PRINCIPIA LAW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£121K
+89.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+15.3% vs 2024
Employees
85
+9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+11.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,032,000 | £6,413,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,682,000 | £1,867,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,677,000 | £1,866,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,307,000 | £1,817,000 | |
| Cash | £64,000 | £121,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,462,000 | £3,907,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,334,000 | £3,844,000 | |
| Equity | £3,334,000 | £3,844,000 | |
| Average employees | 78 | 85 | |
| Wages | £2,331,000 | £2,734,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 27.9% | 29.1% | |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 28.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.6% | 47.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 336.40x | 933.50x |
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
“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 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Matthew David | Secretary | 2024-07-16 | — | — |
| BEBBINGTON, Melanie | Director | 2025-03-13 | Jun 1972 | British |
| JERMAN, Peter David | Director | 2012-11-23 | Dec 1975 | British |
| STEAD, Paul Harvey | Director | 2020-08-20 | Jul 1967 | British |
| WARD, Martin | Director | 2013-02-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERTON, James Edward Spencer | Secretary | 2022-04-04 | 2024-04-30 |
| PARR, Emma | Secretary | 2024-04-30 | 2024-07-16 |
| TILLEY, Nicholas Paul | Secretary | 2013-02-01 | 2022-04-04 |
| CHESSMAN, Mark Francis | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2020-03-31 |
| CLAY, Richard Henry Arden | Director | 2025-03-28 | 2025-12-05 |
| GILBERT, Alan George | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2021-09-20 |
| HOWE, Susan Margaret | Director | 2021-08-06 | 2024-06-28 |
| OAKLEY, Stephen Edward | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2020-02-27 |
| PERRY, Christopher Edward | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2016-06-30 |
| TILLEY, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2016-07-22 |
| VINCENT, Philip James | Director | 2020-08-20 | 2025-03-28 |
| WILCOCK, Richard James Thomas | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2016-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redde Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-09 |
| Angel Assistance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+6.3%
£6,032,000 £6,413,000
-
Cash
+89.1%
£64,000 £121,000
-
Net assets
+15.3%
£3,334,000 £3,844,000
-
Employees
+9%
78 85
-
Operating profit
+11%
£1,682,000 £1,867,000
-
Profit before tax
+11.3%
£1,677,000 £1,866,000
-
Wages
+17.3%
£2,331,000 £2,734,000
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