INTERNATIONAL BULLION AND METAL BROKERS (LONDON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+127% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+15.3% vs 2024
Employees
51
+2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+37% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,650,043 | £32,529,636 | |
| Operating profit | £3,848,449 | £5,254,750 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,990,717 | £5,467,238 | |
| Net profit | £2,975,495 | £4,082,928 | |
| Cash | £1,798,053 | £4,082,439 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,140,543 | £27,691,313 | |
| Net assets | £23,355,361 | £26,938,289 | |
| Equity | £23,355,361 | £26,938,289 | |
| Average employees | 50 | 51 | |
| Wages | £2,449,826 | £2,590,107 |
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 | 11.8% | 16.2% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 19.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.5% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 9.45x | 12.91x | |
| Interest cover | 990.34x | 628.41x |
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
- HGA Accountants & Financial Consultants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these annual financial statements and view the future with confidence.”
Group structure
- INTERNATIONAL BULLION AND METAL BROKERS (LONDON) LIMITED · parent
- International Bullion & Metal Brokers (Bangkok) Co. Ltd
- International Bullion & Metal Brokers Limited
- International Bullion & Metal Brokers (Tel Aviv) Ltd
- Fifty Four Hatton Garden Limited
- Daisy Global Limited
- Hurleyburley London Limited
Significant events
- “It is noted that since the year end the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK business environment generally, but its effects have not been particularly detrimental to the company's trading position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOVACS, David Alex | Secretary | — | — | Australian |
| KOVACS, David Alex | Director | — | Oct 1961 | Australian |
| KOVACS, Frank | Director | — | Nov 1952 | Australian |
| KOVACS, Leslie | Director | 1994-07-01 | Dec 1957 | Australian |
| KOVACS, Stephen | Director | — | May 1951 | Australian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOVACS, Michael | Director | — | 2024-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Alex Kovacs | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| International Bullion & Metal Brokers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Frank Kovacs | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-25 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2021-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-0.4%
£32,650,043 £32,529,636
-
Cash
+127%
£1,798,053 £4,082,439
-
Net assets
+15.3%
£23,355,361 £26,938,289
-
Employees
+2%
50 51
-
Operating profit
+36.5%
£3,848,449 £5,254,750
-
Profit before tax
+37%
£3,990,717 £5,467,238
-
Wages
+5.7%
£2,449,826 £2,590,107
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