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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-24 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-10

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£9M

+51.5% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£11M

+42.1% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

66

+3.1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£4M

+26.4% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £8,364,747£9,804,853
Operating profit £3,086,023£3,703,558
Profit before tax £3,243,762£4,100,630
Net profit £2,539,121£3,197,666
Cash £1,416,034£5,989,668£9,076,395
Total assets less current liabilities £2,557,473£8,518,395£11,786,722
Net assets £1,650,959£7,586,656£10,784,322
Equity £1,650,959£2,709,430£3,891,769£5,047,535£7,586,656£10,784,322
Average employees 496466
Wages £3,020,972£3,189,356
Directors' remuneration £184,787£184,146

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

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 2020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 36.9%37.8%
Net margin 30.4%32.6%
Return on capital employed 36.2%31.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 17.6%13.8%
Current ratio 13.19x17.02x
Interest cover 840.65x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Sumer Auditco Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In preparing these financial statements, the directors have assessed the ability of the company to continue to operate for the period of at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Based on the current position the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, along with the financial support of its directors, for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements and accordingly they adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. DAVID WILLIAMS I F A LIMITED · parent
    1. The Retirement Desk Limited 0.25% · England and Wales · retirement planners

Significant events

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

People

9 active · 13 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BEAL, Joanna Charlotte Director 2016-04-01 Mar 1969 British
BEAL, Nicholas David Director 2010-09-01 Dec 1970 British
COOWAR, Rachel Valerie Director 2026-01-01 Nov 1986 British
FREEMAN, John Daniel Director 2026-01-01 Apr 1984 British
SLACK, Daniel Lewis Director 2026-01-01 Oct 1980 British
SPARROW, David Antony Director 2018-04-01 Oct 1960 British
SPARROW, Mark James Director 2026-01-01 Nov 1986 British
WOMACK, Lucy Jane Director 2019-06-01 May 1966 British
WOMACK, Stephen John Watson Director 2016-04-01 Sep 1969 British
Show 13 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BEAL, Nicholas David Secretary 2012-12-31 2016-08-01
KNIGHT, David John Secretary 2003-01-15 2012-12-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2003-01-15 2003-01-15
COX, Debra Director 2017-04-01 2019-05-10
COX, Phillip Brian Director 2010-09-01 2019-05-10
KNIGHT, David John Director 2012-03-01 2012-12-31
KNIGHT, David John Director 2003-01-15 2010-10-31
LOWE, Ian James Director 2003-01-15 2021-05-27
LOWE, Karin Director 2016-04-01 2021-05-27
SPARROW, David Antony Director 2003-01-15 2016-04-28
SPARROW, Gillian Elaine Director 2018-04-01 2023-03-31
SPARROW, Gillian Elaine Director 2015-01-01 2016-04-28
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2003-01-15 2003-01-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Dwifa Holdings 234 Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm 2026-03-23 Active
David Williams Ifa Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm 2016-04-28 Ceased 2026-03-23

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 108 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-10 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-10 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-01-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-09-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-09-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-07-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-12-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2022-12-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-12-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-12-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-07-21 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
4

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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