INTERCEDE GROUP PLC
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Cash
£20m
+7.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
+13.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
110
+0.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
-18.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,963,000 | £17,714,000 | £17,156,000 | -3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £5,265,000 | £3,943,000 | £3,164,000 | -19.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,595,000 | £4,593,000 | £3,726,000 | -18.9% | |
| Net profit | £6,023,000 | £4,055,000 | £3,376,000 | -16.7% | |
| Cash | £17,226,000 | £18,672,000 | £19,999,000 | +7.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,636,000 | £26,482,000 | £28,455,000 | +7.5% | |
| Net assets | £13,178,000 | £17,033,000 | £19,258,000 | +13.1% | |
| Equity | £13,178,000 | £17,033,000 | £19,258,000 | +13.1% | |
| Average employees | 102 | 109 | 110 | +0.9% | |
| Wages | £9,637,000 | £9,871,000 | £9,923,000 | +0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,363,000 | £1,434,000 | £837,000 | -41.6% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.4% | 22.3% | 18.4% | |
| Net margin | 30.2% | 22.9% | 19.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.0% | 14.9% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.7% | 40.6% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 11.06x | 13.75x | |
| Interest cover | 83.57x | 44.81x | 32.96x |
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
- INTERCEDE GROUP PLC 2000-12-01 → present
- OPTIONSILVER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2000-11-03 → 2000-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- INTERCEDE GROUP PLC · parent
- Intercede Limited 100%
- Intercede 2000 Limited 100%
- Intercede MyID Inc 100%
- Intercede National Security Services LLC 100%
- Authlogics Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Since the FY26 year end, the Group has announced contract orders and renewals totalling approximately £5.2 million on 9 April 2026 and approximately £3.8 million, in aggregate, on 21 April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Nitil | Secretary | 2022-07-27 | — | — |
| HOGGARTH, Royston | Director | 2002-08-05 | Feb 1962 | British |
| LINWOOD, John Frederick | Director | 2023-06-20 | Aug 1962 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Daniel | Director | 2023-10-20 | Apr 1967 | British |
| PATEL, Nitil | Director | 2022-07-27 | Jun 1970 | British |
| TREDOUX, Jacques | Director | 2006-03-31 | Sep 1963 | British, |
| VAN DER LEEST, Klaas Peter | Director | 2018-04-10 | Nov 1966 | Dutch |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Andrew Michael | Secretary | 2000-11-16 | 2022-07-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-11-03 | 2000-11-16 |
| CHANDHOK, Rob Paul | Director | 2019-06-14 | 2023-06-21 |
| CHANDHOK, Rob Paul | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| DREW, Ian Ashley | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2015-02-28 |
| DRURY, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2017-09-13 |
| HUBBARD-FORD, Jonathan Louis | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2002-08-15 |
| MURPHY, Jayne Kathryn | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2003-05-29 |
| PARRIS, Richard Arthur | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2018-12-14 |
| POL, Charles | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2023-09-25 |
| ROEDIGER, Gregory John | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2006-03-31 |
| SIKORSKI, Jurek Stefan | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2014-05-21 |
| WALKER, Andrew Michael | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2022-07-27 |
| WHITLEY, Tina Jane | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-09-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-11-03 | 2000-11-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-11-03 | 2000-11-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.