HEMMING GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
Equity attributable
Employees
89
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£598K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HEMMING GROUP LIMITED 2001-11-23 → present
- HEMMING PUBLISHING LIMITED 1987-02-12 → 2001-11-23
- MUNICIPAL JOURNAL LIMITED(THE) 1951-01-04 → 1987-02-12
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 | £16,600,000 | £11,662,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£896,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£538,000 | -£598,000 | |
| Net profit | -£489,000 | -£892,000 | |
| Cash | £3,955,000 | £3,219,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,508,000 | £12,856,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,003,000 | £11,362,000 | |
| Equity | £12,003,000 | £11,362,000 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 89 | |
| Wages | £6,471,000 | £4,876,000 |
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 | -5.4% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.9% | -7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.6% | -5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.5% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.98x | 3.28x | |
| Interest cover | -7.66x | -11.55x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts through to 31 July 2026, covering the 12 month period beyond the signing date of these financial statements. This forecast projects the potential revenue profiles from the continued operation and performance of the core products. Due to the continued support of existing shareholders and the current level of financial resources available, the Board has concluded that the company will be able to operate for the next twelve months and that going concern assumption is appropriate in preparing the financial statements. The directors remain confident in the long term success of the business.”
Group structure
- HEMMING GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Brintex Limited 100%
- Executive Hire News Limited 100%
- Executive Hire Show Limited 100%
- Hemming Information Services Limited 100%
- Hemming Publishing Limited 100%
- SpaceHouse Limited 75%
Significant events
- “In September 2024, Hemming Group Limited acquired a controlling interest in SpaceHouse Limited, increasing the shareholding from 30% to 75%.”
- “On 27 September 2024, Hemming Group Limited acquired an additional 45% (increasing the shareholding from 30% to 75%) of the issued share capital of Space House Limited. SpaceHouse Limited became a subsidiary of Hemming Group Limited as of this date from previously being recognised as an associate. The cost of acquisition comprised of cash consideration and deferred consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, James Robert | Secretary | 2024-04-11 | — | — |
| BURTON, Michael Anthony | Director | 2001-10-25 | Dec 1952 | British |
| BUTLER, Lee William | Director | 2016-07-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| COOK, James Robert | Director | 2024-04-11 | Sep 1975 | British |
| DOWLING, Joseph | Director | 2001-10-25 | May 1960 | British |
| HEMMING, Beatrice Margaret Louisa | Director | 2024-12-01 | Dec 1981 | British |
| HEMMING, Henry Sebastian | Director | 2022-07-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
| HEMMING, John Henry, Dr | Director | — | Jan 1935 | British |
| SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair Mcfee Douglas | Director | 1995-07-03 | May 1961 | British |
| SERVICE, Sophia Alice Louisa Douglas | Director | 2001-10-25 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAIDEN, Dianne Rhoda | Secretary | 1998-07-01 | 2001-11-28 |
| COX, Geoffrey John | Secretary | — | 1994-02-04 |
| DOWLING, Joseph | Secretary | 2001-11-28 | 2019-01-29 |
| GAYNOR, Abigail Waller Grace | Secretary | 2019-01-29 | 2024-04-11 |
| LEWIS, Alan Richard | Secretary | 1994-02-07 | 1994-03-07 |
| SERVICE, Nicholas Alastair | Secretary | 1994-03-07 | 1998-06-30 |
| BOND, Graham John | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2017-07-25 |
| DAVISON, Ian Frederic Hay | Director | — | 1996-11-04 |
| GAYNOR, Abigail Waller Grace | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2024-05-31 |
| LEWIS, Alan Richard | Director | 1993-06-23 | 1995-07-19 |
| MACGREGOR, Susan Katriona | Director | 1993-06-23 | 1995-11-22 |
| RODENBURG, Marius | Director | — | 1991-03-01 |
| SERVICE, Louisa Anne | Director | 1997-07-07 | 2015-01-31 |
| SERVICE, Louisa Anne | Director | — | 1997-01-01 |
| SPOONER, James Douglas, Sir | Director | 1993-03-23 | 1996-10-18 |
| TAYLOR, Malcolm Charles Vernon | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2013-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Louisa Anne Service | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-07-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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