INSPIRED THINKING GROUP (ITG) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-54.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£39M
+17.5% vs 2023
Employees
1,172
+9.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-32% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £149,917,000 | £165,154,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,197,000 | £2,457,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,615,000 | £2,457,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,954,000 | £159,000 | |
| Cash | £8,798,000 | £4,021,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,929,000 | £39,735,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,929,000 | £38,696,000 | |
| Equity | £32,929,000 | £38,696,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,070 | 1,172 | |
| Wages | £48,397,000 | £51,842,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £540,000 | £940,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+10.2%
£149,917,000 £165,154,000
-
Cash
-54.3%
£8,798,000 £4,021,000
-
Net assets
+17.5%
£32,929,000 £38,696,000
-
Employees
+9.5%
1,070 1,172
-
Operating profit
-23.1%
£3,197,000 £2,457,000
-
Profit before tax
-32%
£3,615,000 £2,457,000
-
Wages
+7.1%
£48,397,000 £51,842,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.7% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.73x |
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
- INSPIRED THINKING GROUP (ITG) LIMITED 2011-08-25 → present
- GREYSTONE ADVERTISING DESIGN LIMITED 1994-09-13 → 2011-08-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the Group (of which the company is part) has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Despite the net liability position presented in the consolidated balance sheet, the Group's forecasts, and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Group (of which the company is part) should be able to operate within the level of its current borrowing facility for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the annual report and consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and consolidated financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 18 February 2025, the Group acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of GAPRC Holdings Corp. GAPRC Holdings Corp. and its subsidiary entities are collectively known as "PureRed".”
- “Consideration for the acquisition was £108.6m. The acquisition was financed through a mixture of equity and borrowings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SHEA, Cormac Bernard | Director | 2025-01-22 | Sep 1972 | Irish |
| SHAH, Raju | Director | 2025-10-31 | Dec 1982 | British |
| SWINAND, Andrew | Director | 2024-05-07 | Apr 1968 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-13 | 1994-09-13 |
| HARLAND, Mark Alister | Secretary | 1998-01-01 | 2000-12-21 |
| WARD, Michelle Jane | Secretary | 2000-12-21 | 2009-02-06 |
| WARD, Simon Christopher | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1994-09-13 | 1994-09-13 |
| HARLAND, Mark Alister | Director | 1995-04-04 | 2000-12-21 |
| LOCKLEY, Mark Alexander | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2011-10-25 |
| LOVETT, Mark Alexander | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2023-10-06 |
| SINGER, Darren David | Director | 2023-10-06 | 2025-02-28 |
| SLEIGH, Jack Philip | Director | 2023-09-06 | 2025-10-31 |
| SLEIGH, Jack Philip | Director | 2023-04-14 | 2023-09-06 |
| WARD, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 1994-09-13 | 2014-03-31 |
| WARD, Michelle Jane | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2009-02-06 |
| WARD, Simon Christopher | Director | 2009-10-23 | 2024-05-17 |
| WARD, Simon Christopher | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picasso Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2022-03-22 | Active |
| Fort Topco Limited | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2022-03-22 |
| Inspired Thinking Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-05-10 | Active |
| Itg Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-14 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-02-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.