H C SLINGSBY P L C
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-3.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-7.7% vs 2023
Employees
108
-1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£769K
-315.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,642,000 | £20,773,000 | |
| Operating profit | £630,000 | -£501,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £357,000 | -£769,000 | |
| Net profit | £233,000 | -£601,000 | |
| Cash | £2,449,000 | £2,366,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,778,000 | £9,764,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,246,000 | £3,917,000 | |
| Equity | £4,246,000 | £3,917,000 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 108 | |
| Wages | £3,339,000 | £3,609,000 |
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 | 2.8% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | -5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.2% | 74.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 2.21x | -1.80x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared trading and cash flow forecasts for the Group for the period to 31 December 2026, which include the pension scheme contributions as agreed. These forecasts indicate that the Group will be able to operate within its current banking facilities and meet its liabilities as they fall due. The Board's conclusion in this regard is strengthened by the availability of financing to the Group under its banking facilities. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the Group will continue in operation for the foreseeable future, as a minimum for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- H C SLINGSBY P L C · parent
- ESE Direct Limited 100%
- Eastern Storage Limited 100%
- ESE Projects Limited 100%
- Eastern Storage Equipment Limited 100%
- Slingsby Trading Post Limited 100%
- Slingsby Manufacturing Limited 100%
- Slingsby Metro Equipment Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 February 2025 the Company commenced a Formal Sale Process following a review of various strategic options available to the Group and having determined that it would be appropriate to investigate the sale of the Company and the Board decided to undertake a 'Formal Sale Process' (as referred to in Note 2 on Rule 2.6 of the Takeover Code). On 1 April 2025 the Company announced the conclusion of the Formal Sale Process having not received a proposal that would lead to an offer for the Company.”
- “On 1 October 2024, the Group acquired the trade and certain assets of A&B Industrial Services (North East) Limited ('ABIS'). Established over 45 years ago, ABIS sells a similar product range to the Group and complements a part of the business which the Group acquired with Stakrak in April 2023.”
- “The Group continues to invest in its digital market presence and a new e-commerce platform for the Slingsby business launched during October 2024. A new website for ESE Direct Limited ('ESE') is scheduled to go live at the end of Q2 2025.”
- “As part of the agreement reached with the Trustee of the defined benefit pension scheme, the Board is unable to declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Morgan Lawn | Secretary | 2015-02-13 | — | — |
| KITCHINGMAN, Andrew James | Director | 2023-09-12 | May 1964 | British |
| MORRIS, Morgan Lawn | Director | 2015-02-13 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Raymond Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 2015-02-13 |
| GUDGEON, Eric Norris | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2005-01-19 |
| HUDSON, Raymond Geoffrey | Director | — | 2015-02-13 |
| ROUND, Alfred Ernest | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| SLINGSBY, Christian James | Director | — | 2015-06-17 |
| SLINGSBY, Dominic Stanley | Director | — | 2024-03-11 |
| SLINGSBY, James Frizon | Director | — | 2007-01-31 |
| WATERHOUSE, John Roger | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| WRIGHT, Lee Robert | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2016-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dlmi Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-12-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-11-16 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2021-11-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.3%
£22,642,000 £20,773,000
-
Cash
-3.4%
£2,449,000 £2,366,000
-
Net assets
-7.7%
£4,246,000 £3,917,000
-
Employees
-1.8%
110 108
-
Operating profit
-179.5%
£630,000 -£501,000
-
Profit before tax
-315.4%
£357,000 -£769,000
-
Wages
+8.1%
£3,339,000 £3,609,000
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