INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE)

THE OFFICE SUITE, DEN HOUSE, DEN PROMENADE, TEIGNMOUTH, TQ14 8SY

Company Number: 00004205
Incorporation date: 14-Nov-1868
Status: Active
Entity type: Public Limited Company

SIC codes:
64301 Activities of investment trusts





SUMMARY

This company is 155.5 years old and is currently active. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 15.8 million which has decreased from the previous year's figure of GBP 17.4 million. The company has 4 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 132 other companies, 41 (31.1%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Dec-2024
Accounts Filed: GROUP (20-Jul-2023)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
30-Jun-2020 GBP
30-Jun-2019 GBP -597,905
30-Jun-2018 GBP 956,273 -5,329


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
30-Jun-2020 GBP 263,948 388,579 226,199 2,386,025 4,453,903 1,185,316 15,842,215
30-Jun-2019 GBP 785,703 1,004,056 226,490 4,453,903 1,223,515 17,415,238
30-Jun-2018 GBP 843,433 1,129,263 214,655 4,453,903 1,327,945 18,117,593

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
30-Jun-2020 GBP 100.00% 2,386,025 0 2,386,025 668,187
* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active SCA ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LTD 31 Jan 2021 28 Mar 2024 3 - 0
Resigned MAITLAND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED 01 Apr 2018 31 Jan 2021 9 - 24
Resigned James Philip Quibell HARRISON 24 Jul 2002 22 Nov 2013 5 - 11
Resigned Robert John Marcus NEAL 30 Oct 1996 24 Jul 2002 Director British 2 - 11
Resigned Neil Ernest OSBORN 01 Nov 1994 30 Oct 1996 0 - 19
Resigned Freda WALL 31 Oct 1994 0 - 4

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active David Alistair HORNER 26 Jul 2023 Company Director British 16 - 4212 (20.7%)
Resigned Michael Jeffrey WEEKS 04 Nov 2020 26 Jul 2023 Company Director American 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Thomas William James CLEVERLY 04 Nov 2020 28 Oct 2022 Company Director British 2 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Timothy Mark METCALFE 06 Jul 2018 Company Director British 8 - 52 (15.4%)
Active Ian Robert DIGHE 06 Jul 2018 Company Director British 5 - 5023 (41.8%)
Active Martin Henry Withers PERRIN 27 Jun 2013 Chartered Accountant British 7 - 2615 (45.5%)
Resigned Philip Albert LOVEGROVE 09 Nov 2006 03 Oct 2013 Company Director British 0 - 4213 (31.0%)
Resigned Frederick Douglas David, Sir THOMSON 19 Apr 2005 06 Jul 2018 Company Director British 4 - 2712 (38.7%)
Resigned Stephen John COCKBURN 07 Mar 2005 06 Jul 2018 Investment Management British 4 - 5419 (32.8%)
Resigned Charles Willis Garrett MARSH 10 Jun 2004 21 Nov 2007 Company Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Peter Stanley ALLEN 19 Aug 1996 06 Jul 2018 Investment Analyst British 2 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Robert Brierley WILD 19 Aug 1996 04 Dec 2003 Company Director British 0 - 52 (40.0%)
Resigned Paul Francis SIMMS 14 Dec 1995 06 Oct 2004 Solicitor British 2 - 4719 (38.8%)
Resigned George Lawrence WEBB 24 Aug 1994 Company Chairman And Director British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Joan Beryl WEBB 03 Oct 2013 Director British 0 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Paul Francis SIMMS 06 Oct 2004 Solicitor British 2 - 4719 (38.8%)
Resigned Freda WALL 12 Aug 1993 Pa Secretary/Company Secretary British 0 - 40 (0.0%)
Resigned Stephen John COCKBURN 06 Jul 2018 Investment Management British 4 - 5419 (32.8%)
Number of active directors: 4
Average tenure of active directors: 5.7 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 5.7 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 30.8%

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SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

No shareholder data available

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



no controlling companies

INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE)

Controlled companies below

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 64301 Activities of investment trusts)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE) 0.9% 4.0% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 1.5% 6.7% 18.5% Medium
Age 0.6% 1.7% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 1.7% 4.0% 5.9% Medium
Accounts category 0.6% 1.5% 2.5% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 7.2% 9.6% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium

VALUATION (BETA)




Valuation ratios as at 2024-02-28


Market Cap GBP Enterprise Value GBP PE EV/Revenue EV/EBITDA
INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC(THE) 5,600,000 4.9
Closed End Investments
( 209 companies)
118,782,930,000 118,858,825,720 11.0
(median)
10.6
(median)
0.7
(median)
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