NELSONS SOLICITORS LIMITED
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Cash
£179k
+12.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£24m
+32% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
206
-4.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£9.3m
+54.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,533,227 | £27,790,960 | £33,410,241 | +20.2% | |
| Operating profit | £634,178 | £4,243,195 | £7,727,852 | +82.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,197,074 | £6,033,419 | £9,327,079 | +54.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,112,142 | £4,491,789 | £5,923,602 | +31.9% | |
| Cash | £709,178 | £159,099 | £179,161 | +12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,643,826 | £19,359,373 | £25,253,726 | +30.4% | |
| Net assets | £14,581,367 | £18,519,771 | £24,443,373 | +32% | |
| Equity | £14,581,367 | £18,519,771 | £24,443,373 | +32% | |
| Average employees | 192 | 216 | 206 | -4.6% | |
| Wages | £6,869,375 | £11,420,213 | £12,161,212 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £103,332 | £310,000 | £305,415 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,653 | £13,824 | £33,953 | +145.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £57,985 | £173,543 | £150,367 | -13.4% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 15.3% | 23.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 16.2% | 17.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 21.9% | 30.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.2% | 32.5% | 26.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 2.41x | 3.28x | |
| Interest cover | 1.51x | 6.91x | 13.43x |
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
- NELSONS SOLICITORS LIMITED 2010-06-01 → present
- NELSONS (EAST MIDLANDS) LIMITED 2010-04-09 → 2010-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- NELSONS SOLICITORS LIMITED · parent
- Nelsons Solicitors Trust Corporation Limited 100%
- Patterson Pancholi & Bay Limited 100%
- Ashteds Limited 100%
- Else Burton LLP 100%
- Simpson Jones LLP 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 November 2025 the company acquired 100% of the equity interest in Simpson Jones LLP for consideration of £764,967.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Christian John | Director | 2025-11-26 | Sep 1973 | Australian |
| HASTINGS, Timothy Michael | Director | 2010-05-18 | Jul 1956 | British |
| LLOYD, Neil Antony | Director | 2023-05-04 | Jun 1965 | British |
| SELBY, Cathryn Rachel | Director | 2018-07-13 | Feb 1971 | British |
| VANDERMARK, Stewart Neil | Director | 2010-06-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LAWFRONT GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-08-15 | — | — |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Christopher Michael | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| BAIGENT, Keeley Sarah-Ann | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| BIRCHALL, Andrew John | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| CARTER, James Andrew | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| CHILVERS, Jayne | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| CONINGSBY, James Edward Russell | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2023-05-04 |
| COPESTAKE, Ian Trafford | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| CRAVEN, Michelle Stephanie | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| ELLIOTT, Caroline Deborah | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| FERN, Stephen James | Director | 2018-01-17 | 2019-05-31 |
| GROSBERG, Richard Desmond | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| HARRISON, Karen Louise | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Christopher James | Director | 2023-05-04 | 2023-11-15 |
| IRISH, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| JAMIESON, Andrew Peter | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| JENKINSON, Mark Mansell | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| KAPLAN, David | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2012-12-14 |
| KEARSLEY, Laura | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2012-12-14 |
| KINMAN, Jennifer | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| LODGE, Michael Stephen | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| MILLER, Christopher | Director | 2013-06-12 | 2018-01-17 |
| MILLER, Christopher | Director | 2010-04-20 | 2012-12-14 |
| OSBORNE, Nigel Richard | Director | 2023-05-04 | 2025-10-26 |
| PREECE, Lisa | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| REES, Christopher Mark David | Director | 2010-04-09 | 2012-12-14 |
| RITCHIE, Deborah Ann | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| ROBERTS, Jonathan William Vincent | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| SELBY, Cathryn Rachel | Director | 2012-03-07 | 2012-12-14 |
| STANILAND, Richard | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| STANSFIELD, Christopher | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| SUTHERLAND, Jane Catherine | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| TAYLOR, Duncan John | Director | 2010-05-18 | 2012-12-14 |
| TREES, Simon Anthony | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2012-12-14 |
| WALLS, Marie Amanda | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-12-14 |
| WATERFIELD, Simon Ian | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Bruce Howard Leighton | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2023-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelsonslaw Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-01 | Active |
| Mr James Edward Russell Coningsby | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Timothy Michael Hastings | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Christopher Michael Adams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Jonathan William Vincent Roberts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Duncan John Taylor | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Bruce Howard Leighton Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Simon Anthony Trees | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Simon Ian Waterfield | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Stewart Neil Vandermark | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Christopher Miller | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
| Mr Andrew Peter Jamieson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
| Mr Christopher Stansfield | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 329 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.