IVOR BRAKA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£189K
-68.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-5.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
99
-2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£510K
-9,707.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IVOR BRAKA LIMITED 1984-11-28 → present
- VIEWCRAFT LIMITED 1984-08-14 → 1984-11-28
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-11-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | £12,920,779 | £15,585,850 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,154,275 | £814,289 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£5,197 | -£509,681 | |
| Net profit | — | £162,498 | £1,278,833 | — | £1,236,657 | — | -£273,876 | -£859,660 | |
| Cash | — | £1,148,847 | — | — | £6,287 | — | £592,702 | £189,240 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £20,653,859 | — | £32,279,030 | — | £27,583,002 | £32,073,321 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £19,019,947 | — | £21,274,793 | — | £15,666,640 | £14,806,980 | |
| Equity | £22,578,616 | £22,741,114 | £19,019,947 | £20,038,136 | £21,274,793 | £21,274,793 | £15,666,640 | £14,806,980 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 102 | 99 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,029,740 | £2,102,979 |
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 | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-11-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.9% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | -2.1% | -5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.52x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.94x | 0.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Nyman Libson Paul LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- IVOR BRAKA LIMITED · parent
- The Gunton Arms Limited 100%
- The Suffield Arms Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKA, Ivor | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BRAKA, Ivor | Director | — | Dec 1954 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKA, Camilla Mary | Director | — | 2003-06-04 |
| BRAKA, Sarah Caroline | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2012-09-10 |
| DE STANFORD, Elizabeth | Director | 2003-06-04 | 2008-01-31 |
| LEWIS, Samantha Emma | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2002-05-27 |
| MCMENAMY, Kristen | Director | 2014-05-19 | 2018-04-19 |
| MOSS, John Graham | Director | — | 2013-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ivor Braka | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+20.6%
£12,920,779 £15,585,850
-
Cash
-68.1%
£592,702 £189,240
-
Net assets
-5.5%
£15,666,640 £14,806,980
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-2.9%
102 99
-
Operating profit
-29.5%
£1,154,275 £814,289
-
Profit before tax
-9,707.2%
-£5,197 -£509,681
-
Wages
+3.6%
£2,029,740 £2,102,979
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