THE COUNCIL OF THE INNS OF COURT
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Cash
£1.2M
-8% vs 2024
Net assets
£940K
-1.7% vs 2024
Employees
35
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£16K
-140.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Trustees have accepted forecasts that, during the course of 2026, and due to lower than budgeted student numbers and fees set at a level that are not likely to cover all its operating costs, the ICCA Bar Course is likely to make a deficit. The Trustees are aware that this is expected to result in the need for COIC to use of some of its
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified 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 | £1,876,292 | £3,078,345 | £3,375,993 | +9.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £13,443 | -£40,350 | -400.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £39,145 | -£15,829 | -140.4% | |
| Net profit | £488,297 | £39,144 | -£15,829 | -140.4% | |
| Cash | £1,222,903 | £1,337,002 | £1,229,384 | -8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £955,978 | £940,148 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £916,834 | £955,978 | £940,148 | -1.7% | |
| Equity | £916,834 | £955,978 | £940,148 | -1.7% | |
| Average employees | 29 | 33 | 35 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | £1,318,917 | £1,803,632 | £2,130,842 | +18.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £381,401 | £320,223 | -16% |
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 | — | 0.4% | -1.2% | |
| Net margin | 26.0% | 1.3% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.4% | -4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 45.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.59x | 2.14x | 2.30x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Trustees have accepted forecasts that, during the course of 2026, and due to lower than budgeted student numbers and fees set at a level that are not likely to cover all its operating costs, the ICCA Bar Course is likely to make a deficit. The Trustees are aware that this is expected to result in the need for COIC to use of some of its”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Andrew Mark | Secretary | 2024-07-30 | — | — |
| CARTWRIGHT, Stephen John | Director | 2022-10-07 | Apr 1968 | British |
| DOERRIES KC, Chantal-Aimee | Director | 2020-07-01 | Aug 1968 | German |
| DOREY CVO, Gregory John | Director | 2018-03-12 | May 1956 | British |
| GHIKA, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 2023-07-10 | Sep 1969 | British |
| GREEN, Nicholas Nigel, The Rt Hon Lord Justice | Director | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1958 | British |
| HOPKINS, Emma Kate | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| NORMAN, Sarah Alice, Hhj | Director | 2026-02-06 | Jan 1961 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Patricia Grace | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| SMITH KC, Marion | Director | 2023-11-22 | Dec 1956 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKEFIELD, James Alan George | Secretary | 2013-12-06 | 2024-07-30 |
| BIGNELL KC, Janet Susan | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2025-12-31 |
| BROWNE, Desmond John Michael | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| BROWNE, Desmond John Michael | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2014-12-31 |
| DAVIES QC, Helen Louise | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| FAITH, Anthony John, Brigadier | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-07-28 |
| FRANCES, Jill, Judge | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| HARKING, Anthony Duncan, Brigadier | Director | 2016-07-29 | 2022-10-06 |
| KERR, Mary Anne | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2019-01-14 |
| LODDER, Peter Norman | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2020-06-30 |
| MADDAMS, John Patrick | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-03-11 |
| MATTHEWS QC, Duncan Henry Rowland | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| PERRICONE, Guy Robert | Director | 2022-05-02 | 2023-07-09 |
| PERRICONE, Guy Robert | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2020-07-08 |
| PITCHFORD, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-04-30 |
| PITTAWAY, David Michael | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-12-31 |
| SHARP CBE, Anne | Director | 2019-01-15 | 2025-07-31 |
| SOUTHERN, David Boardman, Dr | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2019-07-01 |
| WALLACE, Victoria Louise | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2022-04-14 |
| WHITTAM KC, William Richard Lamont | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.