FOURTEEN IP GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£106k
-96.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.9m
+219.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
7
-92.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£334k
-120.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications 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 | £16,597,567 | £16,951,075 | £673,012 | -96% | |
| Operating profit | £1,804,230 | £1,587,963 | -£371,753 | -123.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,820,808 | £1,604,878 | -£334,305 | -120.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,637,224 | £1,011,947 | -£333,804 | -133% | |
| Cash | £1,239,479 | £2,831,046 | £106,269 | -96.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,854,854 | £2,472,787 | £7,907,616 | +219.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,854,854 | £2,472,787 | £7,907,616 | +219.8% | |
| Equity | £2,854,854 | £3,596,805 | £7,907,616 | +119.9% | |
| Average employees | 80 | 90 | 7 | -92.2% | |
| Wages | £3,469,033 | £3,738,160 | £697,058 | -81.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £634,120 | £484,160 | £385,608 | -20.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £81,215 | £42,575 | £15,381 | -63.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £186,464 | £150,228 | £153,117 | +1.9% |
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 | 10.9% | 9.4% | -55.2% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 6.0% | -49.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 63.2% | 64.2% | -4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.5% | 72.7% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 13.43x | 33.70x |
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
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- FOURTEEN IP GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Fourteen IP Communications Limited 100%
- Fourteen IP Network Services Limited 100%
- Fourteen IP Hospitality Communications Europe Limited 100%
- Fourteen IP Mexico, S de RL de CV 100%
- Fourteen IP Cloud Communications Limited 100%
- Fourteen IP Communications (Canada) Limited 100%
- Fourteen IP Hold Co 100%
- Fourteen IP Inc 100%
- Evolution Voice Inc 100%
- Fourteen IP Cloud Communications Co 100%
- Clearly IP Inc 100%
- Clearly IP Software Inc 100%
- TangoPBX LLC 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Kevin Lee | Director | 2020-02-18 | Nov 1978 | British |
| TOLLEY, Neil John | Director | 2016-04-05 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMORE, David Mawson | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2025-04-08 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2025-04-08 |
| HAVARD, Mary Victoria | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2025-04-08 |
| POOLE, Alan | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forte Bidco 2025 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-08 | Active |
| Mr Neil John Tolley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2025-04-08 |
| Nwf (Venture Capital) Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2019-08-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | 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
- 1
- 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.