BURNETTS SOLICITORS LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-27 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£783K
+104.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+13.4% vs 2024
Employees
155
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+14.7% 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 | £10,688,445 | £12,397,360 | |
| Operating profit | £2,087,830 | £2,518,219 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,184,252 | £2,505,262 | |
| Net profit | £2,184,252 | £2,505,262 | |
| Cash | £382,287 | £782,791 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,141,471 | £3,306,479 | |
| Net assets | £2,696,298 | £3,058,453 | |
| Equity | £2,696,298 | £3,058,453 | |
| Average employees | 148 | 155 | |
| Wages | £5,405,455 | £6,292,246 |
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 | 19.5% | 20.3% | |
| Net margin | 20.4% | 20.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 66.5% | 76.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 1.98x | |
| Interest cover | 4.27x | 3.74x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- 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 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
- BURNETTS SOLICITORS LLP · parent
- Burnetts Trust Corporation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our Burnetts Thrive Fund and focus on our local communities has led to us working with local schools and offering opportunities to young people to join our Apprenticeship Solicitor Scheme.”
- “Our submission for verification and certification as a B-Corporation reflects our ambition to measure the impact of our business on our stakeholders and to use our business as a force for good. We are hopeful that we will achieve B-Corp Certification during the next financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Paul Martin | Llp Designated Member | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1976 | — |
| GUTTERIDGE, Nicholas | Llp Designated Member | 2019-10-11 | Apr 1966 | — |
| HAYWARD, Helen Frances | Llp Designated Member | 2021-11-30 | Sep 1975 | — |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander | Llp Designated Member | 2021-11-30 | Aug 1986 | — |
| KNAGGS, Spencer John Wallace | Llp Designated Member | 2022-04-04 | Dec 1973 | — |
| MATHER, Robert Todd | Llp Designated Member | 2021-11-30 | Sep 1984 | — |
| MILLER, Richard William | Llp Designated Member | 2021-11-30 | Jul 1983 | — |
| NUTLEY, Nicola Frances | Llp Designated Member | 2025-04-01 | Jul 1973 | — |
| WALBY, Michael James | Llp Designated Member | 2021-11-30 | Jul 1976 | — |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Richard Martin Vaughan | Llp Designated Member | 2019-10-11 | 2023-04-01 |
| MORTIMER, Simon Nicholas | Llp Designated Member | 2021-11-30 | 2023-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Martin Vaughan Jones | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2019-10-11 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
| Mr Nicholas Gutteridge | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2019-10-11 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | LLMR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-04-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-04-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-02-03 | LLMR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date limited liability partnership | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-15 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-16 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-05 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-10-11 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2022-03-21 | LLMR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date limited liability partnership | |
| 2022-02-03 | LLPSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement limited liability partnership | |
| 2021-11-30 | LLPSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2021-11-30 | LLPSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2021-11-30 | LLAA01 | accounts | Change account reference date limited liability partnership current extended |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+16%
£10,688,445 £12,397,360
-
Cash
+104.8%
£382,287 £782,791
-
Net assets
+13.4%
£2,696,298 £3,058,453
-
Employees
+4.7%
148 155
-
Operating profit
+20.6%
£2,087,830 £2,518,219
-
Profit before tax
+14.7%
£2,184,252 £2,505,262
-
Wages
+16.4%
£5,405,455 £6,292,246
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