INDEPENDENT SCAFFOLDING GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£468K
+74.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.7M
-17.7% vs 2024
Employees
47
-14.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£761K
+10.5% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £6,539,613 | £6,613,519 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£480,254 | -£491,445 | -2.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£849,883 | -£760,735 | +10.5% | |
| Net profit | £6,667 | £333,333 | £562,500 | £500,000 | -£823,484 | -£788,954 | +4.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £267,949 | £467,977 | +74.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,471,716 | £3,471,716 | £3,471,716 | £3,471,716 | £6,574,773 | £7,236,208 | +10.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,471,716 | £4,452,665 | £3,663,711 | -17.7% | |
| Equity | £3,471,716 | £3,471,716 | £3,471,716 | £3,471,716 | £4,452,665 | £3,663,711 | -17.7% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 47 | -14.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,627,178 | £1,430,507 | -12.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £25,188 | £26,149 | +3.8% |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -7.3% | -7.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -12.6% | -11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -7.3% | -6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 56.4% | 53.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.59x | 5.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -1.30x | -1.82x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Haslers
- 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
- “A complete group financial restructure also took place in November 2024 and this has very greatly reduced the group's borrowing costs.”
- “With the impending release of many projects held up in the BSR process and the greatly reduced operational costs, the group is expecting much better results and continued growth in following years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LODDY, Karen | Secretary | 2005-12-01 | — | British |
| FREEMAN, Paul | Director | 2005-12-01 | Jan 1968 | British |
| LODDY, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2005-12-01 | May 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Freeman | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-15 | Active |
| Sip Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-15 |
| Mr Matthew Thomas Loddy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-30 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-11-26 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.