IP2IPO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£72M
+20.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£83M
-73.5% vs 2023
Employees
55
-11.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£231M
-98.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IP2IPO LIMITED 2001-07-31 → present
- GARDENGOLD LIMITED 2000-09-18 → 2001-07-31
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 | £1,666,000 | £1,672,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£125,031,000 | -£237,822,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£116,459,000 | -£230,863,000 | |
| Net profit | -£114,028,000 | -£230,798,000 | |
| Cash | £59,564,000 | £71,853,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £317,366,000 | £86,771,000 | |
| Net assets | £312,579,000 | £82,877,000 | |
| Equity | £312,579,000 | £82,877,000 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 55 | |
| Wages | £9,672,000 | £8,911,000 |
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 | -7504.9% | -14223.8% | |
| Net margin | -6844.4% | -13803.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -39.4% | -274.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.24x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | -912.64x | -3774.95x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £658,573k (Current assets of £244,676k less current liabilities of £903,249k) as at 31 December 2024, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. Those forecasts are dependent on the company's ultimate parent company, IP Group plc not seeking repayment of the amounts currently due to the group, which at 31 December 2024 amounted to £602,506k. IP Group plc has indicated that it does not intend to seek repayment of these amounts for the period covered by the forecasts. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- IP2IPO LIMITED · parent
- Asterion Limited 66.8%
- C-Capture Limited 27.6%
- Emdot Limited 26.3%
- Istesso Limited 24.5%
- Magnomatics Limited 29.5%
- Ph Therapeutics Limited 60%
- Surrey Nanosystems Limited 21.1%
Significant events
- “The Company was notified of the outcome of Istesso's Phase 2b trial for Leramistat in February 2025, reflecting information which Istesso Limited had received prior to 31 December 2024. Since the year end, the value of the investment in the quoted and private equity portfolio has seen an increase in the portfolio value at 21 July 2025 of £42m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP2IPO SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-02-03 | — | — |
| BAYNES, David Graham | Director | 2014-04-23 | Jan 1964 | British |
| GLASSON, Christopher Edward | Director | 2021-11-08 | Nov 1978 | British |
| LEACH, Angela | Director | 2021-11-08 | Jun 1976 | English |
| SMITH, Greg Simon | Director | 2008-01-08 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODLAD, Magnus James | Secretary | 2004-10-09 | 2008-01-08 |
| GORDON, Nigel Raymond | Secretary | 2003-10-14 | 2004-10-09 |
| LEACH, Angela | Secretary | 2008-01-08 | 2016-05-27 |
| MILBURN, Helen | Secretary | 2016-05-27 | 2017-02-03 |
| THOMAS, David Albert | Secretary | 2001-10-25 | 2002-07-23 |
| WILSON, Robert Ian | Secretary | 2000-11-22 | 2001-09-27 |
| SCRIP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-07-23 | 2003-03-14 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-18 | 2000-11-22 |
| AUBREY, Alan John | Director | 2005-08-16 | 2021-11-09 |
| BARTLETT, Anthony David | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2002-07-17 |
| BARTLETT, Anthony David | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2001-05-24 |
| BEESON, Andrew Nigel Wendover | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2003-01-30 |
| BYFORD, Charles William | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2002-08-26 |
| DAVIES, John | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2005-09-13 |
| FIELDING, Alison Margaret, Dr | Director | 2010-09-10 | 2013-06-30 |
| GOODLAD, Magnus James | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2010-09-10 |
| LEE, Steven Koon Ching, Dr | Director | 2002-09-26 | 2004-09-01 |
| NORWOOD, David Robert | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2008-12-31 |
| SMITH, Bruce Gordon, Dr | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2007-03-05 |
| SNOW, Alexander Charles Wallace | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2004-05-20 |
| THOMAS, David Albert | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2002-07-23 |
| TOWNEND, Michael Charles Nettleton | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2021-11-08 |
| TURNER, William James | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2008-01-08 |
| WINWARD, Charles Stephen | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2014-04-23 |
| WRIGHT, Christopher John, Dr | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2002-11-13 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-18 | 2000-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ip Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-04 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-07 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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
+0.4%
£1,666,000 £1,672,000
-
Cash
+20.6%
£59,564,000 £71,853,000
-
Net assets
-73.5%
£312,579,000 £82,877,000
-
Employees
-11.3%
62 55
-
Operating profit
-90.2%
-£125,031,000 -£237,822,000
-
Profit before tax
-98.2%
-£116,459,000 -£230,863,000
-
Wages
-7.9%
£9,672,000 £8,911,000
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