INDEPENDENT MATERIALS HANDLING EXHIBITIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16K
-67.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£638K
-25.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£293K
-1,263.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- INDEPENDENT MATERIALS HANDLING EXHIBITIONS LIMITED 1999-03-16 → present
- BURGINHALL 1081 LIMITED 1998-12-10 → 1999-03-16
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 | -£1,631 | £6,160 | |
| Operating profit | £24,629 | -£293,659 | |
| Profit before tax | £25,182 | -£293,100 | |
| Net profit | £22,103 | -£219,825 | |
| Cash | £48,293 | £15,894 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £857,890 | £638,065 | |
| Net assets | £857,890 | £638,065 | |
| Equity | £857,890 | £638,065 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -1510.1% | -4767.2% | |
| Net margin | -1355.2% | -3568.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | -46.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.30x | 1.38x |
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
“The Company is jointly owned and controlled by Informa Exhibitions Limited (50%) and UK Material Handling Association Limited (50%) The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as set out in note 1”
Significant events
- “No change to the Company's activity is expected in the foreseeable future. There was no exhibition held in the year as they are triennial with the previous event occurring in 2022. The next event is due to take place in September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFORMA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-01-27 | — | — |
| BARKWORTH, Simon Jamie | Director | 2019-04-02 | Aug 1973 | British |
| BARTON, Michael Robert | Director | 2017-11-09 | Jun 1949 | British |
| FISHER, Robert Paul | Director | 2011-10-04 | Oct 1965 | British |
| HARDS, Stephen John | Director | 2021-01-27 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MORLEY, Christopher | Director | 2024-06-30 | Apr 1986 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 2021-01-27 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARMESON, Ian | Secretary | 1999-03-05 | 2011-10-04 |
| HOPLEY, Rupert John Joseph | Secretary | 2018-12-31 | 2021-01-27 |
| MARTIN, Emily Louise | Secretary | 2012-01-06 | 2014-02-07 |
| WOOLLARD, Julie Louise | Secretary | 2012-01-06 | 2018-12-31 |
| GRAY'S INN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-10 | 1999-03-05 |
| BARNES, Carl | Director | 2012-11-29 | 2014-02-19 |
| BOOTH, Christopher James | Director | 2004-05-07 | 2006-06-27 |
| BRUCE, Robert | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2000-03-07 |
| CLARK, James Lawther Fullerton | Director | 2004-02-12 | 2021-01-27 |
| CONLON, Richard | Director | 2002-05-28 | 2002-11-01 |
| DE LACEY, Anthony Peter | Director | 2000-05-04 | 2001-08-08 |
| GARMESON, Ian | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2011-10-04 |
| HALL, Peter | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2018-09-25 |
| HARRIS, Keith | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2011-10-04 |
| HEASE, Richard Peter | Director | 2001-08-08 | 2004-11-25 |
| LANGFORD, Barry Joseph | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2017-11-09 |
| MICHAEL, Paul Robert | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2011-10-04 |
| PARKER, Simon James | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2021-01-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Howard James | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2000-03-30 |
| ROPER, John | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2003-05-09 |
| ROWELL, David Wishart | Director | 2006-11-16 | 2007-10-17 |
| SHEPPARD, Nigel Philip, Mr. | Director | 2014-02-19 | 2021-01-27 |
| SPARKS, Brendon | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2004-05-07 |
| TYRER, Brian Neil, Mr. | Director | 2003-05-09 | 2011-09-06 |
| TYRER, Brian Neil, Mr. | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2002-05-28 |
| WAPLES, Timothy Mark | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2024-06-30 |
| WAPLES, Timothy Mark | Director | 2007-11-13 | 2018-09-25 |
| WATSON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2019-04-02 |
| WISNER, Adrian | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2003-06-17 |
| WOOLLEY, Anthony | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2012-11-20 |
| DH & B DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-10 | 1999-03-05 |
| DH & B MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-10 | 1999-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Material Handling Association Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-04-01 | Active |
| British Industrial Truck Association Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-01 |
| Informa Exhibitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+477.7%
-£1,631 £6,160
-
Cash
-67.1%
£48,293 £15,894
-
Net assets
-25.6%
£857,890 £638,065
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-1,292.3%
£24,629 -£293,659
-
Profit before tax
-1,263.9%
£25,182 -£293,100
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