IONICA LIMITED

Company summary

Insolvency history recorded

Company number: 02561924
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 23 November 199035 years
Registered office: Venus Building 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England
Accounts due: 31 December 2027
Confirmation statement due: 11 December 2026
Active officers: 3
Outstanding charges: 0
Insolvency cases: 1
Current insolvency status: None recorded

Sourced from Companies House, retrieved 19 September 2026 at 02:13 UTC. This is public register information, not a credit or legal assessment.

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Company type
Private limited company
Address
Venus Building 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England
Nature of business
Dormant Company
Previous company names
IONICA PLC
IONICA L3 LIMITED
SECTORSHAPE LIMITED

Insolvency

Cases: 1

Current Companies House status: No current status recorded

The cases below are historical or concluded; they are not labelled as a current insolvency.

Administration order
Case 1
Administration discharged
23 January 2007
Administration started
29 October 1998
Practitioners
- Anthony Victor Lomas
  Insolvency practitioner
- Christopher J Hughes
  Insolvency practitioner
  Ceased to act
  13 July 2001
- Gh Hughes
  Insolvency practitioner
- Neville Barry Kahn
  Insolvency practitioner
  Ceased to act
  20 June 2002
- Anthony John Kett
  Insolvency practitioner

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
UNDERWOOD, Steven Keith ACTIVE	Director	27 Jan 2009		England	March 1974	Venus Building, 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England
WHITTAKER, John Peter ACTIVE	Director	01 Sep 2023		United Kingdom	August 1982	Venus Building, 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England
WHITTAKER, John ACTIVE	Director	13 Feb 2007		Isle Of Man	March 1942	Ballaman, Ballnahowe, Port Erin, IM9 6JF, Isle Of Man
CALDWELL, Colin RESIGNED	Secretary	21 Apr 1995	31 Jan 2007			11 The Elms, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB3 7ND
LEES, Neil RESIGNED	Secretary	31 Jan 2007	15 Oct 2020			Peel Dome, Intu Trafford Centre, Traffordcity, Manchester, M17 8PL, United Kingdom
WALKER, Sally Margaret RESIGNED	Secretary		21 Apr 1995			7 Herbert Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1AG
ABEL, Gregory Edward RESIGNED	Director	30 May 1997	18 Aug 1998		June 1962	Le Bon Heur West Side, Newton Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7TW
ALBROW, Richard John RESIGNED	Director		30 May 1997		August 1952	27 Lonsdale, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 6LT
BIDEN, Michael James RESIGNED	Director	19 Nov 1997	04 Dec 1998	England	July 1949	St Giles Hilltop Northbrook Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0JR
BROWN, Phillip Andrew RESIGNED	Director		30 May 1997	England	March 1948	529 Harrogate Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD10 0EP
COLEMAN, Anthony William John RESIGNED	Director	17 Jun 1994	04 Dec 1998		May 1949	Darley Green House, 17 Bakers Lane, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 8PW
COOPER, Bryan RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1993	17 Jun 1994		October 1948	26 Willow Court, Pool In Wharfedale, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1RX
DIXON, Ronald RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1993	30 May 1997	England	September 1937	1 Berkley Avenue, Blaydon, Tyne & Wear, NE21 5NN
EDWARDS, John Michael RESIGNED	Director	04 Aug 1994	28 Jan 1998		December 1946	23 Marshals Drive, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4RB
HAINE, John Leslie, Dr RESIGNED	Director		30 May 1997	England	July 1950	9 Parkway, Shudy Camps, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4RQ
HOCH, James Stevenson RESIGNED	Director	10 Mar 1998	04 Dec 1998		March 1960	42 Tite Street, London, SW3 4JA
LAVAL, Derek Clive RESIGNED	Director		28 Jan 1998	United Kingdom	May 1933	81 New Concordia Wharf, London, SE1 2BB
LEES, Neil RESIGNED	Director	21 Dec 2007	15 Oct 2020	United Kingdom	June 1963	Peel Dome, Intu Trafford Centre, Traffordcity, Manchester, M17 8PL, United Kingdom
LINDSEY, Robert James RESIGNED	Director	01 Oct 1995	28 Jan 1998		October 1955	1 Brookside, Orwell, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5TQ
MCKINNON, James, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Jul 1998		July 1929	Huxley House 28 Copsem Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9HE
MITCHELL, Patrick Edward RESIGNED	Director	12 Mar 1993	04 Dec 1998	United Kingdom	July 1948	9 Upper Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LR
MORRIS, Gavin Mathew RESIGNED	Director	14 Apr 1998	04 Dec 1998	England	September 1953	20 Argyll Road, London, W8 7BG
PEREZ, Alejandro RESIGNED	Director	01 Jun 1994	02 Dec 1998		February 1949	Plaza San Marcos No 207 Pte, Col Jardines De San Angel, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, 66290, Mexico
PLAYFORD, Nigel James RESIGNED	Director		04 Dec 1998	England	December 1955	27 Chesterton Hall Crescent, Cambridge, CB4 1AW
SCHOFIELD, John Alexander RESIGNED	Director	13 Jan 2016	30 Sep 2023	United Kingdom	March 1968	Venus Building, 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England
SICA, Frank Vincent RESIGNED	Director	21 Apr 1995	10 Mar 1998		March 1951	3 Westway, Bronxville, New York, NY10708, U.S.A.
SIMPSON, Andrew Christopher RESIGNED	Director	14 Feb 2007	09 Oct 2009	England	May 1968	24, Park Road, Hale, Cheshire, WA15 9NN, United Kingdom
SMULDERS, Patrick RESIGNED	Director	22 Mar 1996	04 Dec 1998		July 1965	98 Oxford Gardens, London, W10 6NG
TYNDALL, Mark Robert John RESIGNED	Director		04 Dec 1998		March 1958	Belhaven House, Belhaven, Dunbar, EH42 1NS
WAINSCOTT, Paul Philip RESIGNED	Director	31 Jan 2007	16 Mar 2018	United Kingdom	June 1951	Peel Dome, The Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, M17 8PL, England

