INDEPENDENCE MATTERS C.I.C.
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Cash
£4.5M
+10.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
726
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£139K
-76% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,566,209 | £19,118,753 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £376,215 | -£69,953 | -118.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £579,699 | £138,988 | -76% | |
| Net profit | £488,678 | £108,063 | -77.9% | |
| Cash | £4,121,616 | £4,542,693 | +10.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,781,610 | £3,872,950 | +2.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,755,013 | £3,863,076 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £3,755,013 | £3,863,076 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 741 | 726 | -2% | |
| Wages | £13,791,023 | £14,761,132 | +7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £277,515 | £285,116 | +2.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.9% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.59x | 2.26x | |
| Interest cover | — | -17.56x |
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
- INDEPENDENCE MATTERS C.I.C. 2013-09-27 → present
- INDEPENDENCE MATTERS LTD 2013-05-15 → 2013-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that the Company and Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. They therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- INDEPENDENCE MATTERS C.I.C. · parent
- Home Support Matters CIC 100%
Significant events
- “2025 has seen key changes in leadership of the IM Group with the sad passing of Karen Hester (Chair) and the retirement of Sarah Nice (Managing Director).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMSON, Zaliha | Secretary | 2024-06-08 | — | — |
| ADAM, Titus Maximilian Harvey | Director | 2024-02-14 | Nov 1984 | British |
| CARVER, Suzanne | Director | 2025-10-13 | Oct 1964 | British |
| NUCCOLL, Lorraine | Director | 2024-05-24 | Oct 1963 | British |
| THORNLEY, Thomas Paul | Director | 2022-09-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Zaliha | Director | 2024-06-08 | Oct 1969 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Simon Geoffrey Howard | Secretary | 2013-05-15 | 2013-10-30 |
| OLDHAM, David John | Secretary | 2013-10-30 | 2014-11-07 |
| REYNOLDS, Glen | Secretary | 2019-07-28 | 2024-03-31 |
| SLYFIELD, Paul Stephen | Secretary | 2014-11-07 | 2019-06-26 |
| ADAM, Titus Maximilian Harvey | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2023-04-03 |
| BARNES, Ernest Frederick | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2015-11-05 |
| BARRETT-JONES, Sylvia Winifred | Director | 2015-11-05 | 2024-11-14 |
| BROWN, Julian Anderson | Director | 2014-04-17 | 2017-11-17 |
| CHALMERS, Craig James | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2024-01-26 |
| CUTTING, Tina Maria | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2018-06-27 |
| DANE, Janice Elizabeth | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2021-02-11 |
| EVANS, Matthew James | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2017-07-18 |
| FIELD, Philip Martyn | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2020-11-01 |
| HESTER, Karen | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2025-01-04 |
| HIGH, Samantha Kathryn Sian | Director | 2014-05-12 | 2016-12-31 |
| HOUDLEY, Shaun Paul | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2019-06-19 |
| LEE, Simon Geoffrey Howard | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2013-10-30 |
| NICE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2025-04-01 |
| OLDHAM, David John | Director | 2013-10-02 | 2014-11-11 |
| REYNOLDS, Glen | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2024-03-31 |
| ROUND, Stephen Peter | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2013-10-30 |
| SLYFIELD, Paul Stephen | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2019-07-21 |
| SLYFIELD, Paul Stephen | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2019-11-06 |
| STURMAN, Louise Claire | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2024-05-24 |
| TANNER, Davina Louise | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2017-07-17 |
| WHEELER, Kizzy | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2022-03-27 |
| WHITE, Stephen | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2020-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Staff Matters Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-28 |
| Norfolk County Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.