SANFORD DELAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
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Cash
£810K
-83.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£990K
-77.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
9
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£375K
-122.3% lowest in 6 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.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,215,224 | £16,681,071 | £10,084,247 | £6,330,021 | £4,490,141 | £2,542,280 | -43.4% | |
| Operating profit | £6,492,274 | £9,576,153 | £5,389,272 | £2,668,623 | £1,350,575 | -£430,028 | -131.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,504,218 | £9,580,533 | £5,381,467 | £3,117,873 | £1,682,099 | -£374,863 | -122.3% | |
| Net profit | £5,188,851 | £7,711,803 | £4,321,797 | £2,401,738 | £1,216,078 | -£354,679 | -129.2% | |
| Cash | £7,929,271 | £10,932,413 | £9,369,226 | £7,637,947 | £4,923,224 | £809,632 | -83.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,146,773 | £10,076,076 | £10,574,002 | £11,181,580 | £4,412,444 | £989,759 | -77.6% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £11,181,580 | £4,412,444 | £989,759 | -77.6% | |
| Equity | £8,146,773 | £10,076,076 | £10,574,002 | £11,181,580 | £4,412,444 | £989,759 | -77.6% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,003,658 | £1,584,242 | £1,199,452 | £1,490,273 | £1,331,696 | £1,419,286 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £592,000 | £470,950 | £444,675 | £776,056 | £649,273 | £905,489 | +39.5% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 45.7% | 57.4% | 53.4% | 42.2% | 30.1% | -16.9% | |
| Net margin | 36.5% | 46.2% | 42.9% | 37.9% | 27.1% | -14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 79.7% | 95.0% | 51.0% | 23.9% | 30.6% | -43.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.06x | 5.82x | 6.71x |
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
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties affecting the company and consider that the company will have sufficient resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. As a result the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “SDL has undergone its own significant internal transition. Keith Ashworth-Lord determined to retire at the end of 2025 and set about to find new custodians of SDL. The vision was to provide value to the SDL shareholders and a confident future for SDL staff. This was secured by way of an acquisition of SDL by the Australian based asset manager, EC Pohl & Co Pty Ltd led by Dr Manny Pohl AM. With a nearly identical investment philosophy and cultural alignment the transaction completed on 31 October 2025 with the FCA's approval. The former board of SDL resigned and have been replaced by Manny Pohl, Ryan Rajkumar and Scott Barrett.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Scott William | Director | 2025-10-31 | Dec 1981 | Australian |
| POHL, Emmanuel Clive, Dr | Director | 2025-10-31 | Nov 1953 | Australian |
| RAJKUMAR, Ryan Anthony | Director | 2025-10-31 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH-LORD, Keith Richard | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2025-10-31 |
| BANYARD, Rosemary Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2019-04-05 |
| BROTHERSTON, Alexander | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| CHRISTIAN, Andrew George | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2017-10-26 |
| ECKERSLEY, John Stephen | Director | 2017-10-26 | 2019-11-01 |
| KEOUGH, Stephen | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2010-09-25 |
| ORTON, Rex Alastair | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2025-10-31 |
| PAGE, Ian David | Director | 2010-10-07 | 2017-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Emmanuel Clive Pohl | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-31 | Active |
| Mr Keith Richard Ashworth-Lord | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-24 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-11-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.