IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-28.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£600k
0% vs 2025
Employees
598
+5.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.2m
-2.6% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,115,240 | £18,049,313 | £17,966,851 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £5,265,482 | £6,210,882 | £6,107,627 | -1.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,417,963 | £6,376,629 | £6,210,667 | -2.6% | |
| Net profit | £5,417,963 | £6,376,629 | £6,210,667 | -2.6% | |
| Cash | £3,464,244 | £2,183,140 | £1,564,669 | -28.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £600,000 | £600,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 | 0% | |
| Equity | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 500 | 569 | 598 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £11,307,793 | £13,801,204 | £15,921,186 | +15.4% | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 32.7% | 34.4% | 34.0% | |
| Net margin | 33.6% | 35.3% | 34.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1035.1% | 1017.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.19x | 1.23x |
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
- IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 1999-03-08 → present
- DATAFAN LIMITED 1999-02-25 → 1999-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed whether the use of the going concern assumption is appropriate in preparing these financial statements. Having reviewed the financial position, and the budget for 2025-26 and beyond the directors consider that there are no material uncertainties about the company's ability to continue as a going concern for 12 months from the date of the signing of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Françoise Soules | Secretary | 2023-08-25 | — | — |
| COOMBER, Joanna Mary | Director | 2025-09-29 | Sep 1974 | British |
| EDWARDS, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2025-09-29 | Feb 1971 | British |
| HARRIS, Françoise Soules | Director | 2023-06-14 | Oct 1967 | French,British |
| HOWELL, Caro | Director | 2023-05-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| JACK, Annabel Elizabeth | Director | 2022-06-28 | Dec 1980 | British |
| MISTRY, Carlos | Director | 2021-07-06 | Aug 1968 | British |
| PATRICK, Andrew James De Vine | Director | 2022-06-28 | Dec 1953 | British |
| SMITH, Rachel Margaret | Director | 2024-03-14 | Oct 1976 | British |
| STANBURY, Victoria Paula | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1974 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARD, Jonathan Martin | Secretary | 1999-03-08 | 2023-08-25 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-25 | 1999-03-08 |
| ADIE, Kathryn | Director | 2003-01-15 | 2007-03-31 |
| AMINOSSEHE, Sherin | Director | 2023-10-17 | 2025-09-16 |
| ASHCROFT, Michael Anthony, Lord | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2018-03-01 |
| BLACK, Guy Vaughan | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2011-12-31 |
| CAMERON, Keith Gordon | Director | 2009-09-02 | 2021-11-03 |
| CARD, Jonathan Martin | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2023-08-25 |
| CLEAVER, Elizabeth Rose | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| CRAWFORD, Robert William Kenneth, Sir | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2008-09-30 |
| CRUICKSHANK, James Hylton | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-02-10 |
| DEFRIEZ, Tamsin Todd | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| FISHER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2007-06-06 | 2008-07-29 |
| GILBERT, Joseph, Air Chief Marshal Sir | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2002-01-14 |
| GODWIN, Angela | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2009-09-30 |
| IRVING, Miles Horsfall, Sir | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-11-30 |
| LEES, Diane Elizabeth, Dame | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| MUNSIFF, Jyoti Eruch | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2008-11-01 |
| PUSEY, Catharine Anne Veronica | Director | 2011-03-02 | 2021-03-02 |
| SMART, Ian Michael Henry | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2000-07-31 |
| VAIZEY, Marina, Lady | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2003-01-14 |
| WALLACE, Christopher Brooke Quentin | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2006-11-29 |
| WESTON, Guy Howard | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2024-08-31 |
| WOODROW, William Robert | Director | 2008-11-12 | 2011-01-31 |
| WRIGHT, Tom Knox | Director | 2006-11-29 | 2012-08-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-02-25 | 1999-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees Of The Imperial War Museum | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.