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ION SCIENCE LIMITED

#02359038 · Active · Incorporated 1989-03-10 (37y 2m) · Last filing 2026-02-23 (3mo ago)
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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-07 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-21

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+70% vs 2019

Net assets

£17M

+29.5% vs 2019

Employees

83

+13.7% vs 2019

Profit before tax

£4M

+49.9% vs 2019

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2020-12-31

Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31, 2023-12-31, 2022-12-31, 2021-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2020-12-31.

Metric Trend 2019-01-012019-12-312020-12-31
Turnover —£11,589,357£14,532,001
Operating profit —£2,893,647£4,301,120
Profit before tax —£2,815,184£4,220,696
Net profit —£2,976,568£3,843,380
Cash —£1,169,038£1,987,543
Total assets less current liabilities —£14,758,921£18,564,717
Net assets —£13,020,494£16,863,874
Equity £10,290,479£13,020,494£16,863,874
Average employees —7383
Wages —£2,531,351£3,031,662

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 2019-01-012019-12-312020-12-31
Operating margin —25.0%29.6%
Net margin —25.7%26.4%
Return on capital employed —19.6%23.2%
Interest cover —36.88x53.48x

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.

People

5 active · 11 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
EVANS, Jason Mark Director 2022-10-28 Apr 1986 British
HAWES, Michael Carl Director 2025-10-01 Nov 1975 British
HOWARD, Nicola Anne Director 2022-06-15 Jun 1982 British
JOHNS, Duncan Brian Director 1999-05-01 Feb 1963 British
NEWCOMB, Stephen William Director 2021-06-01 Nov 1969 British
Show 11 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
OSWALD, Richard Alan Secretary 2002-03-21 2008-04-11
STOCKDALE, Mark Secretary 2002-02-18 2002-03-21
VINTON, Melvin Frederick Secretary — 2002-02-01
DAVIES, Graham Andrew Director 2011-07-13 2014-03-18
DEAN, Frank William Houlton, Dr Director 2002-02-01 2019-05-31
FRAY, Derek John, Professor Director — 2010-12-21
HAMPSON, Peter Jeffrey, Dr Director — 1997-08-31
LIU, Garfay Director 2023-06-15 2026-01-06
STEKLY, Jan Josef Karel Director — 1998-05-10
STOCKDALE, Mark Director — 2019-10-30
VINTON, Melvin Frederick Director — 2000-11-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Hive Technologies Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2019-05-31 Active
Mr Duncan Brian Johns Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2017-02-21 Ceased 2020-03-09
Mark Stockdale Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2017-02-21 Ceased 2019-10-30
Frank William Houlton Dean Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2017-02-21 Ceased 2019-05-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 165 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-17 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-24 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2024-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-13 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-10-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-19 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-02-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-12 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-12-12 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-12-07 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-10-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-08-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2019 → FY2020 · period ending 2020-12-31 vs 2019-12-31

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

Heads up: a more recent set of accounts has been filed but isn't yet reflected here — the figures above are older than the company's latest filing.

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