HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-57.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£56M
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
7
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+6,136.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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8 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-06-12
- HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2025-06-12 → present
- HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS PLC 2001-06-15 → 2025-06-12
- HIGHCROFT INVESTMENT TRUST P.L.C 1927-09-07 → 2001-06-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,790,000 | £6,377,000 | |
| Operating profit | £543,000 | £6,497,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£95,000 | £5,735,000 | |
| Net profit | -£193,000 | £5,668,000 | |
| Cash | £4,229,000 | £1,808,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £53,203,000 | £55,955,000 | |
| Equity | £53,203,000 | £55,955,000 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | |
| Wages | £81,000 | £72,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 101.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.3% | 88.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.5% | 35.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 0.65x | 7.80x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt upon the group's ability to continue as a going concern. They have considered the audit committee's recommendation and concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Rodenhurst Estates Limited 100%
- BL (Wisbech) Limited 100%
- Belgrave Land (Wisbech) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 27 March 2025, a recommended all-share acquisition of Highcroft Investments PLC by LondonMetric Property, PLC, to be effected by means of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Potential Transaction") was announced.”
- “The completion of the construction of the property in St Austell, now let to DHL on a 15-year lease.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUZNIAK, Jadzia Zofia | Secretary | 2025-05-21 | — | — |
| MCGANN, Martin Francis | Director | 2025-05-21 | Jan 1961 | British |
| RICHARDS, Darren Windsor | Director | 2026-03-23 | Aug 1972 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew David | Director | 2026-03-23 | Nov 1976 | British |
| STIRLING, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-05-21 | Jun 1963 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWMAN, David | Secretary | 1995-02-02 | 2010-06-30 |
| KINGERLEE, Jonathan Charles | Secretary | — | 1995-02-02 |
| MILES, Roberta Caroline | Secretary | 2010-07-01 | 2021-10-05 |
| PALMER, Anne-Marie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2021-10-05 | 2024-10-31 |
| ROUND, Kerry Jane | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | 2025-05-21 |
| BERESFORD, Valentine Tristram | Director | 2025-05-21 | 2026-03-23 |
| BOWMAN, David | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2010-06-30 |
| BUTLER, Charles Alistair Neilson | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2025-05-21 |
| CLARK, Christopher John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2012-05-31 |
| CONN, Douglas Gabriel | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-05-21 |
| COSTA, Charles Simon Arthur | Director | 2015-05-16 | 2024-08-31 |
| CRAIG, Robert | Director | 1993-09-23 | 2003-08-03 |
| GILL, Simon Timothy | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| HEWITT, John | Director | 2002-06-20 | 2017-09-20 |
| HEWITT, John | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2002-06-12 |
| JONES, Andrew Marc | Director | 2025-05-21 | 2026-03-23 |
| KINGERLEE, Darrell | Director | — | 1996-01-13 |
| KINGERLEE, David Henry | Director | 1996-09-12 | 2022-08-01 |
| KINGERLEE, Gavin John | Director | — | 2006-09-30 |
| KINGERLEE, Jonathan Charles | Director | 1991-09-07 | 2013-07-31 |
| KINGERLEE, Philip John | Director | — | 1991-09-07 |
| KINGERLEE, Thomas Henry | Director | — | 1996-09-22 |
| LEAF-WRIGHT, Paul Stanbrook | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-05-21 |
| MILES, Roberta Caroline | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2025-05-21 |
| PHILLIPS, Charles Anthony | Director | — | 2002-06-12 |
| PRICE, Alison | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| PRICE, Dennis Thornton, Dr | Director | — | 2000-05-24 |
| PRICE, Margaret | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Harold John Hartley | Director | — | 1996-09-22 |
| SMITH, Norman Alan | Director | — | 1991-07-04 |
| STANSFIELD, Richard Nesbitt | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2015-05-15 |
| WARLOW, David John | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2025-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Londonmetric Property Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-05-21 | Active |
| Kingerlee Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2024-02-19 | Ceased 2025-05-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-12 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-06-12 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-06-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-06-12 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-06-12 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-06-12 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2025-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 8
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+10.1%
£5,790,000 £6,377,000
-
Cash
-57.2%
£4,229,000 £1,808,000
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£53,203,000 £55,955,000
-
Employees
0%
7 7
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Operating profit
+1,096.5%
£543,000 £6,497,000
-
Profit before tax
+6,136.8%
-£95,000 £5,735,000
-
Wages
-11.1%
£81,000 £72,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers