INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS, LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-21 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£27M
Equity attributable
Employees
28
Average over period
Profit before tax
£51M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS, LLP 2009-07-13 → present
- INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS LLP 2009-03-25 → 2009-07-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £105,230,058 | £83,783,471 | |
| Operating profit | £66,004,294 | £50,367,959 | |
| Profit before tax | £66,500,717 | £51,318,036 | |
| Net profit | £66,500,717 | £51,318,036 | |
| Cash | £31,400,882 | £29,765,197 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,829,039 | £27,646,824 | |
| Net assets | £33,829,039 | £27,364,326 | |
| Equity | £33,829,039 | £27,364,326 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 28 | |
| Wages | £16,416,803 | £14,751,040 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 62.7% | 60.1% | |
| Net margin | 63.2% | 61.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 195.1% | 182.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.69x | 2.49x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The members have made a forward-looking assessment of the LLP's ability to continue as a going concern and are satisfied that the LLP has the resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future and for at least twelve months from the signing date. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS, LLP · parent
- Independent Franchise Partners LLC 100%
- APDC Ltd 100%
- Independent Franchise Partners GP, LLC 100%
Significant events
- “No matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly affected, or which may significantly affect, the operations of the LLP, the results of those operations or the state of affairs of the LLP in the financial years subsequent to the financial year ended 31 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHELA, Sandeep Parvin | Llp Designated Member | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1975 | — |
| VOWLES, Jayson Ian | Llp Designated Member | 2009-06-02 | Mar 1976 | — |
| ALLISON, Michael Denis Ashton | Llp Member | 2009-06-02 | Jul 1973 | — |
| CROSTHWAITE, Richard Francis | Llp Member | 2019-04-01 | Jul 1983 | — |
| DODHIA, Paras Chunilal | Llp Member | 2009-06-02 | Nov 1975 | — |
| ELMASRY, Hassan Ahmed | Llp Member | 2009-03-25 | Dec 1962 | — |
| FISHER, Terence | Llp Member | 2026-04-01 | Oct 1987 | — |
| KELLY-JONES, John Thomas | Llp Member | 2009-03-25 | Jul 1960 | — |
| LADHA, Karim Riaz | Llp Member | 2017-04-01 | Feb 1985 | — |
| NGAO LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-12-31 | — | — |
| SAMANNAJOSH LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-12-31 | — | — |
| WOODRIDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-12-31 | — | — |
| YODE PSC LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-12-31 | — | — |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS SERVICES LTD | Corporate Llp Member | 2009-06-02 | 2011-06-09 |
| RUSHMERE HOLDCO LIMITED | Corporate Llp Member | 2010-12-31 | 2014-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hassan Ahmed Elmasry | Individual | voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-50-to-75-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-appoint-and-remove-members-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| Yode Psc Limited | Corporate entity | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| Mr John Thomas Kelly-Jones | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Mr Jayson Ian Vowles | Individual | voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-appoint-and-remove-members-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2025-12-16 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | LLCH02 | officers | Change corporate member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-12-12 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | LLAA01 | accounts | Change account reference date limited liability partnership current extended | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | LLPSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2023-01-03 | LLPSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2023-01-03 | LLPSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2022-12-07 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31