INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY HEATING LIMITED
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Cash
£11k
-12.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£27m
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3.7m
+18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,009,023 | £9,475,016 | £11,270,532 | +19% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,384,841 | -£4,333,282 | -£3,252,634 | +24.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,398,544 | -£4,505,522 | -£3,683,468 | +18.2% | |
| Net profit | -£993,018 | -£3,379,141 | -£2,760,486 | +18.3% | |
| Cash | £3,721 | £12,613 | £11,005 | -12.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,084,111 | £32,813,096 | £34,634,420 | +5.6% | |
| Net assets | £47,589,686 | £25,465,488 | £26,521,562 | +4.1% | |
| Equity | £47,589,686 | £25,465,488 | £26,521,562 | +4.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -17.3% | -45.7% | -28.9% | |
| Net margin | -12.4% | -35.7% | -24.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.2% | -13.2% | -9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 38.4% | 44.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.24x | 0.30x | |
| Interest cover | -59.86x | -25.13x | -7.04x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY HEATING LIMITED 2007-11-21 → present
- INEXUS NO. 4 LIMITED 2006-11-01 → 2007-11-21
- INEXUS LIMITED 2005-04-08 → 2006-11-01
- FILMBAG LIMITED 2005-02-16 → 2005-04-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUMFORD, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2005-03-11 | — | British |
| BRETT, Richard Mark | Director | 2023-07-28 | Jun 1985 | British |
| HOCKMAN, Samuel | Director | 2025-03-31 | Sep 1982 | British |
| LINSDELL, Clive Eric | Director | 2013-01-25 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MARSH, John Graham | Director | 2016-07-12 | Aug 1964 | British |
| WHITE, Andrew John | Director | 2020-01-09 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-02-16 | 2005-03-11 |
| CLARKE, Robert Maxwell | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2017-06-01 |
| CORNEY, Darryl John | Director | 2007-11-09 | 2023-07-28 |
| GIBB, Philip | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2007-11-09 |
| HINDLE, Nicola Ruth | Director | 2021-04-14 | 2023-12-20 |
| HOUGHTON, David Patrick | Director | 2005-03-16 | 2006-06-16 |
| JENKINS, Graham John | Director | 2005-03-16 | 2007-11-09 |
| PEARCE, Michael William | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2007-11-09 |
| SHAW, Neil Edward | Director | 2024-05-09 | 2025-09-17 |
| SHAW, Neil Edward | Director | 2013-01-25 | 2013-12-31 |
| WARD, Russell Adrian Edmund | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2012-12-17 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-02-16 | 2005-03-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inexus Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.