-
Net assets
-1%
£10,021,000 £9,922,000
-
Employees
+2.4%
510 522
-
Operating profit
-34.5%
£3,268,000 £2,142,000
-
Profit before tax
-31.8%
£4,171,000 £2,843,000
-
Wages
+4.2%
£17,440,000 £18,179,000
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