IMAGE SCAN HOLDINGS PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+24.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-16.8% vs 2024
Employees
15
-11.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£288K
-238.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IMAGE SCAN HOLDINGS PLC 1996-10-10 → present
- RAPIDGRADE LIMITED 1995-05-31 → 1996-10-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,860,776 | £1,617,718 | |
| Operating profit | £201,545 | -£291,928 | |
| Profit before tax | £207,767 | -£288,024 | |
| Net profit | £207,011 | -£288,024 | |
| Cash | £911,468 | £1,130,955 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,718,712 | £1,430,688 | |
| Equity | £1,718,712 | £1,430,688 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 15 | |
| Wages | £962,986 | £803,208 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | -18.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | -17.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.2% | 38.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.54x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | 44.65x | -73.28x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that it remains appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements. The Directors have reached this conclusion after consideration of the Group's cash flows and related assumptions and in accordance with the Guidance published by the UK Financial Reporting Council.”
Group structure
- IMAGE SCAN HOLDINGS PLC · parent
- Image Scan Limited 100%
- 3DX-Ray Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Two significant contract awards in August 25.”
- “Progress on the large UK defence contract has been slower than anticipated, though recent developments have been positive.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATWELL KING, Sarah Ann | Secretary | 2014-06-17 | — | — |
| ATWELL KING, Sarah Ann | Director | 2018-11-26 | Aug 1967 | British |
| DEERY, Vincent James | Director | 2013-01-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| JACKSON, Timothy David | Director | 2014-09-22 | Aug 1961 | British |
| VADGAMA, Sunil | Director | 2022-12-14 | Jun 1958 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Karen Ann | Secretary | 1995-06-30 | 1996-10-16 |
| GEORGE, Louise Joan | Secretary | 2002-10-24 | 2014-06-17 |
| WATLINGTON SECURITIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-10-16 | 2002-10-24 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-05-31 | 1995-06-30 |
| CHALK, Gilbert John | Director | 2007-11-30 | 2009-07-03 |
| EMSLIE, Brian Simpson | Director | 2009-06-04 | 2014-04-11 |
| FOX, Nicholas Darryl | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2014-04-11 |
| GEORGE, Louise Joan | Director | 2014-04-11 | 2014-05-16 |
| GEORGE, Louise Joan | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2014-03-03 |
| GEORGE, Louise Joan | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2011-03-17 |
| GIBBS, Raymond John | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2005-01-28 |
| GODBER, Simon Xerxes, Dr | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2007-11-13 |
| HIGGONS, Robin Ian | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2007-06-22 |
| HORWOOD, Jeremy Arthur | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2009-05-27 |
| HUGHES, Peter John | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2006-05-03 |
| JOHNSON, Ian Stuart Southwell | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2013-06-20 |
| LEAVER, Richard Alexander, Dr | Director | 2014-04-11 | 2023-09-30 |
| MAWER, William Richard | Director | 2014-04-11 | 2022-06-30 |
| O'BRIEN, Desmond | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2001-08-31 |
| PRIDEAUX, John Denys Charles Anstice, Dr | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2000-03-17 |
| ROBERTSON, Iain Malcolm | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2003-06-23 |
| ROBINSON, Max, Professor | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2000-05-24 |
| SAVAGE, Robert | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2003-06-23 |
| SMITH, Stephen Raymond | Director | 1997-10-02 | 2000-03-14 |
| STIRLING, Alfred Patrick | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1996-10-03 |
| TIPPLE, Nigel John | Director | 2001-09-20 | 2003-11-21 |
| WOODS, Peter Joseph | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2007-11-02 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-05-31 | 1995-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-43.5%
£2,860,776 £1,617,718
-
Cash
+24.1%
£911,468 £1,130,955
-
Net assets
-16.8%
£1,718,712 £1,430,688
-
Employees
-11.8%
17 15
-
Operating profit
-244.8%
£201,545 -£291,928
-
Profit before tax
-238.6%
£207,767 -£288,024
-
Wages
-16.6%
£962,986 £803,208
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