DOWNING LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£32M
Equity attributable
Employees
216
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,080,000 | £39,346,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,340,000 | £9,647,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,157,000 | £10,751,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,157,000 | £10,751,000 | |
| Cash | £13,170,000 | £16,817,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,610,000 | £32,298,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,610,000 | £31,885,000 | |
| Equity | £32,610,000 | £31,885,000 | |
| Average employees | 190 | 216 | |
| Wages | £19,751,000 | £17,656,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.8% | 24.5% | |
| Net margin | 28.6% | 27.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.8% | 29.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.8% | 38.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.04x | 2.45x |
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
- Lubbock Fine 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 LLP'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
- DOWNING LLP · parent
- Downing European Investors LLP 0.98%
- Downing Global LLP 0.98%
- Downing UK Unique Investors LLP 0.98%
- Downing Nuclear Healthcare LLP 0.98%
- Downing Fox LLP 0.98%
Significant events
- “During the period under review Downing completed the sale of its healthcare ventures investment business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
23 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORBALLY, Colin George Eric | Llp Designated Member | 2011-02-16 | Nov 1968 | — |
| LEWIS, Nicholas Peter | Llp Designated Member | 2008-11-20 | Oct 1955 | — |
| LEWIS, Rowan Jane | Llp Designated Member | 2011-03-10 | Apr 1958 | — |
| MCGING, Tony Michael | Llp Designated Member | 2008-11-20 | Jun 1965 | — |
| DOWNING CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED | Corporate Llp Designated Member | 2008-11-20 | — | — |
| DOWNING GROUP LLP | Corporate Llp Designated Member | 2022-05-31 | — | — |
| ALLNER, Christopher Charles | Llp Member | 2012-03-28 | Dec 1959 | — |
| BOSS, Jonathan Robin | Llp Member | 2011-06-01 | Jul 1969 | — |
| CALLCUT, Laurence | Llp Member | 2011-06-01 | Aug 1958 | — |
| CHANDRA, Parik | Llp Member | 2019-09-01 | Jul 1979 | — |
| DUNN, Mark | Llp Member | 2024-06-01 | Jan 1972 | — |
| GROSS, Mark Daniel | Llp Member | 2018-08-01 | Nov 1978 | — |
| HOWE, Andrew | Llp Member | 2019-09-01 | Sep 1970 | — |
| MACKENZIE, Judith Anne | Llp Member | 2013-01-14 | Aug 1972 | — |
| MANOLIS, Konstantinos | Llp Member | 2015-06-01 | Dec 1974 | — |
| MOORE, Thomas William | Llp Member | 2020-11-01 | Jul 1985 | — |
| NAYLOR, Peter | Llp Member | 2016-06-01 | Aug 1982 | — |
| PATEL, Shruti | Llp Member | 2021-06-01 | Feb 1982 | — |
| PRIEST, Nicholas John | Llp Member | 2022-06-01 | Nov 1978 | — |
| SANDERS, Anne | Llp Member | 2020-02-24 | Feb 1973 | — |
| SIME, Tony | Llp Member | 2019-09-01 | May 1973 | — |
| WEAVER, James Alexander | Llp Member | 2018-10-01 | May 1982 | — |
| WILLIAMS, Tom Sean | Llp Member | 2018-07-02 | Oct 1975 | — |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHOUSE, Grant Leslie | Llp Designated Member | 2008-11-20 | 2024-01-31 |
| DOWNING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Llp Designated Member | 2011-06-01 | 2012-05-31 |
| CLARKE, Pierre | Llp Member | 2011-06-01 | 2019-05-30 |
| EADIE, Jack Thomas | Llp Member | 2021-06-01 | 2022-07-03 |
| GROVES, Julia Siobhan | Llp Member | 2016-06-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| HUGHES, Michael John | Llp Member | 2014-08-04 | 2018-02-05 |
| KENEE, Steven Michael | Llp Member | 2015-06-01 | 2019-09-09 |
| LEWIS, Christopher Simon | Llp Member | 2012-08-01 | 2019-05-30 |
| LEWIS, Richard Alun | Llp Member | 2020-06-01 | 2022-07-03 |
| MILAD, John Eric | Llp Member | 2023-01-03 | 2023-11-17 |
| PITCHFORD, Nigel Aaron | Llp Member | 2022-06-20 | 2024-01-09 |
| ROBERTSON, Martin Gordon | Llp Member | 2014-08-04 | 2023-05-31 |
| ROGERS, Warren David | Llp Member | 2020-05-04 | 2022-02-17 |
| SIMPSON, Edward Barnaby Russell | Llp Member | 2015-06-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| SMITH, Karl Ben | Llp Member | 2023-06-01 | 2024-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downing Group Llp | Corporate entity | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-appoint-and-remove-members-limited-liability-partnership | 2022-05-31 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Peter Lewis | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2018-11-19 | Ceased 2022-05-31 |
| Mrs Rowan Jane Lewis | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2018-11-19 | Ceased 2022-05-31 |
| Downing Corporate Finance Limited | Corporate entity | right-to-share-surplus-assets-50-to-75-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2018-11-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | LLMR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-04-15 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-03-26 | LLAA01 | accounts | Change account reference date limited liability partnership current shortened | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | LLPSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-01-06 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-11-20 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | LLAD01 | address | Change registered office address limited liability partnership with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLPSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | 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
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-05-31