COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE (EM) INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
-13.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.3m
-87.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-52.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,414,000 | £2,849,000 | £1,293,000 | -54.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,358,000 | -£134,000 | £331,000 | +347% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,733,000 | £2,225,000 | £1,052,000 | -52.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,582,000 | £1,777,000 | £745,000 | -58.1% | |
| Cash | £3,469,000 | £3,242,000 | £2,811,000 | -13.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,970,000 | £25,561,000 | £3,277,000 | -87.2% | |
| Net assets | £23,727,000 | £25,561,000 | £3,277,000 | -87.2% | |
| Equity | £23,727,000 | £25,561,000 | £3,277,000 | -87.2% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| Wages | £778,000 | £221,000 | £238,000 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,272,000 | £338,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,000 | £1,000 | £9,000 | +800% | |
| Highest paid director | £896,000 | £151,000 | £693,000 | +358.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.8% | -4.7% | 25.6% | |
| Net margin | 81.2% | 62.4% | 57.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | -0.5% | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.9% | 6.2% | 46.2% | |
| Current ratio | 11.98x | 16.01x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 41.38x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE (EM) INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2022-07-01 → present
- LGM INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2014-05-27 → 2022-07-01
- LLOYD GEORGE MANAGEMENT (EUROPE) LIMITED 1995-02-28 → 2014-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having assessed the principal risks, the Directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NURSE, Michelle | Secretary | 2021-06-17 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Elliot James | Director | 2026-07-06 | Oct 1976 | British |
| OLLIER, Alexander Timothy Matthew | Director | 2026-07-06 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Secretary | 1995-02-28 | 2015-03-10 |
| CLARKE, William Theodore | Secretary | 2016-01-29 | 2019-10-04 |
| HORNSEY, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2011-04-28 | 2014-08-01 |
| LAM, Katherine | Secretary | 2019-10-04 | 2021-06-17 |
| VADODARIA, Neha | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2016-01-29 |
| AXSATER, Fredrik Sven | Director | 2020-11-10 | 2023-02-24 |
| CHAN, Anna Siu Man | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| COOPER, Barry Merritt | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2019-06-13 |
| COUSINS, Anthony Nicholas | Director | 2014-01-29 | 2014-12-17 |
| DICKEN, Philip James Trueman | Director | 2025-03-05 | 2026-07-06 |
| GEORGE, Anita Anne | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2009-12-31 |
| JACKSON, Michaela Caroline | Director | 2024-06-21 | 2026-07-06 |
| JOHNSON, Dominic Robert Andrew | Director | 2004-01-23 | 2007-04-19 |
| KERR, William Walter Raleigh | Director | 1995-02-28 | 2013-09-30 |
| LANGRIDGE, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2010-08-20 |
| LLOYD GEORGE, Robert John Daniel, Hon | Director | 1995-02-28 | 2014-04-30 |
| LOGAN, David | Director | 2015-10-06 | 2025-03-20 |
| MATTHEWS, Scott Joseph | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2019-06-13 |
| MCINERNEY, Barry Sean | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2016-05-03 |
| MITCHEM, Kristi Lynne | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2021-11-08 |
| MOHAMMED, Joan | Director | 2017-08-23 | 2019-05-09 |
| NEWMAN, Drew | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2015-08-31 |
| NIVEN, Paul Graham | Director | 2025-03-14 | 2026-07-06 |
| OUELLETTE, Gilles Gerard | Director | 2019-09-19 | 2021-11-08 |
| PATEL, Rishikesh Dinesh | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2023-02-24 |
| REES-MOGG, Jacob William | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2007-04-19 |
| RING, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2023-11-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Edward Manwaring | Director | 2002-04-10 | 2007-04-26 |
| SEYMOUR-WILLIAMS, Diane | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2016-02-12 |
| SMITH, William Kenneth Spinney | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2019-06-13 |
| SRISKANDARAJAH, Raveendra | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2020-07-15 |
| STAINSBY, John | Director | 1995-10-16 | 1999-08-27 |
| VESTER, Thomas | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2022-09-08 |
| WATTS, Richard Adrian | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2024-09-17 |
| WILSON, Richard Charles | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2019-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Threadneedle Investments Uk International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-08 | Active |
| Bank Of Montreal | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-24 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-24 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-24 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.