FREDERICK HIAM,LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-16 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-02

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+81.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£38M

+5.6% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+10% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1M

+19.3% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

8-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

FREDERICK HIAM,LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=348

Accounts

8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£16,944,966	£18,221,834	£15,384,039	—	£16,827,114	—	£17,778,862	£22,494,497
Operating profit	£262,635	-£1,084,249	-£984,933	—	-£615,127	—	£944,018	£1,332,216
Profit before tax	£142,781	£19,826	-£1,029,878	—	-£651,359	—	£1,135,994	£1,354,947
Net profit	£33,781	£574,826	-£1,051,878	—	-£1,119,418	—	£1,696,752	£1,040,890
Cash	£6,011,008	£3,438,626	£2,874,249	—	£745,123	£648,906	£1,616,024	£2,934,891
Total assets less current liabilities	£35,114,627	£33,489,085	£32,589,950	—	£32,666,441	—	£35,688,424	£36,144,338
Net assets	£31,352,509	£30,622,335	£30,662,457	—	£33,251,648	—	£36,101,900	£38,111,790
Equity	£31,352,509	£30,622,335	£30,662,457	£30,747,376	£33,251,648	£33,251,648	£36,101,900	£38,111,790
Average employees	98	98	84	—	87	—	80	88
Wages	£3,404,158	£3,560,849	£3,067,981	—	£2,775,772	—	£3,196,879	£3,766,067

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	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	1.5%	-6.0%	-6.4%	—	-3.7%	—	5.3%	5.9%
Net margin	0.2%	3.2%	-6.8%	—	-6.7%	—	9.5%	4.6%
Return on capital employed	0.7%	-3.2%	-3.0%	—	-1.9%	—	2.6%	3.7%
Interest cover	0.65x	-13.67x	-6.81x	—	-16.73x	—	5.50x	6.43x

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.

People

4 active · 13 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BUSHNELL, Carol Tania	Director	1996-12-17	May 1966	British
LOCKHART, James Richard	Director	2021-01-05	Nov 1974	British
WILSON, Christopher James Hiam	Director	—	May 1966	British
WILSON, Sophia Jane	Director	2003-06-18	Aug 1966	British

Show 13 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MALPASS, Ashley Paul	Secretary	2012-04-24	2019-05-23
MALPASS, Clive	Secretary	—	2012-04-24
BRANFIELD, Peter Richard	Director	1997-04-08	2009-01-30
GILFORD, Nicholas John	Director	2009-12-15	2021-04-30
HANCOCK, Charles Tom Coulter	Director	2009-12-15	2016-03-14
HARGREAVES, Lindsay Harrison	Director	2014-02-25	2020-08-11
JOLLEY, Francis James	Director	—	1995-04-11
MALPASS, Ashley Paul	Director	2012-04-24	2019-05-23
MALPASS, Clive	Director	—	2018-12-06
WILSON, Jane Catherine	Director	—	2013-12-31
WILSON, John James Hiam	Director	—	2013-12-31
WILSON, Olive Rosemary	Director	—	2013-12-31
WILSON, Peter Gordon Hiam	Director	—	2009-12-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 129 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-12-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-01-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-12-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-01-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-04-28	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-02-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-12-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-06-08	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2021-05-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-01-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-01-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2020-12-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-08-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-01-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-11-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+26.5%

£17,778,862 £22,494,497

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+81.6%

£1,616,024 £2,934,891
Net assets

+5.6%

£36,101,900 £38,111,790

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+10%

80 88
Operating profit

+41.1%

£944,018 £1,332,216

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+19.3%

£1,135,994 £1,354,947

highest in 6 filed years
Wages

+17.8%

£3,196,879 £3,766,067

highest in 6 filed years

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

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