MORTIMER CLARKE SOLICITORS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1M
+7.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+20.2% vs 2023
Employees
131
-3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+45.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,388,000 | £9,251,000 | +10.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,643,000 | £2,385,000 | +45.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,643,000 | £2,385,000 | +45.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,257,000 | £1,789,000 | +42.3% | |
| Cash | £3,790,000 | £4,080,000 | +7.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,875,000 | £10,664,000 | +20.2% | |
| Net assets | £8,875,000 | £10,664,000 | +20.2% | |
| Equity | £8,875,000 | £10,664,000 | +20.2% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 131 | -3% | |
| Wages | £4,377,000 | £4,449,000 | +1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £243,000 | £238,000 | -2.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.6% | 25.8% | |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 19.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 22.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.25x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the forecast performance models and funding availability including consideration of appropriate sensitivities and have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “Key decisions taken by the Company are defined as those that are considered to have a material impact on the long-term performance of the business and its interaction with key stakeholders. In this context the key decisions taken during 2024 were in respect of our structured and successful 'programme based' response to the labour market challenges that continued throughout this year, impacting front-line resource capacity within the business and, as part of our on-going strategies to drive customer engagement, to request court allowed application of interest charges to customer balances, as part of our CCJ Claim processes, as well as increasing the volume of pre-litigation strategy activity undertaken on behalf of our primary client. All initiatives were approved at appropriate EXCO and Board levels.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSETT, Lucy Marie | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| BAYNE, Sandra Isabel | Director | 2015-07-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| GRAHAM, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2021-10-22 | May 1969 | British |
| JENKINS, Paul | Director | 2021-02-03 | Nov 1969 | British |
| ROGERS, Andrew | Director | 2015-07-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHECKLEY, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | 2007-04-13 | 2007-04-13 |
| KHAN, Tariq | Secretary | 2007-04-13 | 2011-03-23 |
| TAGGART, Charlotte | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2019-03-29 |
| WHITELEY, Sarah | Secretary | 2019-03-29 | 2024-08-11 |
| ARMES, Simon Philip Harcourt | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2007-04-13 |
| BUICK, Craig Anthony | Director | 2016-05-11 | 2019-09-16 |
| BUICK, Craig Anthony | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2015-12-31 |
| MATHIAS, Richard Edmund | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2015-07-01 |
| MORRIS, Jonathan Barrie | Director | 2019-09-16 | 2021-09-30 |
| ROSS-ROBERTS, Christopher Michael David | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| STANNARD, Kenneth John | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-09-16 |
| USHER, Derek George | Director | 2019-09-16 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Financial Debt Recovery Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-10-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-10-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-10-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.