IGNATA LIMITED
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Cash
£945k
+195.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£5.1m
-502.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
202
-28.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£251k
-90.5% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £55,593,000 | £39,596,000 | £28,770,000 | -27.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,941,000 | £1,048,000 | £800,000 | -23.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,326,000 | £2,635,000 | £251,000 | -90.5% | |
| Net profit | -£2,726,000 | £2,448,000 | £142,000 | -94.2% | |
| Cash | £534,000 | £320,000 | £945,000 | +195.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,440,000 | £2,200,000 | £2,985,000 | +35.7% | |
| Net assets | -£1,760,000 | -£842,000 | -£5,075,000 | -502.7% | |
| Equity | -£1,760,000 | -£842,000 | -£5,075,000 | -502.7% | |
| Average employees | 198 | 281 | 202 | -28.1% | |
| Wages | £13,367,000 | £13,966,000 | £10,476,000 | -25% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,337,000 | £1,004,000 | £822,000 | -18.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £42,000 | £34,000 | £30,000 | -11.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £258,000 | £238,000 | £237,000 | -0.4% |
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 | -3.5% | 2.6% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 6.2% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 47.6% | 26.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 116.4% | 107.7% | 146.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.50x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | -4.54x | 2.19x | 1.44x |
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
- IGNATA LIMITED 2016-05-17 → present
- SF RESOURCING LIMITED 2012-10-19 → 2016-05-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the information available to them and having considered all potential uncertainties facing the Group and reviewed the operational profile of the business, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- IGNATA LIMITED · parent
- SF Talent Holdings Limited 75%
- SF Recruitment Limited 75%
- SF Recruitment GmbH 75%
- Ignata Midco Limited 100%
- VIDA Connected Specialists Limited 65%
- IGA Talent Solutions Limited 70%
- Ignata Sàrl 70%
Significant events
- “On 13 February 2025, the Company disposed of its 86% interest in the ordinary share capital of SF Recruitment Limited to SF Talent Holdings Limited for consideration of £14,189,999 comprising cash of £4,000,000, vendor loan notes of £10,175,000, and newly allotted share capital of £14,999.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOLAN, Graham John Anthony | Secretary | 2012-10-19 | — | — |
| CAAN, James | Director | 2015-04-30 | Nov 1961 | British |
| JALAN, Deepak | Director | 2012-11-02 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMMER, Saira | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2021-10-05 |
| FLETCHER, Adam Justin Dennis | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2017-02-03 |
| HALLAHAN, James Patrick | Director | 2016-11-29 | 2017-03-02 |
| MINNIS, Anthony Ian | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2016-11-29 |
| RAMUS, Tristan Nicholas | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2015-04-30 |
| STUART-SMITH, Daniel | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2015-09-30 |
| TRKULJA-AMJARV, Riina | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2014-10-21 |
| WEBBER, James William John, Mr. | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2021-03-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Luke Alexander | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syndicated Investor Group Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-16 | Ceased 2016-10-11 |
| Syndicated Investor Group Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part cease with charge number | |
| 2024-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-25 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-01-25 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-01-25 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-01-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.