THE COUNCIL OF THE INNS OF COURT
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+9.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£956K
+4.3% vs 2023
Employees
33
+13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,876,292 | £3,078,344 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £488,297 | £39,144 | |
| Cash | £1,222,903 | £1,337,002 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £916,834 | £955,978 | |
| Equity | £916,834 | £955,978 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 33 | |
| Wages | £1,318,917 | £1,803,632 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 26.0% | 1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 45.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.59x | 2.14x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “A shared costs model was implemented as part of a new Service Agreement that, from 1 April 2024, sees the Bar Standards Board contribute 50% of BTAS's operating costs.”
- “We experienced very high levels of Tribunal activity throughout 2024, both in terms of the number and complexity of cases handled, delivering a high quality service throughout.”
- “The BSB centralised assessment results for December 2025 were the highest they have been since 2021.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Andrew Mark | Secretary | 2024-07-30 | — | — |
| CARTWRIGHT, Stephen John | Director | 2022-10-07 | Apr 1968 | British |
| DOERRIES KC, Chantal-Aimee | Director | 2020-07-01 | Aug 1968 | German |
| DOREY CVO, Gregory John | Director | 2018-03-12 | May 1956 | British |
| GHIKA, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 2023-07-10 | Sep 1969 | British |
| GREEN, Nicholas Nigel, The Rt Hon Lord Justice | Director | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1958 | British |
| HOPKINS, Emma Kate | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| NORMAN, Sarah Alice, Hhj | Director | 2026-02-06 | Jan 1961 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Patricia Grace | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| SMITH KC, Marion | Director | 2023-11-22 | Dec 1956 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKEFIELD, James Alan George | Secretary | 2013-12-06 | 2024-07-30 |
| BIGNELL KC, Janet Susan | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2025-12-31 |
| BROWNE, Desmond John Michael | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| BROWNE, Desmond John Michael | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2014-12-31 |
| DAVIES QC, Helen Louise | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| FAITH, Anthony John, Brigadier | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-07-28 |
| FRANCES, Jill, Judge | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| HARKING, Anthony Duncan, Brigadier | Director | 2016-07-29 | 2022-10-06 |
| KERR, Mary Anne | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2019-01-14 |
| LODDER, Peter Norman | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2020-06-30 |
| MADDAMS, John Patrick | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2018-03-11 |
| MATTHEWS QC, Duncan Henry Rowland | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| PERRICONE, Guy Robert | Director | 2022-05-02 | 2023-07-09 |
| PERRICONE, Guy Robert | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2020-07-08 |
| PITCHFORD, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-04-30 |
| PITTAWAY, David Michael | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-12-31 |
| SHARP CBE, Anne | Director | 2019-01-15 | 2025-07-31 |
| SOUTHERN, David Boardman, Dr | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2019-07-01 |
| WALLACE, Victoria Louise | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2022-04-14 |
| WHITTAM KC, William Richard Lamont | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+64.1%
£1,876,292 £3,078,344
-
Cash
+9.3%
£1,222,903 £1,337,002
-
Net assets
+4.3%
£916,834 £955,978
-
Employees
+13.8%
29 33
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Wages
+36.8%
£1,318,917 £1,803,632
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