ORWELL SECURITIES (IPSWICH) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
Cash
£174K
-7.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£1M
+112.2% vs 2023
Employees
16
-23.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£595K
+761.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material accounting adjustments have arisen as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £1,746,976 | £1,779,009 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £70,873 | £595,729 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £69,072 | £594,883 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £60,363 | £443,630 | |
| Cash | £1,252,055 | £1,612,290 | £187,252 | £173,601 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,149,865 | £1,577,103 | £484,456 | £1,028,086 | |
| Net assets | £1,143,822 | £1,571,060 | £484,456 | £1,028,086 | |
| Equity | £1,143,822 | £1,571,060 | £484,456 | £1,028,086 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 13 | 21 | 16 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,217,168 | £825,657 |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.1% | 33.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.5% | 24.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 14.6% | 57.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 71.7% | 18.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.39x | 5.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 39.35x | 704.17x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material accounting adjustments have arisen as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company is expected to become dormant in 2025, due it's business activities being novated to the parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREELY, Michael Dominic | Director | 2023-10-30 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATCHPOLE, Peter Arthur | Secretary | 2019-12-18 | 2021-01-01 |
| CATCHPOLE, Vivien Mary | Secretary | 1996-02-01 | 1997-01-29 |
| CATCHPOLE, Vivien Mary | Secretary | 1996-02-01 | 2019-12-18 |
| HAIG-THOMAS, Moncreif | Secretary | — | 1997-01-29 |
| BIBIK, Eugene Michael | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2023-10-30 |
| BRUNNING, James William | Director | 2023-10-30 | 2025-03-30 |
| CATCHPOLE, Peter Arthur | Director | — | 2019-11-01 |
| DALEY, Kim | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2023-10-30 |
| EMERY, Peter Leonard | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| GREELY, Michael Dominic | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HAIG THOMAS, Peter Alexander | Director | — | 2019-11-01 |
| HENRY, Stephen Gerald | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2023-10-30 |
| REID, Nicholas James | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| WALKLING, Neil John | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2023-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emery (Ifa) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Peter Arthur Catchpole | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-01 |
| Peter Alexander Haig-Thomas | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+1.8%
£1,746,976 £1,779,009
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Cash
-7.3%
£187,252 £173,601
lowest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+112.2%
£484,456 £1,028,086
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Employees
-23.8%
21 16
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Operating profit
+740.6%
£70,873 £595,729
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Profit before tax
+761.3%
£69,072 £594,883
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Wages
-32.2%
£1,217,168 £825,657
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