CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3m
+92.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£572k
0% vs 2024
Employees
47
-11.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
-46.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary 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 | £14,275,000 | £13,391,000 | £12,532,000 | -6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,212,000 | £3,394,000 | £3,565,000 | +5% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,403,000 | £7,022,000 | £3,739,000 | -46.8% | |
| Net profit | £4,403,000 | £7,022,000 | £3,739,000 | -46.8% | |
| Cash | £2,396,000 | £1,720,000 | £3,316,000 | +92.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £572,000 | £572,000 | £572,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £572,000 | £572,000 | £572,000 | 0% | |
| Equity | £572,000 | £572,000 | £572,000 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 53 | 47 | -11.3% | |
| Wages | £2,650,000 | £2,913,000 | £2,532,000 | -13.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £286,000 | £279,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £206,000 | £202,000 | — | — |
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 | 29.5% | 25.3% | 28.4% | |
| Net margin | 30.8% | 52.4% | 29.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 736.4% | 593.4% | 623.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.9% | 86.5% | 89.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.04x | 0.98x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED 2009-06-12 → present
- INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE LIMITED 1993-02-01 → 2009-06-12
- CIPFA PLACEMENTS LIMITED 1989-08-22 → 1993-02-01
- BURGINHALL 346 LIMITED 1989-04-27 → 1989-08-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having regard to the above, the Directors believe there are no material uncertainties surrounding the decision to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILOPOULOS, Patricia | Secretary | 2023-09-20 | — | — |
| ALDERSON, Roger Timothy | Director | 2017-03-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| BISHOP, Mary Joy, Professor | Director | 2021-04-29 | Dec 1960 | British |
| BLACKMAN, Anna | Director | 2024-01-23 | Dec 1979 | British |
| BROCKBANK, Ruth | Director | 2025-01-06 | Oct 1989 | British |
| GASKELL, Kevin Harry | Director | 2023-02-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
| MAPLEY, Owen Neville | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MCBRIDE, Mark William | Director | 2026-07-14 | Jun 1958 | British |
| THOMSON, Mark David | Director | 2020-05-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
| VIRDEE, Hardev | Director | 2025-06-23 | May 1972 | British |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANNAM, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2023-08-07 |
| MCKENNA, Mary Margaret | Secretary | 1993-04-30 | 2000-07-26 |
| MORRIS, Richard Austin Fraser | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| MOSS, Gareth | Secretary | 2020-12-23 | 2021-09-10 |
| WOODMAN, Peter Andrew | Secretary | 2004-04-05 | 2020-12-23 |
| WOODNOTT-MILLER, John Louis | Secretary | 2000-07-26 | 2004-04-02 |
| ADAMS, David Harry | Director | 1997-04-29 | 2000-02-18 |
| ADAMS, David Harry | Director | — | 1994-04-15 |
| BAINES, Alan Leonard | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| BARNES, Michael John | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2009-06-24 |
| BOWLES, David John | Director | 2006-11-02 | 2013-10-31 |
| BURNS, Andrew Noel | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2019-07-08 |
| BUTTERY, Roger | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2004-07-16 |
| COATES, Julie Ann | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2000-02-03 |
| COLLIER, Michael Herbert | Director | 1994-10-05 | 1998-04-23 |
| CROSSLAND, Kenneth Wilfred | Director | 2004-05-05 | 2008-03-31 |
| CULLEY, Carol Ann | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2025-06-23 |
| DAVIES, Lyn Sian | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2019-07-08 |
| DEACON, Margaret Ruth | Director | 1992-02-21 | 1999-09-23 |
| DRIVER, Mike | Director | 2020-07-08 | 2022-07-12 |
| ELLIOTT, Leslie | Director | 1992-12-17 | 2002-04-02 |
| FANNING, Peter David | Director | 2001-12-03 | 2004-03-05 |
| FLANAGAN, Andrew Henry | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2017-02-28 |
| FOLWELL, Grenville John | Director | 1997-04-29 | 2007-10-31 |
| FORD, John Richard | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1998-04-23 |
| FREER, Stephen Roy | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2013-09-30 |
| GRAHAM, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2014-07-30 |
| HALE, James Douglas | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1994-10-05 |
| HARDY, Andrew Ian, Professor | Director | 2019-07-08 | 2021-07-06 |
| HARDY, Andrew Ian, Professor | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| HEPWORTH, Noel Peers | Director | — | 2006-10-31 |
| HOLLYWOOD, Michael | Director | — | 1997-04-29 |
| HOWARD, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2019-07-08 |
| HURFORD, Christopher Dominic | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2007-06-13 |
| JOHNSON, Edith Dawn | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| KANE, Peter Ronald | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| KNIGHTS, Susan Adria | Director | 1992-02-21 | 1992-12-31 |
| LOVELL, Mark | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| LOWCOCK, Mark Andrew, Sir | Director | 2024-07-09 | 2026-07-14 |
| LUCK, Victor Leonard | Director | 2006-11-02 | 2014-04-30 |
| MARRIOTT, John Miles | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MATHESON, John Alexander | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| MCDOWELL, Anthony John Arthur | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2006-10-31 |
| MORGAN, David Gethin | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1994-02-14 |
| MORRIS, Richard Austin Fraser | Director | — | 1997-05-16 |
| MOSS, Gareth Brian | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| OWEN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| OWEN, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2021-07-06 | 2023-06-26 |
| PALK, Nigel Terry | Director | 1995-01-26 | 1998-04-23 |
| PERKIN, Ian Keith | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2014-07-01 |
| RAMSDALE, Phillip Douglas Charles | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2006-12-31 |
| RAMSDALE, Phillip Douglas Charles | Director | 1992-12-17 | 1999-11-01 |
| RASSELL, Caroline Jane | Director | 2022-07-12 | 2024-07-09 |
| REDMOND, Anthony Gerard, Sir | Director | 2009-08-05 | 2011-07-05 |
| ROBERTS, Brian David | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| ROOTS, William | Director | — | 1998-04-23 |
| SAUNDERS, John George | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2009-12-31 |
| SEALY, Joseph Methusalah | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2022-07-12 |
| SINCLAIR, Martin John | Director | 2014-07-03 | 2016-07-31 |
| SMITH, Brian | Director | 2001-07-24 | 2011-08-31 |
| SULLIVAN, Eugene | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| THOMSON, Mark David | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2017-12-04 |
| THORNTON, John Robert | Director | 1992-12-17 | 2001-08-12 |
| WEAVER, Michael Patrick | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2003-03-18 |
| WHITE, Piers Adam | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| WHITEMAN, Robert Arthur | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| WILLIAMSON, Carolyn Florence | Director | 2019-07-08 | 2020-07-08 |
| WILLIAMSON, Carolyn Florence | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| WOOD, Ian | Director | 1995-04-19 | 2004-03-05 |
| WOODMAN, Peter Andrew | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-12-23 |
| WOOLSTON, Paul Ronald | Director | 2014-01-06 | 2018-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartered Institute Of Public Finance And Accountancy | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 255 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.