EMPIRIC INVESTMENTS (FOUR) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£33M
+25.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£48M
+10.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£10M
-29.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,286,407 | £21,639,192 | |
| Operating profit | £18,465,313 | £16,340,655 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,729,639 | £9,738,880 | |
| Net profit | £13,729,639 | £9,738,880 | |
| Cash | £26,091,028 | £32,661,326 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £162,546,307 | £167,500,430 | |
| Net assets | £43,469,200 | £48,208,080 | |
| Equity | £43,469,200 | £48,208,080 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 86.7% | 75.5% | |
| Net margin | 64.5% | 45.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.0% | 85.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 4.33x | 3.82x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore concluded that it remains appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of preparation when compiling the Company and Group annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Group structure
- EMPIRIC INVESTMENTS (FOUR) LIMITED · parent
- Empiric (Bath Canalside) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Bath Piccadilly Place) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Exeter LL) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Falmouth Maritime Studios) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Glasgow Bath St) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Lancaster Penny St 1) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Lancaster Penny St 2) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Lancaster Penny St 3) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Leeds Pennine House) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Leicester Peacock Lane) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Liverpool Art School/Maple House) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Liverpool Chatham Lodge) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Liverpool Grove Street) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Liverpool Octagon/Hayward) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Manchester Ladybarn) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Manchester Victoria Point) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Oxford Stonemason) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Snow Island) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Southampton) Limited 100%
- Empiric (Stoke Caledonia Mill) Limited 100%
- Empiric (St Andrews Ayton House) Limited 100%
- Empiric (St Andrews Ayton House) Leasing Limited 100%
- Empiric (Southampton) Leasing Limited 100%
- Brunswick Contracting Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURT, Michael James | Director | 2026-01-28 | Mar 1983 | British |
| LISTER, Joseph Julian | Director | 2026-01-28 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HADAWAY, Paul Nicholas | Secretary | 2015-04-15 | 2015-04-22 |
| FIM CAPITAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-04-22 | 2021-12-31 |
| ATTLEE, Timothy Laurence | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2020-06-30 |
| ENRIGHT, Michael John | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2017-03-15 |
| FENNAH, Lynne | Director | 2017-12-11 | 2022-10-31 |
| GARROOD, Duncan | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2026-01-28 |
| GRANT, Donald Aaron | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2026-01-28 |
| HADAWAY, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2017-12-11 |
| PAIN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2020-04-17 | 2022-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empiric Investment Holdings (Four) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
+1.7%
£21,286,407 £21,639,192
-
Cash
+25.2%
£26,091,028 £32,661,326
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£43,469,200 £48,208,080
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-11.5%
£18,465,313 £16,340,655
-
Profit before tax
-29.1%
£13,729,639 £9,738,880
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