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IPS HOLDINGS LIMITED

#02981754 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1994-10-21 (31y 7m) · Last filing 2026-03-04 (2mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 78109 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-08 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-22

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-18.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£2M

-4.4% vs 2023

Employees

55

-3.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2024-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £8,245,050£7,754,443
Operating profit ——
Profit before tax ——
Net profit £62,980-£147,209
Cash £2,350,402£1,920,540
Total assets less current liabilities £1,826,498£1,966,432
Net assets £2,311,299£2,208,793
Equity £2,311,299£2,208,793
Average employees 5755
Wages £4,051,701£3,593,265
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. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Net margin 0.8%-1.9%
Current ratio 2.73x3.48x

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

  1. IPS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1994-11-24 → present
  2. BALIDOCK LIMITED 1994-10-21 → 1994-11-24

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“the directors believe that the current cash reserves will be sufficient to trade through the current situation in the short term.”

Group structure

  1. IPS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Anakin Seal Legal Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    2. Forsythe and Kayee Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    3. Ingleby (535) Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    4. Insurance Career Consultants Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    5. Insurance Personnel Selection Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    6. IPS Group (China) Limited 100% · PR China · Executive recruitment
    7. IPS Group (Manchester) Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    8. IPS Group Asia Limited 100% · Hong Kong · Executive recruitment
    9. IPS Group Limited 100% · England · Executive recruitment
    10. IPS Overseas Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    11. IPS Search Inc 100% · USA · Executive recruitment
    12. IPS Trustee Company Limited 100% · England · Dormant
    13. Trevor James (City of London) Limited 100% · England · Dormant

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 11 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BALLARD, Richard Secretary 2020-02-01 — —
BALLARD, Richard Director 2020-02-01 Sep 1975 British
CHITNIS, Anthony Michael Director 2010-02-17 Dec 1964 British
DICKMAN, Christopher Bernard Director 2006-01-01 May 1966 British
Show 11 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CHARLESWORTH, Alan Lindsay Secretary 1994-11-15 2015-09-24
CHITNIS, Anthony Michael Secretary 2016-12-20 2020-02-24
CUTHBERTSON, Andrew James Secretary 2015-10-01 2016-12-20
C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1994-10-21 1994-11-15
BURRELL, Nicholas Philip Director 1994-11-15 1995-02-27
CHARLESWORTH, Alan Lindsay Director 1995-01-23 2020-04-01
HARRIS, Clive Philip Director 1996-04-01 1996-10-03
PRIOR, David Gifford Leathes, Lord Prior Of Brampton Director 1995-02-08 2005-12-31
RAINCOCK, Brian John Dawson Director 1995-01-23 1996-03-31
SNELL, Edward Director 2006-01-01 2009-12-25
C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1994-10-21 1994-11-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Christopher Bernard Dickman Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Anthony Michael Chitnis Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 159 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-08-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-07-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2021-03-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-09-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2020-04-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-03-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-03-04 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2020-02-03 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2020-02-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2019-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-03-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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