INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF BRITISH ADVERTISERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-53.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£889K
+23.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
21
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£257K
+19.1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £22,064,293 | £24,939,276 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £189,699 | £202,099 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £216,125 | £257,335 | |
| Net profit | £41,870 | £21,600 | — | — | £181,719 | £170,359 | |
| Cash | £765,484 | £1,092,827 | — | — | £6,568,853 | £3,067,778 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £554,003 | £565,768 | — | — | £722,100 | £892,085 | |
| Net assets | £358,809 | £380,409 | — | — | £718,889 | £889,248 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £718,889 | £889,248 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 22 | 21 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,944,239 | £2,056,193 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.8% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 26.3% | 22.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.99x | 1.00x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company generates stable cash inflows from subscriptions. In addition the company has strong cash balances and readily realisable fixed asset investments such that it would be able to meet its non-discretionary expenditure even in the event of a significant reduction in income for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. On this basis the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “sixteen new members were recruited with the loss of thirteen members.”
- “launched a CPD accredited intermediary programme, ISBA Media Excellence, with The Aperto Partnership.”
- “collaborated with the IPA and the Advertising Association to hold our fourth joint industry summit, LEAD 2025, in February 2025.”
- “commitment to transfer the operations of Origin to a separate legal entity, Origin Media Measurement Limited. The company was incorporated on 8 November 2023 and it is expected that operations will be transferred during 2025, initially with ISBA as the sole member.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 86 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POYSER, David Charles | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | — | — |
| BARRON, Sarah | Director | 2023-12-07 | Jul 1974 | British |
| BOOKER, Gary | Director | 2015-02-10 | Aug 1970 | British |
| BROOKE, Dan | Director | 2021-06-02 | Jun 1967 | British |
| DOUGAN, Jill | Director | 2021-02-15 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GIVEN, Mark | Director | 2020-07-07 | Aug 1976 | British |
| GUAJARDO VITE, Taide | Director | 2024-01-04 | May 1967 | Italian |
| HOWELL, Daniel Robert | Director | 2022-07-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
| JOBLING, Margaret, Dr | Director | 2015-08-07 | Jan 1968 | British |
| MANSFIELD, Sarah | Director | 2013-04-23 | May 1966 | British |
| MICHAELIDES, Simon Philip | Director | 2026-01-14 | Aug 1974 | British |
| RAOUST, Laetitia | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jan 1978 | French,American |
| RHODES, Benjamin Scott | Director | 2016-06-16 | Feb 1975 | British |
| RUBEL, Daniel Elek | Director | 2019-04-20 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 86 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRET, Christopher John | Secretary | 1998-05-14 | 2019-07-01 |
| WEST, Alan Peter | Secretary | — | 1998-05-14 |
| ALMOND, Philip Julian Howard | Director | 2008-02-05 | 2010-04-01 |
| ARMSTRONG, Ian | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2019-01-31 |
| BANKS, Christopher Nigel | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2001-02-05 |
| BARWELL, Matthew Robert | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2013-10-22 |
| BATCHELOR, Alexander William | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2008-10-07 |
| BATCHELOR, Lance | Director | 2003-02-11 | 2004-11-16 |
| BEAUCHAMP, David Albert | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2003-12-05 |
| BELL, Gavin Keith | Director | 1997-02-04 | 2001-03-12 |
| BENNISON, Sara Philippa | Director | 2009-01-14 | 2019-11-06 |
| BERUBE, Stephane | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-08-23 |
| BIRD, Simeon Jan | Director | 2023-04-13 | 2023-08-01 |
| BISHOP, Alan John | Director | 2003-02-11 | 2009-02-02 |
| BLACKBURN, Peter Hugh | Director | 1998-07-07 | 2000-07-04 |
| BOULTON, Anthony James Babington | Director | 2003-02-11 | 2006-02-09 |
| BRADLEY, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2009-04-29 | 2013-04-15 |
| BRADLEY, Richard Edmund | Director | — | 1999-07-06 |
| BRADLEY-JONES, Luke | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-08-01 |
| BRADSHAW-ZANGER, Lucien Alexis | Director | 2020-08-17 | 2023-04-21 |
| BRIGHT, Kerris Elizabeth, Dr. | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2018-04-30 |
| BRISTOW, Rachel Helen | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2012-02-02 |
