INSPIRE BUSINESS CENTRE LTD
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Cash
£907k
+28.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.6m
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£106k
+13.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £560,622 | £599,845 | £603,137 | +0.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £75,299 | £93,477 | £105,944 | +13.3% | |
| Net profit | £75,299 | £93,477 | £105,944 | +13.3% | |
| Cash | £509,221 | £706,177 | £907,102 | +28.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,922,406 | £5,479,883 | £5,585,827 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £4,922,406 | £5,479,883 | £5,585,827 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £4,922,406 | £5,479,883 | £5,585,827 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0% | |
| Wages | £131,861 | £134,168 | £139,427 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £60,060 | £69,641 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 13.4% | 15.6% | 17.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.69x | 6.34x | 8.22x |
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
- INSPIRE BUSINESS CENTRE LTD 2013-06-27 → present
- CASTLEREAGH ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1992-01-10 → 2013-06-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- GMCG LISBURN
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKLEY, Jennifer Grace | Director | 2021-09-13 | Nov 1987 | British |
| CREED, Barbara Elizabeth | Director | 2022-07-05 | Apr 1980 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Sheila Magdelene Elizabeth | Director | 2016-01-19 | Feb 1961 | British |
| HUGHES, Tanya Evelyn Mary | Director | 2023-04-17 | Oct 1966 | British |
| LAVERTY, John David | Director | 2023-09-18 | Oct 1959 | British |
| MILLS, Neill | Director | 2010-01-19 | Nov 1955 | British |
| WEIR, Andrew James | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jan 1985 | British |
| WILSON, Alan Matthew | Director | 2021-03-24 | Mar 1984 | British |
| WRIGHT, David Andrew | Director | 2020-02-28 | Jan 1975 | Irish |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCONNELL, Fergus James | Secretary | 1992-01-10 | 2014-12-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, James Lynn | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2021-06-14 |
| CARSON, Nicholas William Lockhart | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2014-05-27 |
| COLVIN, Iris | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2003-10-23 |
| DAVIDSON, Howard | Director | 2005-08-10 | 2016-01-19 |
| DRYSDALE, David Hugh | Director | 2014-01-10 | 2025-08-11 |
| DUNNE, Robert | Director | 2000-10-17 | 2006-01-30 |
| GEDDIS, Sandy | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2013-03-19 |
| GIBSON, Gillian Patricia | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2023-02-15 |
| GILPIN, Roger Gerald | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2017-11-21 |
| HALL, Cecil, Councillor | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2005-11-01 |
| HAMILTON, Christine Anne | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2020-03-23 |
| HIND, Richard | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2006-04-30 |
| JEFFERS, Thomas (Tommy), Councillor | Director | 2000-01-18 | 2015-02-03 |
| JOHNSTON, Richard Ingram | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2022-06-14 |
| MARTIN, Ryan Michael | Director | 2018-04-10 | 2021-04-13 |
| MARTIN, Stephen | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2022-06-08 |
| MCCONNELL, Fergus James | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2014-12-31 |
| MCCOY, Joan | Director | 1992-01-10 | 1999-06-15 |
| MCKENNA, Leo William | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2011-10-25 |
| MCNAUGHTEN, William | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2000-10-17 |
| MILLS, David Neil | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2001-10-16 |
| MORROW, Tim William | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2017-01-17 |
| MULLAN, Maurice | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2018-09-11 |
| NAYLOR, Christine Inez | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2018-09-11 |
| NAYLOR, Christine | Director | 2001-08-21 | 2003-03-21 |
| NORRIS, John Samuel | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2012-09-18 |
| O'HARE, Anna | Director | 2003-01-23 | 2010-11-16 |
| OSBORNE, Annie | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2025-12-08 |
| REID, Wendy June | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2020-02-28 |
| RICE MBE, Geraldine Ann | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2010-01-10 |
| ROBINSON, Peter David | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2000-01-18 |
| SKILLEN, Sharon Lyndsay | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2015-04-21 |
| WEIR, Andrew James | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2025-06-23 |
| WHITE, James | Director | 1992-01-10 | 2014-06-30 |
| WORTHINGTON, Michael George | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2021-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Garden Tough | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2025-02-13 |
| Mr David Hugh Drysdale | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-06-24 | Ceased 2025-02-13 |
| Dr Mark Brotherston | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.