KNIGHTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+8% vs 2024
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
1,334
-6.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
-26.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KNIGHTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 2015-02-05 → present
- KNIGHTSLLP LIMITED 2013-03-20 → 2015-02-05
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £149,539,000 | £158,667,000 | |
| Operating profit | £20,599,000 | £19,294,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,242,000 | £9,018,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,009,000 | £5,248,000 | |
| Cash | £5,231,000 | £5,650,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £26,935,000 | £33,277,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,425 | 1,334 | |
| Wages | £80,127,000 | £82,071,000 |
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 | 13.8% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.75x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | 6.22x | 2.99x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- KNIGHTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Turner Parkinson LLP 99.99%
- Darbys Solicitors LLP 99.99%
- K & S Secretaries Limited 100%
- K & S Directors Limited 100%
- K & S (Nominees) Limited 100%
- ASB Law LLP 100%
- Shulmans LLP 100%
- Mundays LLP 100%
- K & S Trust Corporation Limited 100%
- Keebles LLP 100%
- Langleys Solicitors LLP 100%
- Coffin Mew LLP 100%
- CLM Trust Corporation Limited 100%
- Radnor Trustees Limited 100%
- CLM Trustees Limited 100%
- Meade King LLP 100%
- Thursfields Legal Limited 100%
- Thursfields (Legal services) Limited 100%
- Thursfields LLP 100%
- IBB Law LLP 100%
- IBB Law (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial period we acquired Thursfields Legal Limited (Thursfields), enhancing our Midlands presence and IBB Law LLP, our largest acquisition to date, expanding our South East presence.”
- “Post period end we have also acquired Birkett Long LLP, a premium service regional law firm and independent financial advisory business based in three locations across Essex, in Colchester, Chelmsford and Basildon.”
- “We have also acquired Rix & Kay LLP, a firm with a strong reputation across Kent and Sussex, building on recent expansion in Essex and the Thames Valley.”
- “In August 2025 we acquired Le Gros Solicitors Limited, adding a team of six professionals to our recent partner appointments in Cardiff.”
- “In November 2024 we extended our existing revolving credit facility to provide total committed funding of £100m until November 2027.”
- “In the second half of FY24 we made the strategic decision to significantly reduce our restructuring and insolvency team.”
- “On 2 May 2025 the Group exchanged contracts to acquire Birkett Long LLP and Birkett Long IFA (collectively trading as Birkett Long).”
- “On 30 June 2025 the Group exchanged contracts to acquire Rix & Kay LLP.”
- “On 18 July 2025 the group disposed of the crime business, acquired as part of the IBB Law LLP acquisition in April 2025.”
- “On 15 August 2025 the Group completed the acquisition of Le Gros Solicitors Limited for a total consideration of £0.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEECH, David Andrew | Director | 2013-03-20 | Nov 1965 | British |
| BRIDGWOOD, Lisa Maria | Director | 2021-08-04 | Sep 1981 | British |
| LEWIS, Kate Louise | Director | 2015-03-09 | Dec 1972 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2024-07-22 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Karl Roger | Secretary | 2013-03-20 | 2021-08-04 |
| BAMFORD, Karl Roger | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2021-10-20 |
| BEECH, Mark Edward | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2024-06-27 |
| JOHAL, Balbinder Singh | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2021-08-04 |
| KING, Richard Anthony | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2022-05-18 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Mark Robert | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2021-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knights 1759 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-06 | Active |
| Mr David Andrew Beech | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+6.1%
£149,539,000 £158,667,000
-
Cash
+8%
£5,231,000 £5,650,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
-6.4%
1,425 1,334
-
Operating profit
-6.3%
£20,599,000 £19,294,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.3%
£12,242,000 £9,018,000
-
Wages
+2.4%
£80,127,000 £82,071,000
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