IBM LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
-29.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.9m
-42.7% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13m
+0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £137,225,000 | £176,977,000 | £170,112,000 | -3.9% | |
| Operating profit | £9,574,000 | £12,348,000 | £11,868,000 | -3.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,186,000 | £12,800,000 | £12,846,000 | +0.4% | |
| Net profit | £7,640,000 | £9,600,000 | £9,634,000 | +0.4% | |
| Cash | — | £22,056,000 | £15,548,000 | -29.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,240,000 | £9,874,000 | -42.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,640,000 | £17,240,000 | £9,874,000 | -42.7% | |
| Equity | £7,640,000 | £17,240,000 | £9,874,000 | -42.7% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 71.6% | 120.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 51.3% | 62.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.95x | 1.61x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IBM LIMITED 2000-07-06 → present
- LS3 LIMITED 1980-06-25 → 2000-07-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed and prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis based on the anticipated future performance of the business. Considering the nature of the business and dealing only with other IBM Group entities on a pre-agreed cost plus basis, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources, taking into consideration that the company does not have any external loans and, in addition the company generates a positive intercompany cash balance from its operations on a monthly basis, to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the end of the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, Alison Mary Catherine | Secretary | 2007-09-06 | — | British |
| SPENCER, Nyree Elizabeth | Director | 2023-03-31 | Jan 1975 | British |
| WAGGETT, Peter Watson, Dr | Director | 2023-06-30 | Feb 1960 | British |
| WALLIN, Steven James | Director | 2023-03-31 | Mar 1979 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Duncan Montgomery | Secretary | 1999-05-17 | 1999-11-05 |
| CARRUTHERS, Keith | Secretary | 1999-11-05 | 2003-03-25 |
| JONES, Steven Alan Vaughan | Secretary | 2003-03-25 | 2005-07-27 |
| SAYANI, Nuzhat | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2007-09-06 |
| WHITBY, Peter Anthony | Secretary | — | 1994-06-21 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-07-18 | 1999-05-17 |
| ATTAL, Alexandre Jacques | Director | 1995-01-19 | 1995-12-31 |
| BRAITHWAITE, John Anthony | Director | — | 1994-06-21 |
| CHAPOT, Bernard | Director | 1994-07-18 | 1995-01-17 |
| FERGUSON, Ian Duncan | Director | 2009-04-09 | 2021-04-01 |
| LAMB, James Summers | Director | 1999-02-18 | 2002-02-28 |
| NIVOIX, Christian Eugene Charles | Director | 1995-01-19 | 1999-02-18 |
| ROUES, Didier Francois Xavier | Director | 1994-07-18 | 1995-01-27 |
| STIGLITZ, Salomon | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1999-02-18 |
| TURNER, Martin Jeffrey | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| VIALARD, Christian Yves Henri | Director | 1994-07-18 | 1997-11-12 |
| WHITBY, Peter Anthony | Director | — | 1994-06-21 |
| WILSON, Stephen David | Director | 2002-02-28 | 2009-04-09 |
| WRIGHT, Emma Danielle | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibm United Kingdom Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-31 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-03-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.