IQPC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
+17.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+17.8% vs 2023
Employees
187
+9.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+49.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- IQPC LIMITED 2000-07-10 → present
- IQPC WORLDWIDE LIMITED 1997-04-15 → 2000-07-10
- INTERNATIONAL QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE WORLDWIDE LIMITED 1997-03-19 → 1997-04-15
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 | £29,531,000 | £31,223,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,490,000 | £2,227,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,513,000 | £2,267,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,153,000 | £1,694,000 | |
| Cash | £13,847,000 | £16,262,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,095,000 | £11,821,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,525,000 | £11,219,000 | |
| Equity | £9,525,000 | £11,219,000 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 187 | |
| Wages | £8,926,000 | £9,587,000 |
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 | 5.0% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.8% | 18.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.4% | 63.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | 165.56x | 445.40x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 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. However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- IQPC LIMITED · parent
- International Quality & Productivity Centre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events post year end that would significantly impact the 2024 financial statements.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-03-19 | — | — |
| WORDEN, Michael Roberts | Director | 2007-10-17 | Mar 1976 | American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Sarah Gabrielle | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2007-10-17 |
| FAHERTY, Elizabeth Clemens | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2008-10-17 |
| MCCALDIN, Sarah Louise | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2007-06-12 |
| SHANNON, Robert Vincent | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2011-10-01 |
| WORDEN, Richard Alan | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2011-10-01 |
| HAL DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-03-19 | 1997-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Howard Goldring | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Michael Roberts Worden | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Richard Alan Worden | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-07-26 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£29,531,000 £31,223,000
-
Cash
+17.4%
£13,847,000 £16,262,000
-
Net assets
+17.8%
£9,525,000 £11,219,000
-
Employees
+9.4%
171 187
-
Operating profit
+49.5%
£1,490,000 £2,227,000
-
Profit before tax
+49.8%
£1,513,000 £2,267,000
-
Wages
+7.4%
£8,926,000 £9,587,000
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