IVORY & LEDOUX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4K
-98.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+12.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
34
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+11.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IVORY & LEDOUX LIMITED 1992-03-17 → present
- FERMUS (LONDON) LIMITED 1954-03-02 → 1992-03-17
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,937,651 | — | £39,776,672 | — | £55,124,986 | — | £66,084,469 | — | £52,848,881 | £60,494,470 | |
| Operating profit | £553,304 | — | £627,781 | — | £1,905,123 | — | £2,617,314 | — | £1,835,052 | £2,004,055 | |
| Profit before tax | £301,122 | — | £505,646 | — | £1,745,114 | — | £2,246,425 | — | £1,557,966 | £1,743,676 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £240,235 | — | £859,089 | — | £1,182,875 | — | £1,149,024 | £1,301,781 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,613,711 | — | £2,634 | — | £3,700 | — | £349,866 | £3,964 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £7,939,542 | — | £5,978,295 | — | £5,760,695 | — | £7,578,104 | £8,528,661 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £7,578,104 | £8,528,661 | |
| Equity | £4,838,926 | £4,262,865 | £5,034,236 | £4,503,100 | £6,435,413 | £5,264,534 | £7,418,461 | £5,760,695 | £7,578,104 | £8,528,661 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 16 | — | 16 | — | 16 | — | 34 | 34 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,696,498 | £2,927,073 |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | — | 1.6% | — | 3.5% | — | 4.0% | — | 3.5% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.6% | — | 1.6% | — | 1.8% | — | 2.2% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 7.9% | — | 31.9% | — | 45.4% | — | 24.2% | 23.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.65x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.62x | 7.70x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Harris & Trotter LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the ability of the company to operate as a going concern, management have evaluated current and forecasted operational results, and the solvency of the company. Given that the company is in a net asset position the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- IVORY & LEDOUX LIMITED · parent
- Juice Corp Limited 100%
- Fontinella Foods Limited 100%
- Sombrero Foods Limted 100%
- Gloe & Zeitz B.V. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENARI, Boris | Secretary | 1994-09-08 | — | Swedish |
| BENARI, Boris | Director | 1998-07-07 | Aug 1956 | Swedish |
| BIGNELL, Warren Andrew | Director | 2018-05-08 | May 1967 | British |
| ELLMAN, Daniel Meyer | Director | 2018-08-30 | Jul 1984 | American |
| GLAZER, Daniel Charles | Director | 2014-10-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| HORSLEY, Vernon James | Director | 2026-03-02 | Mar 1969 | British |
| JONGMANS, Theodorus Petrus Cornelis Maria | Director | 2018-10-25 | Apr 1960 | Dutch |
| MEIJBOOM, Eddy | Director | 2025-05-13 | Sep 1968 | Dutch |
| VOOGELAAR, Pieter Alexander | Director | 2018-10-25 | Feb 1967 | Dutch |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSRIN, Joel | Secretary | — | 1994-09-08 |
| BARGERY, Alan David | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| BROIDE, Lionel | Director | — | 1994-02-10 |
| ELLMAN, David | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2018-08-30 |
| FIENBERG, Michael Hyam | Director | 1992-06-04 | 1995-09-29 |
| FISCHER, Jurgen Ott | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2005-03-14 |
| GLAZER, Stephen Barry | Director | — | 2017-09-28 |
| GRAHAM, Keith Alexander | Director | 1998-07-07 | 2019-11-01 |
| JELF, Kenneth James | Director | — | 1992-06-04 |
| OSRIN, Joel | Director | — | 1992-06-04 |
| ST HILL, Jason Peter | Director | 1992-07-01 | 2017-12-08 |
| SYMONS, Harry | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2007-06-30 |
| SYMONS, Harry | Director | — | 1992-06-04 |
| WESSELS, Frederick Johannes | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2013-08-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory & Ledoux Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+14.5%
£52,848,881 £60,494,470
-
Cash
-98.9%
£349,866 £3,964
-
Net assets
+12.5%
£7,578,104 £8,528,661
-
Employees
0%
34 34
-
Operating profit
+9.2%
£1,835,052 £2,004,055
-
Profit before tax
+11.9%
£1,557,966 £1,743,676
-
Wages
+8.6%
£2,696,498 £2,927,073
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