IVYWOOD COLLEGES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-18 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+3,746.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£601K
+86.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£191K
-314.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- IVYWOOD COLLEGES LIMITED 2006-04-19 → present
- IVY WOOD COLLEGE LIMITED 2006-02-14 → 2006-04-19
- CFR 32 LIMITED 2005-09-13 → 2006-02-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,260,440 | £3,466,407 | |
| Operating profit | -£95,370 | -£265,830 | |
| Profit before tax | -£46,188 | -£191,379 | |
| Net profit | -£37,351 | -£145,680 | |
| Cash | £46,006 | £1,769,626 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,890,005 | £16,800,533 | |
| Net assets | £322,769 | £601,027 | |
| Equity | £322,769 | £601,027 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.9% | -7.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | -4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.6% | 97.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | -0.07x | -0.19x |
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
- Wellden Turnbull Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the liquidity and forecast covenant compliance for a period of at least twelve months from date of approval of the financial statements. These forecasts include the ability of the company to meet all loan and interest repayments and other liabilities as they fall due. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements principally through unitary charge receipts from Belfast Metropolitan College. The Directors do not consider the ability of government authorities to pay unitary fees to be a material risk. The Directors consider the ability of key sub-contractors to continue to meet their contractual commitments a potential risk to the company. The Directors have assessed the ability of key sub-contractors to continue to meet their contractual commitments including the unlikely event of a sub-contractor failure. To date, the current economic environment has not resulted in any adverse impact on the services provided by the sub-contractor. In making their assessment, the Directors have tested various stress scenarios which show that, even in the unlikely event of a sub-contractor failure, the Company can continue to meet loan covenants and other liabilities as they fall due (including covenant compliance and the funding of reserves) in the next twelve months. The principal loan covenants are historic and forecast financial ratios. The company's forecasts and projections, taking into account the above risks and current economic conditions, show that the company expects to be able to operate within the level of current facilities and continue to meet loan covenants. As explained in the Financial Risk Management section of this report (page 2), the company mitigates interest rate risk by use of an interest rate swap to effectively fix the interest rate and mitigates inflation risk by linking an element of the unitary charge to inflation. Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “No dividend was paid in the year (2023: £nil). The directors recommend that no final dividends be paid (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Samantha | Secretary | 2025-10-09 | — | — |
| CHEADLE, Jayne | Secretary | 2018-04-20 | — | — |
| KNOWLES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| LOTTER, Jessabel Piera | Director | 2026-03-01 | Nov 1994 | British |
| REID, Jordan Luke | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1989 | British |
| THORNE, Alexander Victor | Director | 2019-11-01 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOHERTY, Nicholas Adam | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2006-02-01 |
| HARVEY, Conal Vincent | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2006-02-01 |
| NICHOLL, John Patrick | Secretary | 2007-07-02 | 2018-04-20 |
| SMITH, Michael | Secretary | 2006-02-08 | 2006-02-08 |
| CYPHER SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-13 | 2007-07-02 |
| CLANCY, Richard Simon Muir | Director | 2023-05-05 | 2024-02-09 |
| COMERFORD, Jonathan | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2018-04-20 |
| CROSS, Stephen Vincent | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2006-02-01 |
| DOHERTY, Nicholas Adam | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2017-05-23 |
| DRIVER, Ross William | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2020-05-15 |
| DUNDAS, John Craig | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2025-01-01 |
| EBBAGE, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2006-02-01 |
| EXAKOUSTIDOU, Angeliki Maria | Director | 2022-09-26 | 2025-10-10 |
| EYRE, James | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2018-04-20 |
| FOOT, David Alexander John, Mr. | Director | 2020-05-15 | 2022-03-29 |
| GAVAGHAN, David Nicholas | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2015-02-17 |
| GILL, Christopher Mark David | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2023-05-05 |
| HARVEY, Conal Vincent | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2017-05-01 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2024-02-09 | 2024-07-01 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2020-07-31 |
| HOLDEN, Mark Geoffrey David | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2023-05-04 |
| LUFKIN, Antonia Maxine | Director | 2025-10-10 | 2026-03-01 |
| NICHOLL, John Patrick | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2018-04-20 |
| POUPARD, Natalia | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2019-11-01 |
| POWER, Patrick John | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2018-04-20 |
| SMITH, Michael | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2012-05-31 |
| TURNBULL, Rachel Louise | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2018-10-31 |
| WEGENER, Elena Giorgiana | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2019-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivywood Colleges Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-04-20 | Active |
| Mr Patrick Joseph Doherty | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-20 |
| Mr Dermot Fachtna Desmond | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+6.3%
£3,260,440 £3,466,407
-
Cash
+3,746.5%
£46,006 £1,769,626
-
Net assets
+86.2%
£322,769 £601,027
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-178.7%
-£95,370 -£265,830
-
Profit before tax
-314.3%
-£46,188 -£191,379
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