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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
Cash
£184K
-72.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£575K
-61.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
-146.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
It is the present intention of the Directors that the Company will become dormant following the settlement of all residual liabilities and the successful resolution of all obligations. The timeframe for this is currently uncertain but could feasibly occur with 12 months from the date the audit report was signed. On this basis, the Company is not considered to be a going concern and these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. There is no difference in these financial statements as a result of the departure from the going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,253,651 | £1,555,599 | |
| Operating profit | -£520,771 | -£1,217,666 | |
| Profit before tax | -£491,483 | -£1,209,721 | |
| Net profit | -£367,547 | -£907,291 | |
| Cash | £669,724 | £183,868 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,482,363 | £575,072 | |
| Net assets | £1,482,363 | £575,072 | |
| Equity | £1,482,363 | £575,072 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -23.1% | -78.3% | |
| Net margin | -16.3% | -58.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -35.1% | -211.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.8% | 46.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 2.17x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“It is the present intention of the Directors that the Company will become dormant following the settlement of all residual liabilities and the successful resolution of all obligations. The timeframe for this is currently uncertain but could feasibly occur with 12 months from the date the audit report was signed. On this basis, the Company is not considered to be a going concern and these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. There is no difference in these financial statements as a result of the departure from the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During FY23, the Irwin Mitchell Holdings Limited Board completed a strategic review of the volume personal injury business in which the company operates in, and driven largely by recent law reforms the board made the decision to withdraw from this sector.”
- “In September 2021 the board announced that it had entered into a run-off agreement with Minster Law and Gildeas Solicitors to acquire the company's back book of fast-track road traffic accidents, employer liability and public liability injury claims.”
- “The Company will continue to trade for at least the next 12 months, until all ongoing matters have reached completion.”
- “There have been no material post balance sheet events to report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Niall David | Director | 2020-08-04 | Apr 1966 | British |
| GILBERT, Neil Robin | Director | 2019-08-19 | Feb 1973 | British |
| SCARSBROOK, Jonathan Philip | Director | 2021-11-09 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURRIE, Matthew James | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2021-10-31 |
| GAVIN, Laurence Michael | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2020-08-04 |
| GILBERT, Neil Robin | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2019-06-04 |
| MERRICK, Andrew David | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2019-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Im Commercial Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
-31%
£2,253,651 £1,555,599
-
Cash
-72.5%
£669,724 £183,868
-
Net assets
-61.2%
£1,482,363 £575,072
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-133.8%
-£520,771 -£1,217,666
-
Profit before tax
-146.1%
-£491,483 -£1,209,721
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