HUGH STEEPER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-38% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-8.6% vs 2023
Employees
473
+1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+92.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,687,989 | £50,925,398 | |
| Operating profit | £1,727,155 | £3,319,959 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,744,332 | £3,364,684 | |
| Net profit | £1,271,915 | £3,406,536 | |
| Cash | £5,220,535 | £3,237,372 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,518,912 | £13,329,064 | |
| Net assets | £13,697,101 | £12,521,644 | |
| Equity | £13,697,101 | £12,521,644 | |
| Average employees | 468 | 473 | |
| Wages | £8,990,092 | £16,273,046 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.21x | 1.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7109.12x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Careful risk evaluation, cashflow modelling, and prudent activity forecasting, taking into account global macro-economic factors such as the ongoing impact of the conflict in Ukraine, demonstrates the Company remains in a position to continue operating as a going concern. As such the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The acquisition of the Steeper Group by Eqwal in March 2023 has continued to deliver benefits to the Company.”
- “Interim dividends of £4,500,000 were declared and paid by Hugh Steeper Limited to its immediate parent company Meditech Group Limited (2023 - £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY-KITCHING, Emma Claire | Secretary | 2018-09-18 | — | — |
| HARVEY-KITCHING, Emma Claire | Director | 2021-03-01 | Apr 1986 | British |
| MAHE, Jean-Pierre Michel Paul | Director | 2023-03-08 | Mar 1973 | French |
| NICOL, Andrew | Director | 2021-03-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
| RODGER, Ian Stuart | Director | 2021-03-01 | May 1981 | British |
| STEEPER, Paul Martin | Director | 2013-12-03 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Sheikh Ghulam | Secretary | — | 1999-05-01 |
| CROSS, Richard Alexander | Secretary | 2004-01-30 | 2007-07-26 |
| CROSS, Richard Alexander | Secretary | 2000-08-08 | 2001-04-17 |
| MIDGLEY, John Antony | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2018-09-18 |
| O'CALLAGHAN, Perry Charles | Secretary | 2001-07-11 | 2004-01-30 |
| ORAM, Stephen Marcus | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2000-08-08 |
| HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-12-20 | 2008-02-29 |
| BERTHINUSSEN, Angus Park | Director | 1992-10-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| CHATFIELD, Carl | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2024-11-05 |
| CROSS, Richard Alexander | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2007-07-26 |
| CROSS, Richard Alexander | Director | 2000-08-08 | 2001-04-17 |
| DAVIES, Mark Leslie | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2020-09-04 |
| DAVIES, Mark | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2002-07-05 |
| DRAKE, Paul | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-02-21 |
| FAIRCLOUGH, James | Director | — | 1998-04-20 |
| HODGSON, Giles Charles | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2020-03-12 |
| HOLLAMBY, John | Director | 1998-04-20 | 2004-02-26 |
| JOYCE, Shaun William | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2015-10-27 |
| KNIGHT, David | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| MIDGLEY, John Antony | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2025-11-12 |
| MILLER, Alasdair James | Director | 2007-12-04 | 2007-12-04 |
| MILLS, Trevor James | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1993-12-31 |
| MURFIN, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2024-11-05 |
| O'CALLAGHAN, Perry Charles | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2004-01-30 |
| ORAM, Stephen Marcus | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2000-08-08 |
| RANDERSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2014-04-30 |
| SHEARD, Gary, Dr | Director | 2008-04-02 | 2013-10-31 |
| STEEPER, Kenneth Oscar | Director | — | 1992-06-07 |
| STEEPER, Paul Martin | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2002-07-17 |
| TAYLOR, James Malcolm | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2008-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Robert James | Director | — | 2001-01-26 |
| THOMAS, Trevor George Corry | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2013-01-07 |
| WEBSTER, Simon Philip | Director | 1998-04-20 | 2007-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Antony Midgley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-08 |
| Mr Paul Martin Steeper | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-08 |
| Meditech Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+83.9%
£27,687,989 £50,925,398
-
Cash
-38%
£5,220,535 £3,237,372
-
Net assets
-8.6%
£13,697,101 £12,521,644
-
Employees
+1.1%
468 473
-
Operating profit
+92.2%
£1,727,155 £3,319,959
-
Profit before tax
+92.9%
£1,744,332 £3,364,684
-
Wages
+81%
£8,990,092 £16,273,046
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers