HOVAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
Cash
£459K
+36.3% vs 2020
Net assets
£2M
-38% vs 2020
Employees
90
-6.3% vs 2020
Profit before tax
£351K
-43.4% vs 2020
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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
- HOVAL LIMITED 1990-04-10 → present
- HOVAL FARRAR LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1990-04-10
- HOVAL-FARRAR BOILERS LIMITED 1957-10-31 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2021-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31, 2024-03-31, 2023-03-31, 2022-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2021-03-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,973,608 | £14,785,893 | |
| Operating profit | — | £820,672 | £496,650 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £620,357 | £350,878 | |
| Net profit | — | £620,357 | £350,878 | |
| Cash | — | £336,355 | £458,541 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,947,958 | £8,043,836 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,516,958 | £2,178,836 | |
| Equity | £1,224,601 | £3,516,958 | £2,178,836 | |
| Average employees | — | 96 | 90 | |
| Wages | — | £3,447,687 | £3,102,092 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.6% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.5% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 10.3% | 6.2% | |
| Interest cover | — | 13.84x | 9.59x |
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
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Mandy Marie | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | — | — |
| BRETSCHER, Remo | Director | 2021-06-21 | May 1980 | Swiss |
| DAGLEY, Ian David | Director | 2005-01-01 | Jul 1960 | British |
| FRICK, Fabian | Director | 2002-06-28 | Nov 1969 | Liechtenstein Citizen |
| GERNER, Peter | Director | 1997-07-04 | Jul 1967 | Liechtenstein Citizen |
| HALLEY, Kenneth Ross | Director | 2017-09-21 | Jan 1971 | British |
| STONES, Kevin | Director | 2002-10-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEMINGTON, David | Secretary | — | 2012-06-20 |
| BUCHMANN, Bernhard | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
| ENGLISH, John William | Director | — | 1999-04-03 |
| FRICK, Peter | Director | — | 2019-03-31 |
| HEMINGTON, David | Director | — | 2012-06-20 |
| HERZOG, Walter | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
| HIBBERD, Keith | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| MARTIN, Roy David | Director | — | 2019-03-31 |
| ROCHE, Anthony James | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| SENTI, Richard Martin, Dr | Director | 2003-07-04 | 2024-10-01 |
| WALKER, Adrian Roger | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2014-11-28 |
| WEBER, Rudolf | Director | 1997-07-04 | 2001-06-22 |
| WRIGHT, John Michael | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Gerner | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2024-10-01 | Active |
| Dr Richard Martin Senti | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2019-04-01 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
| Mr Peter Frick | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2020 → FY2021 · period ending 2021-03-31 vs 2020-03-31
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Turnover
-17.7%
£17,973,608 £14,785,893
-
Cash
+36.3%
£336,355 £458,541
-
Net assets
-38%
£3,516,958 £2,178,836
-
Employees
-6.3%
96 90
-
Operating profit
-39.5%
£820,672 £496,650
-
Profit before tax
-43.4%
£620,357 £350,878
-
Wages
-10%
£3,447,687 £3,102,092
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
Heads up: a more recent set of accounts has been filed but isn't yet reflected here — the figures above are older than the company's latest filing.