ICE CLEAR EUROPE LIMITED
Operating as a recognised clearing house in the UK, the business provides clearing services for derivatives and over-the-counter contracts as a subsidiary of the NYSE-listed Intercontinental Exchange.
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Cash
£273M
USD 363,000,000
-55% vs 2024
Net assets
£974M
USD 1,296,000,000
+14.6% vs 2024
Employees
102
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.5B
USD 2,010,000,000
+17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,562,805,382 | £1,836,427,873 | +17.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,239,570,022 | £1,471,096,745 | +18.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,284,672,630 | £1,510,937,383 | +17.6% | |
| Net profit | £962,940,690 | £1,132,075,472 | +17.6% | |
| Cash | £605,878,373 | £272,870,781 | -55% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £852,439,299 | £976,471,473 | +14.6% | |
| Net assets | £850,184,169 | £974,216,342 | +14.6% | |
| Equity | £850,184,169 | £974,216,342 | +14.6% | |
| Average employees | 104 | 102 | -1.9% | |
| Wages | £21,799,594 | £23,303,014 | +6.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,503,420 | £2,255,130 | +50% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.752 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 79.3% | 80.1% | |
| Net margin | 61.6% | 61.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 145.4% | 150.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.7% | 97.1% |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period up to at least 31 March 2027, being not less than 12 months from when these financial statements are authorised for issue. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company implemented IRM 2, its new margin model to be used to calculate initial margin for ICEU energy contracts, effective for freight products on 12 September 2025, for primary energy products on 7 November 2025, and for 21 additional energy products on 16 January 2026.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, ICE Futures U.S., Inc. increased its exchange contribution to the Company's guaranty fund... The Company allotted and issued 3,000,000 new ordinary shares of $1 each to its parent, IntercontinentalExchange Holdings.”
- “After the reporting date, a dividend of $304 million was paid on 19 March 2026.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENCH, Rachel Kimberley | Secretary | 2024-12-04 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, John Charles | Director | 2023-08-04 | Mar 1960 | British |
| BAINBRIDGE, Guy Lawrence Tarn | Director | 2019-06-25 | Sep 1960 | British |
| DERMAUX, Yves Oscar | Director | 2022-09-01 | Apr 1959 | Belgian |
| KING, Elizabeth Kathryn | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1966 | American |
| MACK, Andrew John | Director | 2015-09-24 | Dec 1961 | British |
| SERAFINI, Hester Christina | Director | 2020-06-16 | Jun 1969 | Dutch,Italian |
| SILVER, Caroline Louise | Director | 2020-08-13 | Dec 1962 | British |
| SPRECHER, Jeffrey Craig | Director | 2007-07-30 | Feb 1955 | American |
| VOISIN, Michael Richard Moran | Director | 2026-05-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRILL, Tiffany Fern | Secretary | 2023-10-09 | 2024-05-17 |
| DAVIS, Patrick Wolfe | Secretary | 2007-04-19 | 2018-06-28 |
| LINDSAY, Charles Ludovic | Secretary | 2024-06-24 | 2024-12-04 |
| LINDSAY, Charles Ludovic | Secretary | 2023-06-02 | 2023-10-09 |
| MILLAR, Kelly Anne | Secretary | 2018-06-28 | 2022-06-29 |
| PAYTON, Anna Charlotte | Secretary | 2022-06-29 | 2023-06-02 |
| BARTON, Roger Nigel | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| CAIRNS, Ann | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-12-10 |
| CLOSE, Robert Owen | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2015-04-14 |
| EDMONDS, Christopher Scott | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2024-01-01 |
| FRASER, Peter Lovat, Lord | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2013-06-23 |
| HILL, Scott Anthony | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2020-03-25 |
| HUTCHESON, Finbarr Patrick | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2020-02-13 |
| HUTCHESON, Finbarr Patrick | Director | 2013-07-19 | 2013-11-29 |
| JOHANSEN, Lynn Alexandra | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2025-07-02 |
| LAMB, Andrew Mc George, Dr | Director | 2008-06-12 | 2009-07-27 |
| MOORHOUSE, Christopher John | Director | 2008-02-15 | 2010-12-15 |
| NICHOLLS, Peter Harrison | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2019-07-31 |
| ONSTWEDDER, Jan Peter | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| REID, Robert Paul, Sir | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2016-12-31 |
| REPARD, James Philip | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2022-09-02 |
| SANCHEZ MUNOZ, Eva | Director | 2025-04-07 | 2026-01-02 |
| SPENCER, Richard Vaughn | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2007-07-11 |
| SWANN, Paul David | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2017-10-01 |
| TANEMURA, Ronald K | Director | 2009-09-08 | 2019-04-03 |
| WRIGHT, Claire Lesley | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2007-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercontinentalexchange Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.