PULFORD TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£10M
+201% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£550M
+21.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£27M
-5.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,739,000 | £6,487,000 | £18,489,000 | +185% | |
| Operating profit | -£8,025,000 | -£9,287,000 | -£10,370,000 | -11.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,603,000 | £28,919,000 | £27,434,000 | -5.1% | |
| Net profit | £16,412,000 | £22,853,000 | £19,690,000 | -13.8% | |
| Cash | £2,919,000 | £3,309,000 | £9,961,000 | +201% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £423,215,000 | £453,216,000 | £550,335,000 | +21.4% | |
| Net assets | £423,215,000 | £453,216,000 | £550,335,000 | +21.4% | |
| Equity | £423,215,000 | £453,216,000 | £550,335,000 | +21.4% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | £120,000 | £114,000 | £132,000 | +15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £123,000 | £127,000 | £146,000 | +15% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -54.4% | -143.2% | -56.1% | |
| Net margin | 111.4% | — | 106.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.9% | -2.0% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 8.5% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 0.45x | 7.46x | |
| Interest cover | -15.74x | -3.88x | -4.70x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next twelve months. As a result, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- PULFORD TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Anker Shipping Limited 50.5%
- Autumn TopCo Limited 100%
- Bridges Care & Education Limited 76.7%
- Bridging Trading LLP 91%
- Chalk Nursery Holding Limited 90%
- Downing Development Finance (Harlow) Limited 100%
- Fortava Healthcare Topco Limited 88%
- HB SP LLP 100%
- Mysa Care (HoldCo) Limited 95%
- Lighthouse Funerals Topco Limited 93.4%
- Pelham House Lewes Limited 58.3%
- Priory CC71 Limited 78.6%
- PSTL TopCo Limited 75%
- St Chads (Birmingham) Holdings Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'REILLY, Niall | Secretary | 2023-03-06 | — | — |
| ATTIA, Amany | Director | 2026-03-02 | Oct 1961 | British |
| GROSS, Mark Daniel | Director | 2023-03-06 | Nov 1978 | British |
| POWELL, Andrew John | Director | 2020-09-28 | Feb 1964 | British |
| ROSCROW, Peter Donald | Director | 2017-03-31 | May 1963 | Australian,British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULLARD, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2013-06-28 | 2023-06-23 |
| YOUNGER, Paul | Secretary | 2016-12-29 | 2023-03-06 |
| BARRAS, Florence Marie Francoise | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2026-01-17 |
| CLARKE, Pierre | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2019-05-23 |
| CORBALLY, Colin George Eric | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2023-03-06 |
| HALLAHANE, Dennis William Patrick | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2020-09-30 |
| MCGING, Tony Michael | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2017-04-03 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Grant Leslie | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2017-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tt Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2026-03-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 702 total filings
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Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 20
- 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.