HIGHDORN CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-03 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
-42.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£143M
+3.2% vs 2024
Employees
200
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-74% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,219,000 | £14,733,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,038,000 | £895,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,220,000 | £3,183,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,742,000 | £3,876,000 | |
| Cash | £27,327,000 | £15,596,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £138,776,000 | £143,223,000 | |
| Equity | £138,776,000 | £143,223,000 | |
| Average employees | 197 | 200 | |
| Wages | £3,007,000 | £3,189,000 |
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 | 70.6% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 68.5% | 26.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 10.08x | 0.49x |
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
- Cohen Arnold
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounts in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HIGHDORN CO. LIMITED · parent
- Tabard Property Investment Company Limited
- Kidlington Properties Limited
- Norman Sinclair (Properties) Limited
- Henry Davies (Holborn) Limited
- Cliftvylle Properties Limited
- Cliftvylle (Hyde Park) Limited
- Cliftvylle (PF) Limited
- Freshwater Group Legal Services Limited
- Freshwater Pension Trustees Limited
- Craigton Combined Securities Limited
- Craigton (Properties) Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALE, Martin David Eldridge | Secretary | 2020-09-30 | — | — |
| SOUTHGATE, James Stephen | Secretary | 2020-09-30 | — | — |
| FRESHWATER, Benzion Schalom Eliezer | Director | — | Apr 1948 | British |
| FRESHWATER, Solomon Israel | Director | — | Aug 1950 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRESHWATER, Nechama Golda | Secretary | — | 2004-03-03 |
| JENNER, Mark Roy Mason | Secretary | 2001-08-20 | 2020-09-30 |
| MORSE, Christopher Charles | Secretary | — | 2001-08-20 |
| HODGES, David Reginald | Director | — | 1992-08-10 |
| SEVERN, Halford Ernest | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| STEMPEL, Leib | Director | — | 2021-05-06 |
| WEAVER, Dennis George | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent Charities Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2022-02-28 | Active |
| Mr Haim Judah Michael Levy | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2022-02-28 | Active |
| Mr Joseph Clemens Ensink | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2022-02-28 | Active |
| Mr Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-28 |
| Mr Solomon Israel Freshwater | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.6%
£14,219,000 £14,733,000
-
Cash
-42.9%
£27,327,000 £15,596,000
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£138,776,000 £143,223,000
-
Employees
+1.5%
197 200
-
Operating profit
-91.1%
£10,038,000 £895,000
-
Profit before tax
-74%
£12,220,000 £3,183,000
-
Wages
+6.1%
£3,007,000 £3,189,000
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