INSTANT OFFICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
Cash
£534K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£55M
Equity attributable
Employees
182
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£18M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,572,000 | £14,664,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,388,000 | -£18,176,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,383,000 | -£18,159,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,411,000 | -£19,491,000 | |
| Cash | £1,629,000 | £534,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£35,695,000 | -£54,104,000 | |
| Net assets | -£35,695,000 | -£55,186,000 | |
| Equity | -£35,695,000 | -£55,186,000 | |
| Average employees | 112 | 182 | |
| Wages | £11,772,000 | £10,538,000 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -91.3% | -123.9% | |
| Net margin | -98.8% | -132.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.7% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.34x | 0.28x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have determined that preparing these financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the parent company Ibiza Holdings Limited (together with its subsidiaries referred to as the "the Group"). The Directors going concern assessment covers the period to 31 December 2025 and confirmation has been received that Ibiza Holdings Limited will support the Company until this date, so long as the Company remains a subsidiary of Ibiza Holdings Limited.”
Group structure
- INSTANT OFFICES LIMITED · parent
- Instant Offices Holding Inc 100%
- Instant Offices Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- Instant Offices (RE) LLC 100%
- Instant Newco OS, LLC 100%
Significant events
- “On 8 March 2022 the ultimate parent company of the Company Green Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Instant Group") were acquired by Ibiza Holdings Limited. Ibiza Holdings Limited is owned and controlled by IWG plc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WETHERALL, Stephen James | Director | 2026-03-05 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACON, Patricia | Secretary | 2004-01-28 | 2008-04-21 |
| CHAPMAN, Eleanor Clare | Secretary | 2008-04-21 | 2011-04-01 |
| DUNCAN, William Grant | Secretary | 2014-12-02 | 2026-04-15 |
| HARTLEY, Mark Graham | Secretary | 1999-05-12 | 2000-08-22 |
| HARVEY, Andrew Francis Bell | Secretary | 2000-08-22 | 2004-01-28 |
| VITTY, Charlotte | Secretary | 2010-08-26 | 2013-10-31 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-05-12 | 1999-05-12 |
| BACON, Patricia | Director | 2003-04-03 | 2013-09-30 |
| BAKER, Steve George | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2014-07-01 |
| BOOTH, James Michael | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2026-03-06 |
| DUNCAN, William Grant | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2026-03-06 |
| ELLIOTT, Patrick William | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| HAMILTON, David | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2009-12-16 |
| HAMILTON, James Robert Scott | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2012-12-18 |
| HARVEY, Andrew Francis Bell | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2004-01-28 |
| JOYCE, Anthony Paul | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2000-07-21 |
| LOWN, Roger Edward | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2000-07-21 |
| MURPHY, Michael | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2012-12-18 |
| RODBER, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2026-03-06 |
| SWABEY, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2000-07-21 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-05-12 | 1999-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant Offices (Bidco) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2022-08-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31