IF INVESTMENTS (HORNCASTLE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+5.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+11.3% vs 2024
Employees
128
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£549K
-22.1% 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
We draw attention to note 2.1 to the financial statements which explains that the directors have made the decision for the company to cease trading and become dormant. Therefore, we do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other that going concern as described in note 2.1. Our opinion is not modified in this respect.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,686,528 | £17,826,248 | |
| Operating profit | £682,478 | £492,289 | |
| Profit before tax | £705,052 | £549,392 | |
| Net profit | £491,089 | £321,555 | |
| Cash | £3,562,487 | £3,746,270 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,923,410 | £3,254,193 | |
| Net assets | £2,845,314 | £3,166,869 | |
| Equity | £2,845,314 | £3,166,869 | |
| Average employees | 135 | 128 | |
| Wages | £4,641,681 | £4,679,712 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.4% | 15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.0% | 62.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 17.06x | 24.61x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 2.1 to the financial statements which explains that the directors have made the decision for the company to cease trading and become dormant. Therefore, we do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other that going concern as described in note 2.1. Our opinion is not modified in this respect.”
Group structure
- IF INVESTMENTS (HORNCASTLE) LIMITED · parent
- Mortons Media Group Holdings Limited 75%
- Mortons Media Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, the trade and assets of the Print and Mailing division of Mortons Media Group Limited have been sold to Mortons Print and Mailing Limited. Subsequently, the company has been acquired by Kelsey Publishing Limited. Following acquisition the director has expessed the intention to hive up the trade and assets of the group into Kelsey Publishing Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Stephen | Director | 2025-03-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Ian David | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2025-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Wright | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2025-03-27 | Active |
| Kelsey Publishing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-27 | Active |
| Mr Ian David Fisher | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-10-24 | Ceased 2025-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
-4.6%
£18,686,528 £17,826,248
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Cash
+5.2%
£3,562,487 £3,746,270
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Net assets
+11.3%
£2,845,314 £3,166,869
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Employees
-5.2%
135 128
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Operating profit
-27.9%
£682,478 £492,289
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Profit before tax
-22.1%
£705,052 £549,392
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Wages
+0.8%
£4,641,681 £4,679,712
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