SWAN LONDON LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+155.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.7m
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
147
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£231k
+409.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £8,216,377 | £8,704,055 | £9,384,839 | +7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £216,459 | £101,419 | £235,530 | +132.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £103,470 | -£74,601 | £230,852 | +409.4% | |
| Net profit | £123,193 | -£101,714 | £170,138 | +267.3% | |
| Cash | £476,105 | £535,019 | £1,368,240 | +155.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,288,497 | £4,724,644 | £4,467,005 | -5.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,638,998 | £3,525,487 | £3,666,125 | +4% | |
| Equity | £3,639,201 | £3,525,487 | £3,666,125 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 141 | 149 | 147 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £2,864,042 | £3,303,809 | £3,661,074 | +10.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £52,479 | £24,990 | £23,650 | -5.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 1.2% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -1.2% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 2.1% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.5% | 58.0% | 57.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.42x | 0.49x | |
| Interest cover | 1.84x | 0.76x | 2.26x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Perrys Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- SWAN LONDON LIMITED · parent
- Lobster pot (West Malling) Limited 100%
- The Swan at the Globe Limited 100%
- Swan About Events Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Christopher Diccon Stockwell | Secretary | 2023-08-29 | — | — |
| ADEY, Paul Alan | Director | 2023-08-29 | Apr 1972 | British |
| WRIGHT, Christopher Diccon Stockwell | Director | 2015-09-21 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATWAL, Sandeep | Secretary | 2016-07-01 | 2023-08-29 |
| LATA, Martyna Ewa | Secretary | 2015-09-21 | 2016-07-01 |
| ATWAL, Sandeep | Director | 2017-06-03 | 2023-08-29 |
| HARRIS, Jessica Kate | Director | 2017-11-06 | 2020-03-01 |
| HARRIS, Jessica Kate | Director | 2015-12-29 | 2017-06-03 |
| LATA, Martyna | Director | 2015-12-29 | 2016-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Diccon Stockwell Wright | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.