CHURCH HOUSE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1M
+10.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9M
-3.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
41
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£362K
-5.6% vs 2024
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 | £7,496,088 | £7,968,063 | £8,280,975 | +3.9% | |
| Operating profit | £22,759 | £326,694 | £326,730 | 0% | |
| Profit before tax | £118,941 | £383,739 | £362,148 | -5.6% | |
| Net profit | £35,031 | £232,149 | £203,963 | -12.1% | |
| Cash | £2,780,750 | £1,859,625 | £2,050,835 | +10.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,133,935 | £4,128,821 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,059,205 | £4,007,330 | £3,857,365 | -3.7% | |
| Equity | £4,059,205 | £4,007,330 | £3,857,365 | -3.7% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 42 | 41 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | £4,136,403 | £4,420,370 | £4,533,908 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,516,730 | £1,747,695 | £1,978,504 | +13.2% |
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 | 0.3% | 4.1% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.9% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 7.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.48x | 2.44x | 2.41x | |
| Interest cover | 1.52x | 12.04x | 7.46x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHURCH HOUSE INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Gold Nominees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 proved to be another year in which relatively benign financial conditions provided markets with the necessary impetus to overcome the headwinds caused by the introduction of the Trump tariffs and ongoing geopolitical tensions, with the result that investors were once again rewarded with returns that exceeded inflation.”
- “A particular highlight of the year was the promotion of both Stephen Kershaw and Rory Campbell-Lamerton to the Board.”
- “On a very different note, the sudden and tragic death of our colleague and friend James Edgedale came as a great shock to us all.”
- “Our private client business grew by 6% overall, again it was a year in which new client inflows were matched by outflows as existing clients used gains to meet other obligations.”
- “It was another year of mixed fortunes for our funds business; our flagship Investment grade fund (CHIG) grew by some 12% and retained its star rating. It was also good to see our multi asset fund Tenax achieve a return of some 11%.”
- “2025 proved to be the first year for some time in which we were not obliged to introduce any significant new Regulatory regulation, enabling us to focus on enhancing our business resilience and update some of our more dated systems.”
- “President Trumps attacks on Iran and the swift regional escalation have clouded the outlook as I write. The subsequent spike in crude and natural gas prices has upended any economic forecasts for 2026 and market conditions have deteriorated rapidly.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERSHAW, Stephen | Secretary | 2018-08-14 | — | — |
| BAINES, Michael George Coriat Talbot | Director | 2007-08-23 | May 1952 | British |
| CAMPBELL-LAMERTON, Rory Patrick Chichester | Director | 2025-10-21 | May 1989 | British |
| GIBBS, Dominic Vaughan | Director | 2009-12-09 | Aug 1966 | British |
| JOHNSEN, James William | Director | 2007-03-20 | May 1960 | British |
| KERSHAW, Stephen | Director | 2025-10-21 | Jun 1984 | British |
| MAHON, James Patrick | Director | 1999-02-25 | Aug 1950 | British |
| MARTIN SMITH, Andrew Everard | Director | 2009-12-09 | Jun 1952 | British |
| WHARTON, Jeremy Lloyd | Director | 2010-03-11 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOPER, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2010-02-02 | 2018-08-14 |
| HUGHES, Graham John | Secretary | 2001-10-30 | 2010-02-02 |
| BATTENS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1997-12-03 | 2001-10-30 |
| BATTEN, David Henry Cary | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2010-01-27 |
| DAVIS, Roger John | Director | 2010-03-11 | 2026-05-01 |
| EDGEDALE, James William | Director | 2023-10-24 | 2025-05-24 |
| EDWARDS, Keith Charles | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2010-01-18 |
| EDWARDS, Raymond Martin | Director | 1997-12-03 | 1999-02-25 |
| ELLIS, Mervyn Brian | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2004-01-31 |
| HOOPER, Carol Ann | Director | 2018-08-14 | 2021-06-30 |
| HUGHES, Graham John | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2010-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.