RATHBONES LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£184K
-21.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£561K
-9.8% vs 2024
Employees
12
+9.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£117K
-239.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £1,554,700 | £1,807,505 | £1,760,181 | -2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £30,344 | -£136,996 | -£291,241 | -112.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £292,774 | £83,626 | -£116,713 | -239.6% | |
| Net profit | £275,679 | £87,122 | -£61,056 | -170.1% | |
| Cash | £291,979 | £234,911 | £184,168 | -21.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £535,241 | £622,363 | £561,307 | -9.8% | |
| Net assets | £535,241 | £622,363 | £561,307 | -9.8% | |
| Equity | £535,241 | £622,363 | £561,307 | -9.8% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 11 | 12 | +9.1% | |
| Wages | £707,846 | £868,252 | £938,781 | +8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £364,210 | £640,544 | £747,430 | +16.7% |
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 | 2.0% | -7.6% | -16.5% | |
| Net margin | 17.7% | 4.8% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | -22.0% | -51.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.8% | 59.0% | 81.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.67x | 1.23x |
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
- RATHBONES LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 2022-12-07 → present
- RATHBONE TRUST LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 2016-12-07 → 2022-12-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DELOITTE LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In forming their view, the directors have considered the Company's prospects for a period of at least 12 months and assessed the availability of any support required from its parent undertaking. As a result, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no material events occurring between the balance sheet date and the date of signing this report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Ali | Secretary | 2016-12-07 | — | — |
| GUILDER, Aaron Thomas | Director | 2023-06-15 | Feb 1977 | British |
| HORDERN, Christopher Anthony Edward | Director | 2016-12-07 | Dec 1966 | British |
| PIKE, Alexandra | Director | 2020-01-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
| WAKEFIELD, Matthew James | Director | 2016-12-07 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWBIGGING, Bruce Robert | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2023-06-15 |
| WARREN, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2021-09-01 |
| WHATELY, Julian Richard | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathbone Trust Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-12-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.