C. HOARE & CO.
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Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2B
+15.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£558M
+9.1% vs 2024
Employees
573
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£64M
-21.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £271,696,000 | £249,401,000 | |
| Operating profit | £80,423,000 | £63,733,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £80,836,000 | £63,734,000 | |
| Net profit | £65,399,000 | £46,776,000 | |
| Cash | £1,345,322,000 | £1,548,443,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £511,668,000 | £558,231,000 | |
| Equity | £511,668,000 | £558,231,000 | |
| Average employees | 587 | 573 | |
| Wages | £98,147,000 | £97,915,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.6% | 25.6% | |
| Net margin | 24.1% | 18.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.5% | 92.2% |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors... have concluded that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future; it is therefore appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- C. HOARE & CO. · parent
- Hoare's Bank Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Hoares Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 15th March 2024, the bank entered into a binding agreement to sell all its shares in one of its subsidiary companies, Messrs Hoare Trustees Limited, to a third party outside of the group. The sale was successfully completed on 19th April 2024.”
- “In November 2024, the bank successfully completed the second buyout of its defined pension scheme. This strategic initiative was designed to safeguard the remaining beneficiaries, ensuring they receive enhanced transparency and certainty.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Katie Jane | Secretary | 2016-05-24 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Giles Edward Charles | Director | 2022-07-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| BRIGHTMORE-ARMOUR, Diana Sarah | Director | 2020-01-02 | Mar 1954 | British |
| GARY-MARTIN, India | Director | 2021-09-13 | Nov 1969 | American |
| GRIFFITHS, David James, Mr. | Director | 2026-01-29 | Jul 1982 | British |
| HOARE, Alexander Richard Quintin | Director | 2016-03-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
| HOARE, Alexander Simon | Director | — | Apr 1962 | British |
| HOARE, Arabella Saxon | Director | 2001-04-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| HOARE, Richard Rennie | Director | 2022-04-20 | Jan 1986 | British |
| HOARE, Simon Merrik | Director | 2001-04-01 | Oct 1967 | British |
| HOARE, Venetia Elizabeth | Director | 1996-10-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| KEERS, Richard John | Director | 2025-02-03 | Aug 1963 | British |
| KING, Marion Ruth | Director | 2024-04-02 | May 1958 | British |
| MACPHERSON, Nicholas Ian, The Lord | Director | 2016-08-15 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, David | Secretary | 2003-03-13 | 2016-05-24 |
| LUGTON, Colin Neil | Secretary | 1993-05-08 | 2003-03-13 |
| PAGE, Neville | Secretary | — | 1993-05-07 |
| BAKER-BATES, Rodney Pennington | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2010-09-30 |
| COOPER, Steven Martin | Director | 2019-01-10 | 2020-11-13 |
| FISHER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| GREEN, David | Director | 2016-05-19 | 2019-01-10 |
| HALL, David John | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2011-09-30 |
| HOARE, Anthony Malcolm Vincent | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| HOARE, David John, Sir | Director | — | 2016-03-01 |
| HOARE, Henry Cadogan | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| HOARE, Michael Rollo | Director | — | 2001-11-25 |
| HOARE, Quintin Vincent | Director | — | 1992-08-29 |
| HOARE, Richard Quintin | Director | — | 2017-03-16 |
| MARSHALL, Jeremy Samuel John | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2016-04-20 |
| MCINTYRE, Andrew James | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2024-12-31 |
| PEACOCK, Ian Rex | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2017-06-06 |
| PINK, Charles James Sheppard | Director | 2012-03-20 | 2015-03-31 |
| POWERS-FREELING, Laurel Claire | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2017-11-17 |
| RICE, Susan Ilene, Lady | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2020-01-01 |
| WATEROUS, Johanna Elizabeth Martin | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2023-12-31 |
| WILSON OF DINTON, Richard Thomas James, Lord | Director | 2010-03-18 | 2016-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Rennie Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-04-20 | Active |
| Mr Henry Cadogan Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-01 |
| Sir David John Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-01 |
| Mr Richard Quintin Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-10 |
| Mr Alexander Simon Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Miss Venetia Elizabeth Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon Merrik Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Alexander Richard Quintin Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Miss Arabella Saxon Hoare | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease with charge number | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-8.2%
£271,696,000 £249,401,000
-
Cash
+15.1%
£1,345,322,000 £1,548,443,000
-
Net assets
+9.1%
£511,668,000 £558,231,000
-
Employees
-2.4%
587 573
-
Operating profit
-20.8%
£80,423,000 £63,733,000
-
Profit before tax
-21.2%
£80,836,000 £63,734,000
-
Wages
-0.2%
£98,147,000 £97,915,000
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