IVOR SHAW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-41.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-9% vs 2024
Employees
177
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£145K
-70.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,265,063 | £21,695,462 | |
| Operating profit | £429,354 | £61,962 | |
| Profit before tax | £487,738 | £145,197 | |
| Net profit | £328,933 | £67,012 | |
| Cash | £3,458,524 | £2,028,858 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,917,174 | £4,669,829 | |
| Net assets | £4,791,661 | £4,358,673 | |
| Equity | £4,791,661 | £4,358,673 | |
| Average employees | 176 | 177 | |
| Wages | £5,612,145 | £5,941,158 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 386.81x | 10.45x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not Identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue”
Group structure
- IVOR SHAW LIMITED · parent
- Pennine Healthcare Limited 100%
- Pennine Trustee Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company continually looks for opportunities to increase its portfolio and customer base and over the last few years has adopted a culture of change and focus within the business.”
- “Our pack businesses improved as elective surgeries increase and as we are recognised in the UK as a provider of high quality and sustainable packs.”
- “We are delighted to have been nominated for various awards in recognition of our commitment to UK manufacturing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Graeme Ewan | Director | 2021-07-27 | Jun 1976 | British |
| JONES, Mark | Director | 2024-05-30 | Dec 1980 | British |
| WILSON, Daniel | Director | 2025-10-02 | Oct 1988 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOTHERGILL, Elizabeth Jane, Mrs. | Secretary | — | 2003-01-17 |
| JOHNSON, Susan Patricia | Secretary | 1996-05-13 | 2009-03-31 |
| CHACKSFIELD, John | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2005-05-05 |
| FOTHERGILL, Elizabeth Jane, Mrs. | Director | — | 2021-02-26 |
| FRYER, Luke Richard | Director | 2021-02-20 | 2021-10-18 |
| FRYER, Luke Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-02-26 |
| FRYER, Luke Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| SHAW, David Nicholas | Director | — | 2021-02-26 |
| SHAW, Ian Martin | Director | — | 2021-02-26 |
| SHAW, Ivor | Director | — | 1995-11-01 |
| SHAW, Joan Pamela Hardwick | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
| SOMERFIELD, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2024-06-07 |
| WOODS, Alan Arthur | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2005-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ssp 225 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-12 | Ceased 2016-09-12 |
| Sp 225 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+2%
£21,265,063 £21,695,462
-
Cash
-41.3%
£3,458,524 £2,028,858
-
Net assets
-9%
£4,791,661 £4,358,673
-
Employees
+0.6%
176 177
-
Operating profit
-85.6%
£429,354 £61,962
-
Profit before tax
-70.2%
£487,738 £145,197
-
Wages
+5.9%
£5,612,145 £5,941,158
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