PURE CREMATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£738K
+135.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£13M
+13.7% vs 2023
Employees
174
+25.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-8.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,096,445 | £18,849,908 | |
| Operating profit | £1,551,455 | £1,210,350 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,299,753 | £2,095,747 | |
| Net profit | £2,299,753 | £2,095,747 | |
| Cash | £313,943 | £738,119 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,384,174 | £17,784,885 | |
| Net assets | -£15,322,989 | -£13,227,242 | |
| Equity | -£15,322,989 | -£13,227,242 | |
| Average employees | 139 | 174 | |
| Wages | £5,115,570 | £5,166,377 |
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 | 9.1% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 11.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.9% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 171.6% | 159.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.26x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | 19.80x | 13.78x |
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.”
Significant events
- “On 14 November 2023, Pure Group Bidco Limited which is ultimately controlled by Epiris GP III Limited, acquired a 100% interest in Cognicent Limited, which was the previous ultimate parent company of the group prior to acquisition.”
- “On 18 October 2024, an intermediate holding entity Pure Group Bidco Limited, entered into a £20,000,000 revolving credit facility with Santander UK PLC and borrowed £15,000,000 before arrangement fees. The net funds after fees received together with cash borrowed from operating subsidiaries of £8,050,000 was then used to repay £22,000,000 of intercompany borrowings through each of the subsidiary undertakings to Pure Topco Limited, the ultimate parent company. Pure Topco Limited used these funds to redeem £22,000,000 of preference share capital to its shareholders.”
- “On 5 February 2025, Pure Newco Limited which is ultimately controlled by Epiris GP III Limited, acquired a 100% interest in Pure Topco Limited. Following this acquisition, the ultimate parent company for the group was Pure Newco Limited, a private company registered in Jersey.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Ian David | Director | 2024-01-24 | Feb 1972 | British |
| FLOWERS, Brett William | Director | 2024-01-18 | Jun 1974 | British |
| GAWTHORNE, Mark David | Director | 2022-05-05 | Jan 1969 | British |
| LAMBLE, Dean Nicholas | Director | 2023-11-14 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WASSALL, Sally Jane Tamsin | Director | 2021-08-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| WILLMOTT, Gregory James | Director | 2024-02-19 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWELL, Bryan Donald Leslie | Secretary | 2015-07-27 | 2023-11-14 |
| COLLINGWOOD, David Anthony | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2022-11-18 |
| KAYE, Eliot Charles | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2019-03-01 |
| LE DRUILLENEC, Timothy Vincent | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2018-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Kimberly | Director | 2017-11-21 | 2018-01-31 |
| MURPHY, Robert John | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2024-01-31 |
| POWELL, Bryan Donald Leslie | Director | 2015-07-27 | 2023-11-14 |
| POWELL, Catherine Anne | Director | 2015-07-27 | 2023-11-14 |
| REYNOLDS, Matthew James | Director | 2022-05-05 | 2024-07-31 |
| ROSETHORN, Harriet Jane | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2021-06-15 |
| SEASTRON, Mark | Director | 2022-10-03 | 2024-02-29 |
| THILO, Paul Edward | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-09-14 |
| THOMERSON, Richard Ronald | Director | 2015-11-06 | 2023-11-14 |
| WATSON-GANDY, Mark, Prof | Director | 2015-11-06 | 2021-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Cremation Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-23 | Active |
| Mrs Catherine Anne Powell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-19 |
| Mr Bryan Donald Leslie Powell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
| Mrs Catherine Anne Powell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
| Mr Bryan Donald Leslie Powell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.3%
£17,096,445 £18,849,908
-
Cash
+135.1%
£313,943 £738,119
-
Net assets
+13.7%
-£15,322,989 -£13,227,242
-
Employees
+25.2%
139 174
-
Operating profit
-22%
£1,551,455 £1,210,350
-
Profit before tax
-8.9%
£2,299,753 £2,095,747
-
Wages
+1%
£5,115,570 £5,166,377
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