LIONTRUST SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£143k
Equity attributable
Employees
53
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6.4m
Period ending 2023-09-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors consider this a material uncertainty to the Going Concern given they do not expect to retain control of the Company over the next twelve months and therefore the provision of support to the company will be at the discretion of the new parent company.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,407,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£6,434,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,432,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£6,432,000 | — | |
| Cash | £1,578,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £143,000 | — | |
| Equity | £143,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 53 | — | |
| Wages | £5,706,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-07-02
- LIONTRUST SERVICES LIMITED 2026-07-02 → present
- RIVER GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 2023-12-01 → 2026-07-02
- RIVER AND MERCANTILE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2016-03-14 → 2023-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors consider this a material uncertainty to the Going Concern given they do not expect to retain control of the Company over the next twelve months and therefore the provision of support to the company will be at the discretion of the new parent company.”
Significant events
- “On 16 March 2026, the Parent Company River Global PLC announced its agreement to the sale of the operating business of River Global PLC, by way of an agreed disposal of River Global Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries to Liontrust Asset Management PLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Laura Lesley | Director | 2023-09-29 | Feb 1978 | Scottish |
| MARSHALL, Gary Robert | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKMASTER, Sally | Secretary | 2022-03-11 | 2023-02-28 |
| MARSHALL, Penny Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-03-14 | 2020-06-22 |
| OLSEN, Boel Irmelin Liselott | Secretary | 2020-06-22 | 2022-03-09 |
| BARHAM, James Edward Ellis | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2022-01-31 |
| FAHEY, Frances | Director | 2020-02-14 | 2022-03-15 |
| HAYES, Kevin James Patrick | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2020-02-28 |
| HOCTOR-DUNCAN, Alex | Director | 2022-01-28 | 2025-06-30 |
| PICKUP, Rudi Garth | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2016-04-11 |
| RUTT, Christopher Stewart | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2016-04-11 |
| WHITE, Michael | Director | 2022-03-11 | 2023-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Global Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-07-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.