UNDERWOOD, Steven Keith ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Jan 2009
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1974
Address: Venus Building, 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England

WHITTAKER, John Peter ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2023
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1982
Address: Venus Building, 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England

WHITTAKER, John ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 13 Feb 2007
Country of Residence: Isle Of Man
Date of birth: March 1942
Address: Ballaman, Ballnahowe, Port Erin, IM9 6JF, Isle Of Man

CALDWELL, Colin RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 21 Apr 1995
Resigned on: 31 Jan 2007
Address: 11 The Elms, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB3 7ND

LEES, Neil RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 31 Jan 2007
Resigned on: 15 Oct 2020
Address: Peel Dome, Intu Trafford Centre, Traffordcity, Manchester, M17 8PL, United Kingdom

WALKER, Sally Margaret RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 21 Apr 1995
Address: 7 Herbert Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1AG

ABEL, Gregory Edward RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 May 1997
Resigned on: 18 Aug 1998
Date of birth: June 1962
Address: Le Bon Heur West Side, Newton Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7TW

ALBROW, Richard John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 30 May 1997
Date of birth: August 1952
Address: 27 Lonsdale, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 6LT

BIDEN, Michael James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Nov 1997
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1949
Address: St Giles Hilltop Northbrook Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0JR

BROWN, Phillip Andrew RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 30 May 1997
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1948
Address: 529 Harrogate Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD10 0EP

COLEMAN, Anthony William John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 17 Jun 1994
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Date of birth: May 1949
Address: Darley Green House, 17 Bakers Lane, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 8PW

COOPER, Bryan RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1993
Resigned on: 17 Jun 1994
Date of birth: October 1948
Address: 26 Willow Court, Pool In Wharfedale, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1RX

DIXON, Ronald RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1993
Resigned on: 30 May 1997
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1937
Address: 1 Berkley Avenue, Blaydon, Tyne & Wear, NE21 5NN

EDWARDS, John Michael RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 04 Aug 1994
Resigned on: 28 Jan 1998
Date of birth: December 1946
Address: 23 Marshals Drive, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4RB

HAINE, John Leslie, Dr RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 30 May 1997
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1950
Address: 9 Parkway, Shudy Camps, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4RQ

HOCH, James Stevenson RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 10 Mar 1998
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Date of birth: March 1960
Address: 42 Tite Street, London, SW3 4JA

LAVAL, Derek Clive RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 28 Jan 1998
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1933
Address: 81 New Concordia Wharf, London, SE1 2BB

LEES, Neil RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Dec 2007
Resigned on: 15 Oct 2020
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: June 1963
Address: Peel Dome, Intu Trafford Centre, Traffordcity, Manchester, M17 8PL, United Kingdom

LINDSEY, Robert James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Oct 1995
Resigned on: 28 Jan 1998
Date of birth: October 1955
Address: 1 Brookside, Orwell, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5TQ

MCKINNON, James, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Jul 1998
Date of birth: July 1929
Address: Huxley House 28 Copsem Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9HE

MITCHELL, Patrick Edward RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 12 Mar 1993
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1948
Address: 9 Upper Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LR

MORRIS, Gavin Mathew RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 Apr 1998
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1953
Address: 20 Argyll Road, London, W8 7BG

PEREZ, Alejandro RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jun 1994
Resigned on: 02 Dec 1998
Date of birth: February 1949
Address: Plaza San Marcos No 207 Pte, Col Jardines De San Angel, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, 66290, Mexico

PLAYFORD, Nigel James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1955
Address: 27 Chesterton Hall Crescent, Cambridge, CB4 1AW

SCHOFIELD, John Alexander RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 13 Jan 2016
Resigned on: 30 Sep 2023
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1968
Address: Venus Building, 1 Old Park Lane, Traffordcity, Manchester, M41 7HA, England

SICA, Frank Vincent RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Apr 1995
Resigned on: 10 Mar 1998
Date of birth: March 1951
Address: 3 Westway, Bronxville, New York, NY10708, U.S.A.

SIMPSON, Andrew Christopher RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 Feb 2007
Resigned on: 09 Oct 2009
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1968
Address: 24, Park Road, Hale, Cheshire, WA15 9NN, United Kingdom

SMULDERS, Patrick RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 Mar 1996
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Date of birth: July 1965
Address: 98 Oxford Gardens, London, W10 6NG

TYNDALL, Mark Robert John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1998
Date of birth: March 1958
Address: Belhaven House, Belhaven, Dunbar, EH42 1NS

WAINSCOTT, Paul Philip RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Jan 2007
Resigned on: 16 Mar 2018
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: June 1951
Address: Peel Dome, The Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, M17 8PL, England

Filing history

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Charges

Created	Status	Filings
15 Dec 1998	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
19 Aug 1998	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
29 Sep 1997	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
12 Jan 1997	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
06 Aug 1996	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)

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