THE IPS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-07 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-18.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-1.5% vs 2023
Employees
9
-35.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-7.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-07-05
- THE IPS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 2024-07-05 → present
- THE IPS PARTNERSHIP PLC 2008-09-23 → 2024-07-05
- THE IPS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 2008-09-23 → 2008-09-23
- THE PAL PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 2005-11-16 → 2008-09-23
- PENSIONS ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2005-11-16
- ABBARANE LIMITED 1979-11-01 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,850,000 | £2,291,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,262,000 | £1,271,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,312,000 | £1,211,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,110,000 | £1,428,000 | |
| Cash | £3,127,000 | £2,536,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,780,000 | £3,725,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,780,000 | £3,725,000 | |
| Equity | £3,780,000 | £3,725,000 | |
| Average employees | 14 | 9 | |
| Wages | £635,000 | £479,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 44.3% | 55.5% | |
| Net margin | 38.9% | 62.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.4% | 34.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.6% | 16.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.42x | 6.13x |
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
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe, after reviewing both the Company's forecasts and projections and taking into account any relevant macro-economic factors including inflation and interest rate movements, and changes in trading performance, that the Company will have sufficient current financial resources to continue to operate and to meet its financial obligations as they fall due, for at least the 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year the Group integrated Curtis Banks, Suffolk Life, Dunstan Thomas and Talbot and Muir into its operations, having completed the acquisition of the Curtis Banks Group plc in 2023.”
- “It also acquired Third Financial, a leading investment platform and wealth management software provider.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAKEFORD, Helen Mary | Secretary | 2026-02-04 | — | — |
| CLARKSON, Alastair James | Director | 2025-10-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| RILEY, Cathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2024-05-01 | Apr 1962 | British |
| RING, Andrew John | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
| ROWNEY, Richard Alexander | Director | 2021-06-23 | Nov 1970 | British |
| WILSON, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2022-11-11 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Michelle | Secretary | 2022-01-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| DARKE, Stephen John Charles | Secretary | 2015-04-07 | 2019-09-30 |
| DIXIE, Alice Sian Rhiannon | Secretary | 2025-02-01 | 2025-12-15 |
| DIXIE, Alice Sian Rhiannon | Secretary | 2019-10-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| FRY, Jonathan Edward Leighton | Secretary | 2001-02-13 | 2002-03-01 |
| JONES, Clifford Spencer | Secretary | 2015-04-07 | 2015-04-07 |
| PETHERICK, Louis | Secretary | 2025-12-15 | 2026-02-04 |
| RIVERA, Roberto | Secretary | — | 2001-02-13 |
| WATSON, John Anderson Scotland | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2015-04-07 |
| BEALE, Richard Andrew | Director | 2008-04-24 | 2017-04-25 |
| BOGARD, Mark Alexander | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2011-05-17 |
| BOURKE, Mark George | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2014-04-25 |
| BOUSFIELD, Clare Jane | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| BUHLER, Victor Bernard | Director | — | 2003-01-02 |
| BURTONSHAW, Peter Mark | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2015-04-17 |
| CLARKSON, Geoffrey Stephen | Director | 2017-02-16 | 2019-09-13 |
| CONWAY, Alastair | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2020-12-14 |
| COTTER, John Anthony | Director | 2015-04-21 | 2018-04-17 |
| CURTIS, Rupert Morris | Director | 2008-02-26 | 2008-05-21 |
| DAVIDSON, Judith Mary | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2024-05-01 |
| DEARSLEY, Arthur Mark | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2022-11-11 |
| DIGNAM, Keith Martin | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2019-09-13 |
| DOW, Owen Glynne | Director | 2008-09-05 | 2015-12-31 |
| FILSHIE, Alexander | Director | 2024-02-26 | 2024-12-20 |
| FRY, Jonathan Edward Leighton | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2002-03-23 |
| HOSKINS, Richard | Director | 2022-12-02 | 2025-10-01 |
| HOWARD, Gavin | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2022-09-12 |
| ISDEN, Glyn Roy | Director | — | 2009-07-08 |
| MATTISON, Richard Thomas | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2011-09-23 |
| MCCOO, Iain Beattie | Director | 2015-10-23 | 2019-06-28 |
| MCNAMARA, Paul Gerard | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2016-09-13 |
| MOODY, Colin Stephen | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2016-04-28 |
| PAGE, David Keith | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2016-07-13 |
| PAIGE, David Victor | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2022-12-02 |
| PEMBERTON, Jonathan Adam | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2002-03-23 |
| PRIESTLEY, William De Bretton | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2023-01-11 |
| PURVES, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2017-02-14 | 2024-06-07 |
| REGAN, Michael Robert | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2024-03-08 |
| RIVERA, Roberto | Director | — | 2003-02-12 |
| ROWNEY, Richard Alexander | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2020-10-05 |
| SARGISSON, Timothy Charles | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2013-03-25 |
| SHRUBB, Richard James | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| VALENTINE, Richard Mark | Director | 2008-09-05 | 2014-12-31 |
| WARRACK, Julia Mary | Director | 2018-05-23 | 2018-11-30 |
| WATSON, John Anderson Scotland | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2015-04-07 |
| WILSON, Owen Henry | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2022-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucleus Financial Platforms Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 238 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-05 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
-
Turnover
-19.6%
£2,850,000 £2,291,000
-
Cash
-18.9%
£3,127,000 £2,536,000
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£3,780,000 £3,725,000
-
Employees
-35.7%
14 9
-
Operating profit
+0.7%
£1,262,000 £1,271,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.7%
£1,312,000 £1,211,000
-
Wages
-24.6%
£635,000 £479,000
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