ICS UMBRELLA LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+2.4% vs 2024
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
93
+416.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£363K
+502.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £167,541,249 | £172,957,921 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£50,372 | £62,675 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£90,363 | £363,395 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£163,572 | £153,866 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £8,147,207 | £8,340,562 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,237 | £3,496 | — | — | — | £116,895 | £270,761 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 93 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £141,580,884 | £144,771,431 | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.2%
£167,541,249 £172,957,921
-
Cash
+2.4%
£8,147,207 £8,340,562
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+416.7%
18 93
-
Operating profit
+224.4%
-£50,372 £62,675
-
Profit before tax
+502.2%
-£90,363 £363,395
-
Wages
+2.3%
£141,580,884 £144,771,431
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.01x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -0.11x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ICS UMBRELLA LTD 2009-05-13 → present
- UMBRELLA FRIEND LTD 2009-04-16 → 2009-05-13
- ICS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED 2002-03-21 → 2009-04-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Gross revenue for the financial year was £172.9m, which was an increase on the previous year of £167.5m.”
- “The company's principal activity is payroll services in the contractor sector.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICS SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2002-03-22 | — | — |
| LYON, John | Director | 2007-10-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| ICS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-03-22 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-21 | 2002-03-21 |
| FERGUSON, Andrew Ross, Mr. | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2011-11-01 |
| GAYWOOD, Mark John | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2017-11-20 |
| HAWORTH, Michael Alfred | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2013-09-10 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-03-21 | 2002-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ics Contracting Group | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Mark John Gaywood | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-30 |
| Mr John Lyon | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.