IPSEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-17 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
-0.4% vs 2023
Employees
103
+7.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-3.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IPSEN LIMITED 2008-12-12 → present
- IPSEN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2008-11-17 → 2008-12-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £122,443,000 | £128,501,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,944,000 | £4,275,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,834,000 | £4,652,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,689,000 | £3,501,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,347,000 | £23,479,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,277,000 | £23,178,000 | |
| Equity | £23,277,000 | £23,178,000 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 103 | |
| Wages | £9,400,000 | £10,850,000 |
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 | 3.2% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 18.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.1% | 57.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | 657.33x | 388.64x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The directors have assessed the impact of the Russia- Ukraine war on the future performance of the company. It is not foreseen that the war will significantly affect the company's operations for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLAR-KELLY, Lynne Elizabeth Duncan | Secretary | 2022-03-16 | — | — |
| CHADDOCK, John Andrew, Dr | Director | 2021-04-30 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MILLAR-KELLY, Lynne Elizabeth Duncan | Director | 2022-03-16 | Aug 1983 | British |
| PARSONS, Ioana | Director | 2024-03-08 | Feb 1979 | Romanian,British |
| VISCIGLIO, Alexandre | Director | 2021-05-28 | Jan 1979 | French |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Edward Andrew | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| BUSBY, Robyn Elizabeth | Secretary | 2018-05-31 | 2018-10-11 |
| DAVIS, John Charles | Secretary | 2008-11-17 | 2013-06-30 |
| LAMB, Catherine | Secretary | 2018-10-11 | 2020-10-15 |
| MILLAR, Lynne | Secretary | 2020-10-15 | 2021-05-28 |
| PULLEN, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2018-05-31 |
| TOMKINSON, Re-Natta | Secretary | 2021-05-28 | 2022-03-16 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-11-17 | 2008-11-17 |
| ALI, Asad Mohsin | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2022-03-16 |
| BARNSLEY, Jonathan Henry | Director | 2014-08-27 | 2017-12-22 |
| BOOTH, Edward Andrew | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-02-11 |
| BOYNE, Isobel Louise | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2021-05-28 |
| BUSBY, Robyn Elizabeth | Director | 2016-11-18 | 2018-10-11 |
| DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola | Director | 2008-11-17 | 2008-11-17 |
| DAVIS, John Charles | Director | 2008-11-17 | 2013-06-30 |
| DE LA TOUR, Christian | Director | 2009-01-09 | 2014-11-25 |
| HICKLING, Matthew Francis, Dr | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-05-02 |
| HILL, Steven Thomas | Director | 2008-11-17 | 2014-07-31 |
| JOCHEM, Olivier | Director | 2009-01-09 | 2016-02-10 |
| LAMB, Catherine Anne | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2020-10-30 |
| LAUNAY, Nicole Bernadette | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2018-05-02 |
| MCDOWALL, Ewan John | Director | 2014-08-27 | 2018-10-11 |
| MILLAR, Lynne | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2021-05-28 |
| OLIVER, Guy Edward | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2024-03-08 |
| PALLIERE-CALINE, Agathe, Mme | Director | 2012-09-14 | 2014-05-26 |
| PARENT, Christopher Jean Francois Marie | Director | 2014-08-27 | 2015-03-31 |
| PULLEN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2016-02-11 | 2017-06-13 |
| RAMDANI, Habib | Director | 2009-01-09 | 2010-09-15 |
| SCHILANSKY, David | Director | 2010-09-15 | 2011-12-12 |
| SEMERJIAN, Harout | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2018-05-02 |
| STRATTON, Anthony Hugh | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2018-03-28 |
| TOMKINSON, Re-Natta Dominica | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2022-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipsen S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-12-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-11-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+4.9%
£122,443,000 £128,501,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£23,277,000 £23,178,000
-
Employees
+7.3%
96 103
-
Operating profit
+8.4%
£3,944,000 £4,275,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.8%
£4,834,000 £4,652,000
-
Wages
+15.4%
£9,400,000 £10,850,000
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