Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Registered name: CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS LLP
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP made £242m revenue and £59.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP’s revenue grew 11% to £242m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £59.7m profit and 1,089 employees. The company is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £194m | £218m | £242m |
| Gross profit | £198m | £224m | £247m |
| Operating profit | £49m | £59.6m | £61.9m |
| Profit before tax | £48.8m | £59m | £60.9m |
| Profit after tax | £48m | £57.8m | £59.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £48m | £57.8m | £59.7m |
| Employees (average) | 982 | 1,026 | 1,089 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 24.8% | 26.5% | 24.6% |
| Gross margin | 102% | 102.8% | 101.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £197k | £213k | £222k |
| Profit per employee | £48.8k | £56.4k | £54.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.6% | ▲3.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 101.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £222k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 1,089
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (12)
- Charles Russell LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charles Russell Speechlys Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charles Russell Speechlys Solicitors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charles Russell Speechlys Trustees (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charles Russell Speechlys Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Halco Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hatton Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hatton Trustees Two LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Speechly Bircham Nominee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SpeechlysFigures not disclosed
- ST Andrew Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trustelligenceai LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £59.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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