IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
-15.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.3m
+10.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
27
-10% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£924k
-8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £11,751,000 | £10,396,000 | £12,567,000 | +20.9% | |
| Operating profit | £867,000 | £948,000 | £951,000 | +0.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £867,000 | £1,004,000 | £924,000 | -8% | |
| Net profit | £653,000 | £811,000 | £714,000 | -12% | |
| Cash | £1,370,000 | £3,521,000 | £2,972,000 | -15.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,809,000 | £6,620,000 | £7,334,000 | +10.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,809,000 | £6,620,000 | £7,334,000 | +10.8% | |
| Equity | £5,809,000 | £6,620,000 | £7,334,000 | +10.8% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 30 | 27 | -10% | |
| Wages | £986,000 | £1,139,000 | £1,166,000 | +2.4% | |
| 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 —. 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 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 7.8% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.9% | 14.3% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.6% | 19.9% | 42.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.67x | 5.01x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 35.22x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 2010-01-07 → present
- CASELLA CEL LIMITED 1999-12-09 → 2010-01-07
- CASELLA LIMITED 1993-11-29 → 1999-12-09
- CASELLA LONDON LIMITED 1986-12-30 → 1993-11-29
- C.F. CASELLA & CO. LIMITED 1984-12-15 → 1986-12-30
- NEATNEON LIMITED 1984-06-14 → 1984-12-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end the entire share capital of IDEAL INDUSTRIES Limited was transferred to IDEAL INDUSTRIES Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINA, Praptika, Ms. | Director | 2024-05-13 | Oct 1976 | American |
| SANFORD, Doug | Director | 2019-12-20 | Oct 1969 | American |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLETHORPE, Gayle Kathleen | Secretary | 1993-08-20 | 1994-07-19 |
| JONES, Jeffrey Mark | Secretary | 1993-07-12 | 1993-08-20 |
| MONAHAN, Paul James | Secretary | 1994-07-19 | 1996-09-02 |
| POPE, William, Prof | Secretary | 1996-09-02 | 2000-09-04 |
| ROBSON, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2000-09-04 | 2002-10-04 |
| TABERNER, Robert John | Secretary | — | 1993-07-12 |
| CREMORNE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-10-30 | 2016-07-31 |
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2005-01-21 |
| THOMAS EGGAR SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-01-21 | 2013-10-17 |
| ABRAHAM, Anthony Michael Morrison | Director | — | 1993-07-12 |
| ABRAHAM, Gweneth Margaret | Director | — | 1993-07-12 |
| ABRAHAM, Robert Price | Director | — | 1993-07-12 |
| BELFORD, David Sheridan | Director | 1993-07-12 | 1994-07-18 |
| BILLINGTON, David | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2009-12-22 |
| FINNIE, Paul Michael | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2015-05-08 |
| GIBLIN, Carmelle Marie | Director | 2015-04-24 | 2019-12-20 |
| JONES, Jeffrey Mark | Director | 1993-07-12 | 1994-07-18 |
| LAMB, Kevin James | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2024-06-30 |
| MONAHAN, Paul James | Director | 1993-11-19 | 1996-09-02 |
| MYLES, Anthony John Walker | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2009-12-22 |
| POPE, William, Prof | Director | 1995-09-13 | 2004-03-16 |
| ROBSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2002-10-04 |
| RUBENS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2009-11-12 |
| SIMPSON, Ian William | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2000-09-04 |
| SLOANE, Terence Henry Anthony | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| TABERNER, Robert John | Director | — | 1996-07-05 |
| TEARLE, Stephen | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2007-07-02 |
| THOMAS, Lee Michael | Director | 2009-12-22 | 2017-01-27 |
| WHELAN, Henry Michael | Director | — | 2007-07-02 |
| WHYTE, John Christopher | Director | — | 1996-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Industries Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2026-09-03 |
| Mr David Wesley Juday | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-06-06 | Ceased 2016-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-09-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-21 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.