RM Sothebys Financial Services (Europe) Limited
Registered name: RM SOTHEBYS FINANCIAL SERVICES (EUROPE) LIMITED
Part of Bidfair Limited groupRM Sothebys Financial Services (Europe) Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Dec 2024 show net assets of £1.4m and 2 employees.
RM Sothebys Financial Services (Europe) Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 showed net assets of £1.4m and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “RM European Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
RM Sothebys Financial Services (Europe) Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 2
- Net assets
- £1.4m
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £114k | £102k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7k | £1.8k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £60.6k | £16.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £102k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼72%
- Now £16.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼61%
- Now £1.8k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bidfair Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Sotheby's Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- York UK Holdco International Limited75–100%
- RM European Holdings Limited75–100%
- RM Sothebys Financial Services (Europe) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- RM Sothebys Financial Services (NO1) LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- RM Auctions LimitedRev. £29.2m · Profit £4.5m
- Twin Spark Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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