IXION HOLDINGS (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-25 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+5.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£557K
+422.7% vs 2023
Employees
103
-34% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+13% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- IXION HOLDINGS (CONTRACTS) LIMITED 2013-08-16 → present
- IXION GROUP CONTRACTS LIMITED 2011-04-15 → 2013-08-16
- INVEST ENGLAND LTD 2010-12-30 → 2011-04-15
- SOUTH EAST BROKERAGE LIMITED 2009-04-23 → 2010-12-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,749,867 | £11,200,136 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,782,030 | -£1,550,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,782,030 | -£1,549,557 | |
| Net profit | -£1,782,030 | -£1,549,557 | |
| Cash | £2,272,569 | £2,393,043 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,707,518 | £2,080,764 | |
| Net assets | £106,563 | £557,006 | |
| Equity | £106,563 | £557,006 | |
| Average employees | 156 | 103 | |
| Wages | £8,318,025 | £6,638,242 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -12.1% | -13.8% | |
| Net margin | -12.1% | -13.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -104.4% | -74.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.5% | 82.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 2.92x |
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
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The ultimate parent and controlling party, Shaw Trust Limited (The), has indicated that it will continue to provide financial support to the Company. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- IXION HOLDINGS (CONTRACTS) LIMITED · parent
- Ixion Social Enterprise Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLEY, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2021-01-26 | — | — |
| CLIFTON, Richard William | Director | 2022-09-29 | Jul 1970 | British |
| ROBERTSON, James Edmund | Director | 2023-07-28 | Dec 1989 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, Nicholas Oliver Charles | Secretary | 2017-06-02 | 2019-07-05 |
| HODGES, Andrew | Secretary | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-23 |
| KING, Stephen Noel | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2021-01-26 |
| WHITE, Rachael | Secretary | 2009-04-27 | 2017-06-02 |
| ANDREWS, Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| BAKER, Graham William | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2009-12-31 |
| BAYNHAM, Peter Frederick | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| BELL, James Nicholas | Director | 2018-07-13 | 2019-07-01 |
| BURKE, Breege | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| CLIFTON, Richard William | Director | 2019-07-17 | 2022-05-10 |
| DOBREE, Lesley Anne, Professor | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| GOVETT, John Robert | Director | 2009-09-14 | 2018-03-23 |
| HAWKER, Michael Leslie | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2017-06-05 |
| HEPWORTH LLOYD, Pablo Tudor Barraclough | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| HEPWORTH LLOYD, Pablo Tudor Barraclough | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| HODGES, Andrew Paul | Director | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-23 |
| HOLMES, Peter David | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2022-02-02 |
| KING, Stephen Noel | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2023-07-28 |
| MARTIN, Iain Gregory | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2017-06-02 |
| NUSSBAUM, Michael Leslie, Dr | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2025-09-01 |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY, Roy Langley | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2018-07-13 |
| OUGHTON, Jacqueline Maria | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2022-09-29 |
| PHIPPS, David George | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2019-04-30 |
| SAUNDERS, Jane Ann | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2010-04-23 |
| SAXTON, Philip Anthony | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| SHARPLES, Adam John | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2017-06-02 |
| SIBBALD, Alan, Professor | Director | 2011-07-27 | 2014-03-30 |
| SUDWORTH, Rebecca Anne | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2019-04-17 |
| THOMPSON, Nigel Howard | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2010-04-23 |
| THORNE, Michael Philip, Professor | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-03-14 |
| TRIGG, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2011-07-27 | 2017-06-02 |
| WATKINS, Roderick Evan, Professor | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| WHITE, Rachael | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2018-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shaw Trust Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-03-01 | Active |
| Shaw Trust Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-30 | Ceased 2023-03-24 |
| Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-24.1%
£14,749,867 £11,200,136
-
Cash
+5.3%
£2,272,569 £2,393,043
-
Net assets
+422.7%
£106,563 £557,006
-
Employees
-34%
156 103
-
Operating profit
+13%
-£1,782,030 -£1,550,000
-
Profit before tax
+13%
-£1,782,030 -£1,549,557
-
Wages
-20.2%
£8,318,025 £6,638,242
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