IG INDEX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-11 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
+8.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£113M
+6.2% vs 2025
Employees
381
-31.4% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£83M
-33.6% vs 2025
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- IG INDEX LIMITED 2009-09-11 → present
- IG INDEX PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2009-09-11 → 2009-09-11
- I.G. INDEX LIMITED 2009-09-11 → 2009-09-11
- I.G. INDEX PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1974-11-18 → 2009-09-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-05-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £230,900,000 | £144,200,000 | |
| Operating profit | £127,200,000 | £83,600,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £125,000,000 | £83,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £92,700,000 | £66,600,000 | |
| Cash | £21,600,000 | £23,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £106,500,000 | £113,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £106,500,000 | £113,100,000 | |
| Equity | £106,500,000 | £113,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 555 | 381 | |
| Wages | £18,500,000 | £7,200,000 |
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 | 2025-05-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 55.1% | 58.0% | |
| Net margin | 40.1% | 46.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 119.4% | 73.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.7% | 65.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 42.40x | 52.25x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Significant events
- “During the period, the Company changed its financial year end from 31 May to 31 December.”
- “During the seven-month period ended 31 December 2025, 168 employees within the technology function transferred to IG Knowhow Limited, a fellow Group company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Aurelia Azalea | Secretary | 2023-07-17 | — | — |
| ABRAHAMS, Clifford James | Director | 2024-12-16 | Feb 1967 | British |
| BARRON, Andrew Mcgregor | Director | 2026-03-02 | Jun 1965 | British |
| BHASIN, Rakesh | Director | 2021-01-13 | Nov 1962 | British |
| CORCORAN, Breon Thomas | Director | 2024-01-29 | Jul 1971 | Irish |
| DIDHAM, Andrew | Director | 2021-01-13 | May 1956 | British |
| FLAMENT, Marieke | Director | 2024-07-04 | Jul 1981 | French |
| HIBBERD, Sally-Ann | Director | 2021-01-13 | Jan 1959 | British |
| MOULDS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2021-01-13 | May 1965 | British |
| SKERRITT, Susan | Director | 2021-07-09 | Mar 1955 | American |
| STEVENSON, Helen Claire | Director | 2021-01-13 | Nov 1960 | British |
| WU, Gang | Director | 2021-01-13 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBI, Guy Rahul | Secretary | 2007-01-11 | 2011-03-24 |
| CHOW, Charmaine | Secretary | 2019-11-14 | 2020-11-12 |
| GOODLIFFE, Mark Robert | Secretary | 1998-04-28 | 1999-07-09 |
| HOWKINS, Timothy Alexander | Secretary | 1999-07-09 | 2006-05-04 |
| LEE, Tony | Secretary | 2016-01-05 | 2019-11-14 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2006-05-04 | 2007-01-11 |
| MESSER, Bridget | Secretary | 2011-03-24 | 2016-01-05 |
| NAYLER, Joanna Sian | Secretary | 2020-11-12 | 2023-07-17 |
| TOOKER, Alan John | Secretary | — | 1998-04-28 |
| ADLER, Philip Howard | Director | — | 1993-01-07 |
| ASH, Stacey Lee | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2004-05-11 |
| AUSTIN, Paul Charles | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2004-07-12 |
| BERRY, Nicholas William | Director | — | 2001-09-05 |
| BRERETON, Toby | Director | 1996-05-23 | 2004-07-12 |
| BUTLER, Roger John | Director | — | 2000-06-08 |
| CLUTTON, Steven | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2010-08-02 |
| DE LA MORINIERE, Elizabeth | Director | 2001-04-12 | 2003-09-05 |
| FELIX, June Yee | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2023-08-29 |
| GREEN, Andrew James | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2016-07-26 |
| HETHERINGTON, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2018-09-26 |
| HILL, Christopher Frederick | Director | 2011-04-26 | 2015-10-30 |
| HOLDSTOCK, Andrew | Director | 1999-04-12 | 2001-04-05 |
| HOWKINS, Timothy Alexander | Director | 1999-07-09 | 2015-10-15 |
| JAMES, Nicholas Harvey | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2001-08-13 |
| LE MAY, Malcolm John | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2024-09-18 |
| LE ROUX, Nathaniel Bernard | Director | 1992-11-10 | 2006-10-06 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Robert, Mr. | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2012-07-31 |
| MAINWARING, Paul Richard | Director | 2016-07-26 | 2020-06-01 |
| MATTHEWS, Adrian | Director | 1999-08-05 | 2004-07-12 |
| MCTIGHE, Robert Michael | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2026-03-31 |
| MESSER, Bridget Elizabeth | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2021-09-22 |
| MURRAY, Michael Joseph Colum | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2004-05-21 |
| NOBLE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2024-03-13 |
| NORMAN, Torquil Patrick Alexander, Sir | Director | — | 2000-06-08 |
| POLLINA, Lisa Anne | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2021-07-09 |
| QUANCE, Julian James | Director | 2003-03-13 | 2004-07-12 |
| ROZES, Charles Arthur | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| SHEEHAN, Robert Michael | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2003-09-05 |
| SHEEHAN, Robert Michael | Director | — | 1995-12-12 |
| SYKES, David Patrick Helder | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2004-07-12 |
| TEACHER, Anthony James Moreton | Director | 2001-06-15 | 2003-06-19 |
| TOOKER, Alan John | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| TOOTH, Matthew Edmund Frederick | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2011-08-17 |
| WHEELER, John Stuart | Director | — | 2003-09-05 |
| WHEELER, Teresa Anne | Director | — | 1999-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Data Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 267 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2025 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2025-05-31
-
Turnover
-37.5%
£230,900,000 £144,200,000
-
Cash
+8.3%
£21,600,000 £23,400,000
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£106,500,000 £113,100,000
-
Employees
-31.4%
555 381
-
Operating profit
-34.3%
£127,200,000 £83,600,000
-
Profit before tax
-33.6%
£125,000,000 £83,000,000
-
Wages
-61.1%
£18,500,000 £7,200,000
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