SHEARWATER LAW LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-16 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£275K
+417.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£558K
+28.1% vs 2023
Employees
10
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£294K
+49.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SHEARWATER LAW LTD. 2023-11-23 → present
- THOMAS MILLER LAW LTD 2014-04-29 → 2023-11-23
- TMCM LAW LTD 2013-06-28 → 2014-04-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,022,861 | £2,354,956 | |
| Operating profit | £235,862 | £333,377 | |
| Profit before tax | £196,695 | £293,519 | |
| Net profit | £148,517 | £218,655 | |
| Cash | £53,066 | £274,852 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,684 | £248,339 | |
| Net assets | -£776,816 | -£558,161 | |
| Equity | -£776,816 | -£558,161 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 10 | |
| Wages | £676,968 | £703,452 |
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 | 11.7% | 14.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 883.9% | 134.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 5.96x | 8.31x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have determined that the accounts be prepared on a going concern basis. Further information on the director's assessment of going concern is included in Note 1.2 of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SHEARWATER LAW LTD. · parent
- Prestwick Law Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALPENNY, Kieran Patrick | Secretary | 2013-06-28 | — | — |
| KEMPKENS, Robert Christian | Director | 2025-11-05 | Jul 1968 | German |
| MAITRA, Jessica Ruth | Director | 2023-04-30 | Jan 1976 | British |
| PATTERSON, Charles Robert | Director | 2023-04-30 | Feb 1972 | British |
| RICHARDS, David Brian | Director | 2025-02-06 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SMITH, Amanda | Director | 2025-07-01 | May 1981 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Stephen | Director | 2023-04-30 | 2025-03-26 |
| BOND, Patrick Mark | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2025-02-18 |
| COWANS, Robert Nicky | Director | 2022-01-25 | 2025-09-30 |
| FENTON, Charles Edward | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2024-08-19 |
| HUNT, Stephen Edward James | Director | 2015-04-27 | 2025-10-17 |
| JACKSON, Peter Anthony | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2025-02-18 |
| WARCHESTER, Adele Susan | Director | 2015-04-27 | 2019-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Miller Claims Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+16.4%
£2,022,861 £2,354,956
-
Cash
+417.9%
£53,066 £274,852
-
Net assets
+28.1%
-£776,816 -£558,161
-
Employees
0%
10 10
-
Operating profit
+41.3%
£235,862 £333,377
-
Profit before tax
+49.2%
£196,695 £293,519
-
Wages
+3.9%
£676,968 £703,452
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