PALMERS (ST ALBANS) LIMITED
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Cash
£604k
+804,714.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.6m
+27.1% vs 2024
Employees
79
+9.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£450k
+289.2% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £58,252,643 | £54,860,980 | £52,384,514 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £904,365 | £309,674 | £765,224 | +147.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £568,282 | -£237,956 | £450,274 | +289.2% | |
| Net profit | £416,307 | -£203,124 | £344,289 | +269.5% | |
| Cash | £75 | £75 | £603,611 | +804,714.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,640,381 | £1,269,320 | £1,613,609 | +27.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,640,381 | £1,269,320 | £1,613,609 | +27.1% | |
| Equity | £1,640,381 | £1,269,320 | £1,613,609 | +27.1% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 72 | 79 | +9.7% | |
| Wages | £2,544,117 | £2,507,302 | £2,716,927 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £374,923 | £296,674 | £367,904 | +24% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £87,072 | £88,411 | £88,638 | +0.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £179,152 | £130,327 | £156,460 | +20.1% |
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 | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -0.4% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 55.1% | 24.4% | 47.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.6% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.05x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | 0.56x | 2.41x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PALMERS (ST ALBANS) LIMITED 1997-12-09 → present
- INGLEBY (1026) LIMITED 1997-09-19 → 1997-12-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the Directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANCH, Daniel | Director | 2019-10-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| PALMER, Christine | Director | 2005-11-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| PALMER, Daniel Christopher | Director | 1997-11-28 | Aug 1963 | British |
| PALMER, Jacob Daniel | Director | 2022-04-05 | Aug 1991 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Christine | Secretary | 2003-03-10 | 2013-08-27 |
| LAWRENCE, Simon David | Secretary | 2000-12-01 | 2001-03-05 |
| LEWIS, Roger Andrew | Secretary | 2001-03-05 | 2003-03-10 |
| LILLEY, Rosalyn Avril | Secretary | 1997-11-28 | 2000-11-30 |
| INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-09-19 | 1997-11-28 |
| MANNING, Roger Francis | Director | 1997-11-28 | 2000-07-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Brian | Director | 2000-07-31 | 2003-03-10 |
| THOMAS, Bryn Richard | Director | 2001-03-05 | 2003-03-10 |
| WALLIS, Ivan Arthur | Director | 1997-11-28 | 2001-03-05 |
| INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-09-19 | 1997-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pb Holdings (St Albans) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-11-21 | Active |
| Palmers (St. Albans) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-10-16 | Ceased 2024-11-21 |
| Palmers & Sons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-11-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.