INCORPORATED COUNCIL OF LAW REPORTING FOR ENGLAND AND WALES (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+57.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+13% vs 2023
Employees
56
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£858K
-4.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,946,508 | £6,146,767 | |
| Operating profit | £659,117 | £664,239 | |
| Profit before tax | £894,118 | £857,899 | |
| Net profit | £894,118 | £857,899 | |
| Cash | £2,422,651 | £3,817,182 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,109,239 | £6,906,138 | |
| Net assets | £6,109,239 | £6,906,138 | |
| Equity | £6,109,239 | £6,906,138 | |
| Average employees | 54 | 56 | |
| Wages | £2,758,426 | £2,850,741 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 9.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.3% | 36.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.27x |
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
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that, after taking into account financial and cashflow forecasts for the next 5 years, there are no material uncertainties regarding the Council's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In 2024 the Council's publishing programme included adding over 4,500 judgments to its online service and assessing all of these against its reportability guidelines.”
- “575 cases were deemed to be reportable, and a full law report was prepared and published for each. The majority of these were accompanied by rapid publication of a Weekly Law Report Daily case note.”
- “111 new cases were added to the Law Reports in 2024, each including a full statement of the arguments presented in the case.”
- “Income in 2024 was £6,146,767, an increase of £200,259 (3.4%) on 2023. The higher income is primarily attributable to the continuing rise in revenue from online publications and higher royalty revenue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 80 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REDMAN, Andrew William | Secretary | 2025-02-20 | — | — |
| ABRAHAM, Sushila | Director | 2016-09-14 | Nov 1956 | British |
| ANDERSON, Mark Stephen | Director | 2022-07-08 | Feb 1960 | British |
| ATKINSON, Richard James | Director | 2024-10-09 | Mar 1965 | British |
| BOWRON, Margaret Ruth | Director | 2007-05-10 | Jul 1956 | British |
| BRIGHT, Abigail Jessica | Director | 2022-06-15 | Jan 1984 | British |
| CLARKE, Jamie | Director | 2019-02-14 | Mar 1973 | British |
| FLECK, Richard | Director | 2012-05-30 | Mar 1949 | British |
| HAMER, Michael Howard Kenneth | Director | 2016-06-14 | Jul 1945 | British |
| HERMER, Richard | Director | 2024-07-05 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HODGE, David Ralph, His Honour Judge | Director | 2010-01-05 | Jul 1956 | British |
| LEE, James Simon Francis, Professor | Director | 2021-08-02 | Sep 1983 | British |
| LEE, Linda Karen Hadfield | Director | 2016-10-18 | Nov 1962 | British |
| MALECKA, Mary Margaret, Doctor | Director | 2019-04-24 | Jun 1942 | British |
| NORRIS, Alastair Hubert, Sir | Director | 2012-07-12 | Dec 1950 | British |
| RIGBY, Lucy Clementine Moores | Director | 2024-12-02 | Nov 1982 | British |
| ROTH, Peter Marcel | Director | 2010-06-30 | Dec 1952 | British |
| SADIQ, Muhammad Faisel | Director | 2020-07-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| SUSMAN, Peter Joseph | Director | 2016-05-03 | Feb 1943 | British |
| TURNER, Mark George, Sir | Director | 2013-02-12 | Aug 1959 | British |
Show 80 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBBETT, John Richard | Secretary | 1997-04-01 | 2008-08-01 |
| LAWS, Kevin Michael | Secretary | 2008-08-01 | 2025-02-20 |
| SYMONDSON, Brian Francis | Secretary | — | 1997-04-01 |
| AINGER, William Dawson | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2008-07-07 |
| BAIRD, Vera | Director | 2007-08-21 | 2010-05-11 |
| BAKER, Paul Vivian | Director | — | 2002-10-10 |
| BARNARD, David Nowell | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2004-10-14 |
| BLACKLAWS, Christina | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2019-07-16 |
| BOURNS, Robert Henry Glanville | Director | 2016-08-05 | 2017-08-08 |
| BOYCE, Ingrid Stephanie | Director | 2021-06-04 | 2022-10-12 |
| BRAVERMAN, Suella | Director | 2020-02-13 | 2022-09-06 |
| BUCKLAND, Robert James | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2019-05-10 |
| BUXTON, Richard Joseph, The Right Honourable Sir | Director | 1993-09-20 | 2008-07-07 |
| CALLADINE, John William | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2014-03-09 |
| CAPLEN, Andrew Howard Arthur | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2015-07-29 |
| CHALK, Alex | Director | 2021-09-16 | 2022-07-05 |
| CHAMBERS, Nicholas Mordaunt | Director | 1994-09-21 | 2013-01-31 |
| COURTS, Robert Alexander | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2024-07-05 |
| COUTINO, Melissa Louise | Director | 2018-10-10 | 2022-06-15 |