| BRITTAIN, Bobby | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2016-07-29 |
| BROWNE, John Colin Clarke | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| BULLIMORE, Simon | Director | 1994-07-05 | 1998-07-07 |
| BUNKER, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2008-04-28 | 2010-09-20 |
| BURR, Gwyn | Director | 2007-02-06 | 2010-07-14 |
| CAFFERKY, Ian Patrick | Director | 2015-09-02 | 2019-01-31 |
| CASLEY, Henry Roberts | Director | — | 1993-07-06 |
| CATON, Andrew Graham Glenn | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2017-11-30 |
| CATTLE, Larry Alan | Director | 1993-05-11 | 1994-10-05 |
| CAVANAUGH, Kerry | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2025-10-20 |
| CHADBOURNE, Brian Douglas | Director | — | 1993-01-27 |
| CHALLOUMA, Soterakis | Director | 2021-05-03 | 2022-07-01 |
| CHEESE, John Graham | Director | — | 1994-07-05 |
| CLAPP, Zoe Nicola | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2020-06-17 |
| CLARE, John Charles | Director | 2005-07-05 | 2009-01-01 |
| CLARKE, Benedict Robert | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2008-03-07 |
| CLARKE, John Milne | Director | 1993-10-19 | 1996-10-04 |
| CLIFT, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2012-04-17 |
| CLOSE, Matthew Jonathan | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2011-06-01 |
| COTTON-BETTERIDGE, James Alan | Director | 1996-10-15 | 2000-02-22 |
| CROFT, Roy Allen | Director | — | 1934-07-05 |
| CUNNINGHAM, John Gary | Director | 1998-03-28 | 2015-02-10 |
| CURTIS, Paul Francis | Director | — | 1997-03-27 |
| DAVIES, Michael Roy | Director | 2001-07-10 | 2004-01-29 |
| DAVIES, Paul | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2020-07-07 |
| DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2010-02-09 |
| DAY, Judson Graham, Sir | Director | — | 1993-07-06 |
| DAY, Samuel Lee | Director | 2021-06-16 | 2025-10-20 |
| DEAR, Derek Edward | Director | — | 1996-02-23 |
| DEARDEN, Matthew Peter | Director | 2008-09-05 | 2010-07-14 |
| DERKACH, John | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2000-02-08 |
| DITCHBURN, John Blackett Dennison | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| DONOVAN, Paul Michael | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2001-09-13 |
| DOUGLAS HOME, Sholto | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2021-01-13 |
| DUFFY, Peter Bernard | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2022-08-19 |
| DUVAUD, Alain | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2022-08-19 |
| EARNSHAW, Malcolm Terry | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2007-04-13 |
| EARNSHAW, Malcolm Terry | Director | — | 2000-10-13 |
| EDGE, Andrew | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2003-06-24 |
| EDWARDS, Ralph Bernard | Director | — | 1994-07-05 |
| EIKENBOOM, Marnix | Director | 2009-02-23 | 2010-10-26 |
| ELLIS, Bryan John | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2008-02-13 |
| ENNALS, Ford David | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2005-03-17 |
| ENNALS, Ford David | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2002-02-19 |
| EVANS, John | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2003-06-30 |
| EVANS, Timothy David | Director | 2005-05-17 | 2008-10-07 |
| FAGAN, Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-07-07 |
| FAGAN, Elizabeth | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2005-07-05 |
| FERGUSON, Anne | Director | — | 1993-07-06 |
| FISHER, Carol Ann | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2003-06-30 |
| FLEET, Peter David | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2004-02-27 |
| FRANCKE, Ann | Director | 2004-10-05 | 2007-01-12 |
| GANCZAKOWSKI, Helena Louise, Dr | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2004-05-13 |
| GEORGE, Martin Peter | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2004-09-20 |
| GIBB, Richard Alexander | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2001-03-21 |
| GILBERT, Nigel Richard | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2017-10-04 |
| GILBERT, Nigel Richard | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2010-09-20 |
| GILMOUR, Alan George | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2006-02-09 |
| GLADMAN, Philip Andrew | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2013-02-01 |
| GODBEER, Roger | Director | 1994-04-05 | 1997-05-13 |
| GOLDIN, Julia, Ms. | Director | 2005-02-14 | 2005-09-29 |
| GONZALEZ, Juan Jose | Director | 2010-04-21 | 2013-04-15 |
| GREEN, Susan | Director | 1994-07-05 | 1996-07-02 |
| GROUNSELL, Dominic Peter | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2024-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 694 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13%
£22,064,293 £24,939,276
-
Cash
-53.3%
£6,568,853 £3,067,778
-
Net assets
+23.7%
£718,889 £889,248
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-4.5%
22 21
-
Operating profit
+6.5%
£189,699 £202,099
-
Profit before tax
+19.1%
£216,125 £257,335
-
Wages
+5.8%
£1,944,239 £2,056,193
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers