PINSENT MASONS AFRICA LLP
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-70.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£872K
-34.8% vs 2024
Employees
101
+17.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-0.4% vs 2024
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 | £10,571,777 | £11,793,152 | |
| Operating profit | £3,120,635 | £3,200,217 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,295,588 | £3,282,685 | |
| Net profit | £3,295,588 | £3,282,685 | |
| Cash | £6,216,773 | £1,846,657 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,444,329 | £954,796 | |
| Net assets | £1,336,191 | £871,786 | |
| Equity | £1,336,191 | £871,786 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 101 | |
| Wages | £5,649,734 | £7,504,511 |
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 | 29.5% | 27.1% | |
| Net margin | 31.2% | 27.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 216.1% | 335.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.0% | 92.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | 786.05x | 71115.93x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the members consider that the LLP has adequate resources and support to continue trading for the foreseeable future, and for this reason, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In line with the Companies Act 2006 (2013 Regulations) and the recently introduced Streamlined Energy and Carbon Report (SECR) requirement, the Pinsent Masons Group is disclosing its annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the Group Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Laura Elaine | Llp Designated Member | 2017-02-24 | Jul 1969 | — |
| MASRAF, Andrew Mark | Llp Designated Member | 2017-02-24 | Feb 1969 | — |
| PINSENT MASONS LLP | Corporate Llp Designated Member | 2016-09-01 | — | — |
| AKHTAR, Mohammad Hammad | Llp Member | 2023-12-01 | May 1974 | — |
| BARKER, David Christopher | Llp Member | 2026-03-01 | Nov 1969 | — |
| CHADWICK, Rosalie Madeleine | Llp Member | 2026-03-15 | Nov 1977 | — |
| CORMACK, James Shearer | Llp Member | 2024-04-30 | Nov 1968 | — |
| COTTEE, Steven James | Llp Member | 2026-03-01 | Jan 1972 | — |
| DIAZ-RAINEY, Julian | Llp Member | 2026-03-01 | Sep 1971 | — |
| ELLIS, Joanne Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2017-02-24 | Oct 1970 | — |
| HEFFRON, David Gerard | Llp Member | 2024-04-30 | May 1965 | — |
| LEMAN, Thomas Ross | Llp Member | 2023-12-01 | Apr 1971 | — |
| TYERMAN, John | Llp Member | 2023-12-01 | Jan 1970 | — |
| WATSON, Michael Gall | Llp Member | 2017-02-24 | Dec 1968 | — |
| STARFISH FOUNDATION 2020 (RF) (PTY) LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2020-09-17 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLELAND, John | Llp Member | 2016-07-28 | 2023-08-31 |
| CROOKES, James | Llp Member | 2017-02-24 | 2025-10-31 |
| FOLEY, Richard Edward | Llp Member | 2016-07-28 | 2023-01-27 |
| MORRISON, Alastair John Mackinnon | Llp Member | 2017-02-24 | 2024-07-31 |
| WORKMAN, Catherine | Llp Member | 2017-02-24 | 2020-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinsent Masons Llp | Corporate entity | voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-appoint-and-remove-members-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-09-01 | Active |
| Richard Edward Foley | Individual | right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-07-28 | Ceased 2017-02-24 |
| John Cleland | Individual | right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-07-28 | Ceased 2017-02-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-03-24 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-03-24 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-03-23 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-05-03 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-12-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-12-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2023-08-31 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-05-03 | 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
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
-
Turnover
+11.6%
£10,571,777 £11,793,152
-
Cash
-70.3%
£6,216,773 £1,846,657
-
Net assets
-34.8%
£1,336,191 £871,786
-
Employees
+17.4%
86 101
-
Operating profit
+2.6%
£3,120,635 £3,200,217
-
Profit before tax
-0.4%
£3,295,588 £3,282,685
-
Wages
+32.8%
£5,649,734 £7,504,511
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