NAPTHENS LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+201.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+73.6% vs 2024
Employees
288
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+61.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,585,483 | £26,917,499 | |
| Operating profit | £3,492,236 | £6,535,332 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,517,465 | £7,284,544 | |
| Net profit | £4,437,701 | £7,096,697 | |
| Cash | £1,593,413 | £4,809,331 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,639,553 | £7,952,165 | |
| Net assets | £3,739,461 | £6,490,027 | |
| Equity | £3,739,461 | £6,490,027 | |
| Average employees | 294 | 288 | |
| Wages | £9,821,335 | £10,554,689 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 24.3% | |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 26.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 61.9% | 82.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.45x | |
| Interest cover | 17.71x | 20.86x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the members' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group or limited liability partnership'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.”
Group structure
- NAPTHENS LLP · parent
- Ludlow(formerly Napthens) Wealth Management Limited 100%
- Napthens (Trustees) Limited 100%
- Lancashire Searches Limited 100%
- Afterathena Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 April 2025, Ludlow Wealth Management Limited ceased to trade. The company became dormant after that date and the director intends to strike the company off in the near future. On the 2nd April 2025, the immediate parent company changed from Napthens LLP to Ludlow Wealth Management Group Limited and the ultimate parent company changed to Mattioli Woods Limited. On 31 May 2025 the company's ownership was transferred under a group reorganisation from Ludlow Wealth Management Group Limited to Mattioli Woods Limited.”
- “On 4 April 2025, Lancashire Searches Limited gave notice on the NSS franchise agreement. Following the end of this period, the company will be dormant, and the directors intend to strike the company off in the near future. The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as a result of this.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
27 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Christopher James | Llp Designated Member | 2008-04-01 | Nov 1976 | — |
| MELLING, Keith Graeme | Llp Designated Member | 2009-09-01 | Oct 1972 | — |
| ROBINSON, Richard Harvey | Llp Designated Member | 2016-06-01 | Feb 1976 | — |
| ALLISON, James Scott | Llp Member | 2008-09-01 | Jan 1976 | — |
| APPLETON, Marc | Llp Member | 2017-10-01 | Jan 1974 | — |
| BAILEY, David | Llp Member | 2017-10-01 | Jul 1976 | — |
| BARNES, Sarah | Llp Member | 2019-10-01 | Mar 1979 | — |
| BARRETT-ST. VALL, Kimberley | Llp Member | 2021-04-01 | Feb 1982 | — |
| BEARDSWORTH, Martin David | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | Feb 1974 | — |
| BELL, Stephen | Llp Member | 2017-11-01 | Oct 1972 | — |
| CARR, David | Llp Member | 2022-10-01 | May 1982 | — |
| COATES, Anthony John | Llp Member | 2019-03-04 | May 1978 | — |
| DOBSON, Robert Stuart | Llp Member | 2016-04-01 | Feb 1979 | — |
| DONOVAN, Kieran Paul | Llp Member | 2022-04-11 | Jan 1974 | — |
| DUNCAN, Claire | Llp Member | 2021-09-28 | May 1984 | — |
| ESNER, Jonathan David | Llp Member | 2018-02-01 | Dec 1968 | — |
| HARDY, Paul | Llp Member | 2017-10-01 | Aug 1977 | — |
| HAWORTH, Claire | Llp Member | 2019-05-01 | Dec 1981 | — |
| HILL, David Lawrence | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | Apr 1970 | — |
| HOLDEN, Andrew James | Llp Member | 2020-11-01 | Oct 1978 | — |
| HOLDEN, Andrew | Llp Member | 2017-10-01 | Jun 1980 | — |
| LONG, Martin Thomas | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | Nov 1955 | — |
| LUCKING, Helen Margaret | Llp Member | 2018-05-01 | Feb 1969 | — |
| MCCANN, Oliver John | Llp Member | 2012-01-03 | Jun 1976 | — |
| POWELL, Krista Samantha | Llp Member | 2025-11-24 | Dec 1977 | — |
| TAYLOR, Matthew Charles | Llp Member | 2025-10-27 | Apr 1984 | — |
| WHITTINGSLOW, John Robert | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | Jun 1964 | — |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, John Andrew | Llp Designated Member | 2007-02-06 | 2012-03-31 |
| AINSWORTH, Simon Richard | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| BAILEY, David | Llp Member | 2013-01-02 | 2014-04-01 |
| BARNES, David Anthony | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2016-03-31 |
| BARON, Damian Laurence | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2012-01-01 |
| CLARE, Andrew David | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2013-01-31 |
| CROMPTON, John Michael | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| DOBSON, Robert Stuart | Llp Member | 2010-04-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| EATOUGH, John Antony | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2009-09-30 |
| FETHERSTONE, Michael Joseph | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2016-03-31 |
| GIBBS, Sean Vicary | Llp Member | 2010-01-04 | 2014-01-31 |
| GLEDHILL, Simon John | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| GRIFFIN, Terence Anthony Stephen | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| HARWOOD, Kathryn | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| HAWKSWORTH, William David | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2009-12-31 |
| HAYMES, Jane Patricia | Llp Member | 2009-09-07 | 2014-04-01 |
| IRELAND, Malcolm | Llp Member | 2017-10-01 | 2021-06-15 |
| IRELAND, Malcolm Francis | Llp Member | 2013-07-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| KITCHEN, David John | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2010-03-31 |
| LOVE, Grahame | Llp Member | 2019-02-01 | 2024-01-05 |
| LUCKING, Helen Margaret | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| MARSHALL, Charles Jonathan Guy | Llp Member | 2012-11-07 | 2013-10-15 |
| MCDOWELL, Richard John | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2020-09-30 |
| MORRISON, Tricia Marianne | Llp Member | 2011-09-19 | 2014-04-01 |
| NEWBURY, Wendy Louise | Llp Member | 2007-10-01 | 2008-12-08 |
| RICHARDS, Robert Francis | Llp Member | 2010-04-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| ROBINSON, Richard Harvey | Llp Member | 2013-03-18 | 2014-04-01 |
| SEWELL, David Philip | Llp Member | 2007-02-06 | 2013-03-31 |
| SUMNER, Allan Holmes | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2016-03-31 |
| TOMLINSON, Geoffrey Ralph | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2014-04-01 |
| WARD, John James | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2014-04-01 |
| WHARTON, Iain Terence | Llp Member | 2012-10-02 | 2014-04-01 |
| WINDLE, John Martin Bransby | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2014-10-01 |
| WOOSNAM, John Montague | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2014-05-01 |
| WRIGHT, John Stephen | Llp Member | 2007-03-29 | 2011-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-02-17 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-15 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-15 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-02-15 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-02-15 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-05 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-20 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-12-20 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-12-20 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-05-19 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+19.2%
£22,585,483 £26,917,499
-
Cash
+201.8%
£1,593,413 £4,809,331
-
Net assets
+73.6%
£3,739,461 £6,490,027
-
Employees
-2%
294 288
-
Operating profit
+87.1%
£3,492,236 £6,535,332
-
Profit before tax
+61.3%
£4,517,465 £7,284,544
-
Wages
+7.5%
£9,821,335 £10,554,689
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