ICE DATA SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3M
+23.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£31M
+17% vs 2023
Employees
24
-11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£81M
+309.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,832,000 | £48,764,000 | -2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £19,404,000 | £16,592,000 | -14.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £19,661,000 | £80,533,000 | +309.6% | |
| Net profit | £14,911,000 | £76,213,000 | +411.1% | |
| Cash | £3,508,000 | £4,341,000 | +23.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,134,000 | £32,739,000 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £26,213,000 | £30,676,000 | +17% | |
| Equity | £26,213,000 | £30,676,000 | +17% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 24 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | £3,249,000 | £2,688,000 | -17.3% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 38.9% | 34.0% | |
| Net margin | 29.9% | 156.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 69.0% | 50.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.4% | 16.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 4.88x |
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
- ICE DATA SERVICES LIMITED 2005-10-24 → present
- INTERCHANGE DATA SERVICES LIMITED 2004-11-30 → 2005-10-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least up to 11 September 2026, being not less than twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ICE DATA SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- ICE Data Holdings Limited 80%
- Finexeo UK Limited 100%
- ICE Data LLP 99%
Significant events
- “Dividends of £71.7 million in dividend distributions which were paid during the year, see note 18.”
- “The Company paid a dividend of £1,500,000 on 21 March 2025 and £5,000,000 on 20 June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLT, Elizabeth Miriam | Secretary | 2025-11-14 | — | — |
| LINDSAY, Charles Ludovic | Secretary | 2018-08-06 | — | — |
| GARDINER, Arthur Warren | Director | 2021-05-15 | Dec 1980 | American |
| RHODES, Christopher Jeffrey | Director | 2022-07-07 | Apr 1981 | British |
| SURDYKOWSKI, Andrew James | Director | 2018-10-26 | Jun 1970 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Patrick Wolfe | Secretary | 2004-11-30 | 2018-06-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-11-30 | 2004-11-30 |
| HILL, Scott Anthony | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2021-05-15 |
| PENIKET, David John | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2017-09-30 |
| SHORT, Johnathan Huston | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2018-10-26 |
| WARD, Richard Churchill, Dr | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2006-04-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Stuart Glen | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-11-30 | 2004-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Futures Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.