IF INVESTMENTS (HORNCASTLE) LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
+5.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.2M
+11.3% vs 2024
Employees
128
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£549K
-22.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,686,528 | £17,826,248 | -4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £682,478 | £492,289 | -27.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £705,052 | £549,392 | -22.1% | |
| Net profit | £491,089 | £321,555 | -34.5% | |
| Cash | £3,562,487 | £3,746,270 | +5.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,923,410 | £3,254,193 | -17.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,845,314 | £3,166,869 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £2,845,314 | £3,166,869 | +11.3% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 128 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | £4,641,681 | £4,679,712 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,876 | £177,528 | +26% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.4% | 15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.0% | 62.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 17.06x | 24.61x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
Group structure
- IF INVESTMENTS (HORNCASTLE) LIMITED · parent
- Mortons Media Group Holdings Limited 75%
- Mortons Media Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, the trade and assets of the Print and Mailing division of Mortons Media Group Limited have been sold to Mortons Print and Mailing Limited. Subsequently, the company has been acquired by Kelsey Publishing Limited. Following acquisition the director has expessed the intention to hive up the trade and assets of the group into Kelsey Publishing Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Stephen | Director | 2025-03-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Ian David | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2025-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Wright | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2025-03-27 | Active |
| Kelsey Publishing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-27 | Active |
| Mr Ian David Fisher | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-10-24 | Ceased 2025-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.