IPA TALENT GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8M
+63.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£4.3M
-26.7% vs 2023
Employees
66
-41.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1.3M
-860.6% vs 2023
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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £28,306,560 | £18,116,965 | -36% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£47,210 | -£1,313,765 | -2,682.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£135,412 | -£1,300,767 | -860.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£332,486 | -£1,306,162 | -292.8% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,111,115 | £1,818,741 | +63.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £101,000 | — | — | £5,794,685 | £4,250,209 | -26.7% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £5,794,685 | £4,250,209 | -26.7% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £5,812,685 | £4,250,209 | -26.9% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 66 | -41.6% | |
| Wages | — | £0 | £0 | £8,018,938 | £5,177,173 | -35.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £83,286 | £24,000 | -71.2% |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -0.2% | -7.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -1.2% | -7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -0.8% | -30.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.85x | 7.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -0.54x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- IPA TALENT GROUP LIMITED 2026-02-10 → present
- I-PHARM CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED 2017-09-29 → 2026-02-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hartley Fowler LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the group's business plan, post year end performance and future forecast, and have confidence that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- IPA TALENT GROUP LIMITED · parent
- I-Pharm Consulting Inc. 85%
- I-Pharm Consulting International Limited 100%
- I-Pharm Consulting Australia PTY 100%
- I-Pharm Consulting GmbH 100%
- I-Pharm Consulting PTE Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 July 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital in both Apollo Solutions Group Limited and Parallel Group Limited. The consideration paid was £nil and £575,000 respectively (£400,000 payable day one and £175,000 deferred over the next 14 months). This event occurred after the reporting date and does not relate to conditions existing at the year end. As such, it is a non-adjusting post balance sheet event.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMPORT-WENT, Steven James | Secretary | 2017-09-29 | — | — |
| AL-TARAFI, Issam Adil | Director | 2017-09-29 | May 1975 | British |
| LAMPORT-WENT, Steven James | Director | 2017-09-29 | Apr 1964 | British |
| MCANANEY, Stephen Peter | Director | 2020-02-26 | Jun 1979 | British,Irish |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNAM, Colin John | Director | 2020-02-26 | 2025-01-31 |
| LYNAM, Colin John | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2018-02-21 |
| MCANANEY, Stephen Peter | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2018-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-Pharm Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-11-21 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Peter Mcananey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-02-26 | Ceased 2025-11-21 |
| Mr Issam Adil Al-Tarafi | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Ceased 2022-04-05 |
| Mr Steven James Lamport-Went | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Ceased 2022-04-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 7
- 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.