| COX, Charles Geoffrey, The Rt. Hon | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2020-02-13 |
| CRANSTON, Ross Frederick | Director | 1998-08-25 | 2001-06-12 |
| DAVIS, Simon Ward | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2020-11-04 |
| DOBRY, George Leon Severyn, His Honour Judge | Director | — | 1993-09-20 |
| DUTTON, Timothy Christopher | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| DYSON, John Anthony, Lord | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2010-07-22 |
| EADY QC, Jennifer Jane | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2013-12-02 |
| EGAN, Joseph Bernard | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2018-07-05 |
| ELIAS, Patrick, Sir | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2019-02-14 |
| ELLIS, Michael Tyrone | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2021-09-16 |
| ELLIS, Michael Tyrone | Director | 2019-07-25 | 2021-03-02 |
| ELLY, Richard Charles | Director | 1994-07-28 | 1995-08-07 |
| EMMERSON, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2023-10-11 | 2024-10-09 |
| ETHERINGTON, Keith | Director | 2014-10-14 | 2016-08-09 |
| FALCONER OF THOROTON, Charles, Lord | Director | 1997-06-06 | 1998-07-29 |
| FLUCK, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2014-07-22 |
| FOWLER, Malcolm Gaskell | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2015-05-11 |
| FRANKS, Michael Morris | Director | 2015-10-27 | 2016-08-09 |
| FRAZER, Lucy | Director | 2021-03-02 | 2021-09-10 |
| FRAZER, Lucy | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2019-07-25 |
| GARNIER, Edward Henry, Lord | Director | 2010-05-22 | 2012-09-04 |
| GAULT, Simon Angus Graham Leslie | Director | 2004-10-14 | 2019-01-01 |
| GIRLING, John Anthony | Director | 1996-08-09 | 1997-07-15 |
| GOLDSMITH, The Rt Hon The Lord | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2007-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, Ian David | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2012-07-12 |
| GREENE, David Michael | Director | 2020-11-04 | 2021-06-04 |
| GRIEVE, Dominic Charles Roberts | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2014-07-15 |
| GUEST, Anthony Gordon | Director | — | 2000-10-19 |
| HARMAN, Harriet | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2005-05-09 |
| HEALD, Oliver | Director | 2012-09-05 | 2014-07-15 |
| HESLETT, Robert Alan | Director | 2009-07-27 | 2010-07-16 |
| HOLLAND, John Anthony | Director | 1993-08-03 | 1995-09-21 |
| HOLROYD, William Andrew Myers | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2008-07-21 |
| HOOPER, Toby Julien Anderson | Director | 2004-10-14 | 2007-02-28 |
| JEFFERSON, David John | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| KEMP, David Ashton Mcintyre | Director | — | 2003-07-03 |
| KENNEDY, Ian Alexander, Sir | Director | — | 1998-10-22 |
| KIRBY, Carolyn | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2003-08-04 |
| LANE, Quentin Mark Piers | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2008-10-03 |
| LEE, Linda Karen Hadfield | Director | 2010-09-16 | 2011-07-15 |
| LIGHTMAN, Gavin | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2010-01-05 |
| LYELL, Nicholas Walter, Lord | Director | — | 1997-05-02 |
| MARSH, Paul Henry | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2009-07-27 |
| MARTIN, Kevin Joseph | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2006-07-13 |
| MATHESON, Duncan | Director | 1994-09-23 | 2002-10-10 |
| MATHEWS, Michael Robert | Director | 1998-07-13 | 1999-07-13 |
| MCINTOSH, David Angus | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2002-08-01 |
| MEARS, Martin | Director | 1995-08-07 | 1996-08-09 |
| MEGARRY, Robert, The Rt Hon Sir | Director | — | 2000-10-19 |
| MILLETT, Peter Julian, The Right Honourable The Lord | Director | 1996-10-16 | 1998-08-27 |
| MITCHELL, Paul Peter, Professor | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2021-08-02 |
| MORRIS, John, The Right Honourable | Director | 1997-06-06 | 1999-08-02 |
| MURPHY, Brian Gordon | Director | — | 1996-10-16 |
| NALLY, Edward | Director | 2004-09-29 | 2005-07-15 |
| NAPIER, Thomas Michael | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2001-07-16 |
| NEUBERGER, David Edmond, Lord | Director | 2008-05-21 | 2012-07-12 |
| O BRIEN, Mike | Director | 2005-06-25 | 2007-07-02 |
| PANNONE, Rodger | Director | 1993-08-02 | 1994-07-28 |
| PIPER, Timothy Hugh William | Director | 1996-10-16 | 2018-07-03 |
| PRENTIS, Victoria Mary Boswell | Director | 2022-10-25 | 2024-07-05 |
| PRESTIGE, Colin Gwynne | Director | — | 2003-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 360 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.4%
£5,946,508 £6,146,767
-
Cash
+57.6%
£2,422,651 £3,817,182
-
Net assets
+13%
£6,109,239 £6,906,138
-
Employees
+3.7%
54 56
-
Operating profit
+0.8%
£659,117 £664,239
-
Profit before tax
-4.1%
£894,118 £857,899
-
Wages
+3.3%
£2,758,426 £2,850,741
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers