COLES MILLER SOLICITORS LLP
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-14
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£994K
+389% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+19.7% vs 2024
Employees
136
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+71.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-14.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,828,664 | £8,117,855 | |
| Operating profit | £820,212 | £1,951,498 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,632,840 | £2,800,256 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | £203,200 | £993,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,834,020 | £5,695,499 | |
| Net assets | £4,058,895 | £4,859,682 | |
| Equity | £4,058,895 | £4,859,682 | |
| Average employees | 134 | 136 | |
| Wages | £3,211,725 | £3,528,904 |
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 | 12.0% | 24.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.0% | 34.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 3.56x | |
| Interest cover | 23.01x | 56.78x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Management Board has a reasonable expectation that the LLP has adequate financial resources to meet its operational needs for the foreseeable future and therefore, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- COLES MILLER SOLICITORS LLP · parent
- Expert HIPS Limited 100%
- Coles Miller (Secretaries) Limited 100%
- Saltus Financial Services Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Turnover for the LLP has increased in the year from £6.8m to £8.1m in 2025.”
- “The net profit reported for the year before member's remuneration is £2.8m and compares to £1.6m in 2024.”
- “The net assets of the LLP have increased by 20% to £4.86m as at 30 April 2025.”
- “The increase in costs such as national insurance and minimum wage changes have meant that there has been a tough start to the 2026 financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Neil Anthony Robert | Llp Designated Member | 2006-03-28 | Jun 1969 | — |
| BARNETT, Jason | Llp Designated Member | 2012-05-01 | Jun 1975 | — |
| CORMACK, Adrian Cameron | Llp Designated Member | 2006-03-28 | Jan 1966 | — |
| LEEDHAM, Roger Mark | Llp Designated Member | 2006-03-28 | Apr 1960 | — |
| PERRINS, Richard James | Llp Designated Member | 2017-05-01 | Nov 1981 | — |
| WEBER, Anthony | Llp Designated Member | 2014-05-01 | Dec 1971 | — |
| ARNOLD, Lindsey Yvonne | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Aug 1956 | — |
| BARNETT, Lydia | Llp Member | 2015-05-01 | Nov 1980 | — |
| ELKINS, Ruth Helen | Llp Member | 2007-05-01 | Oct 1973 | — |
| LEEDHAM, Nicholas Mark | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | Apr 1991 | — |
| OXLEY, Jennifer Teresia | Llp Member | 2024-05-01 | Nov 1976 | — |
| SIMPSON, David Brian Charles | Llp Member | 2009-05-01 | Oct 1960 | — |
| VICK, Michelle | Llp Member | 2022-05-01 | Aug 1974 | — |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Andrew Edward Diaper | Llp Designated Member | 2007-05-01 | 2016-04-30 |
| PARFITT, David Andrew | Llp Designated Member | 2006-03-28 | 2015-04-30 |
| SENIOR, Roger Frank | Llp Designated Member | 2006-03-28 | 2009-03-31 |
| STEELE-WILLIAMS, Simon Timothy | Llp Designated Member | 2006-03-28 | 2020-04-30 |
| BRADFORD, Stuart | Llp Member | 2014-05-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Carol Christine | Llp Member | 2006-03-28 | 2015-04-30 |
| HAMILTON COLE, Emma Louise | Llp Member | 2006-03-28 | 2015-02-06 |
| HOUSTON KYPTA, Kerry Leanne | Llp Member | 2015-05-01 | 2025-11-26 |
| KNIGHT, Fiona Olivia | Llp Member | 2006-03-28 | 2014-04-30 |
| LATHAM, Melanie Jane | Llp Member | 2006-03-28 | 2006-09-08 |
| LEWIS, Matthew Peter | Llp Member | 2017-05-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| LINES, Shauna | Llp Member | 2007-05-01 | 2013-08-30 |
| PEARCE, Mary Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2006-03-28 | 2007-07-23 |
| WHITTLE, Christopher David | Llp Member | 2008-05-01 | 2023-04-30 |
| ADRIAN CORMACK LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-04-20 | 2014-09-10 |
| ANDREW HOWARD LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-04-20 | 2014-09-10 |
| DA PARFITT LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-04-20 | 2014-09-10 |
| NEIL ANDREWS LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-04-20 | 2014-09-10 |
| ROGER LEEDHAM LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-04-20 | 2014-09-10 |
| SIMON STEELE-WILLIAMS LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-04-20 | 2014-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roger Mark Leedham | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
| Mr Simon Timothy Steele-Williams | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-01 |
| Mr Adrian Cameron Cormack | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Neil Anthony Robert Andrews | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | LLMR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-06-24 | LLPSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-06-03 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-14 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-14 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-05-14 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2022-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-09 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
+18.9%
£6,828,664 £8,117,855
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Cash
+389%
£203,200 £993,582
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Net assets
+19.7%
£4,058,895 £4,859,682
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Employees
+1.5%
134 136
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Operating profit
+137.9%
£820,212 £1,951,498
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Profit before tax
+71.5%
£1,632,840 £2,800,256
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Wages
+9.9%
£3,211,725 £3,528,904
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