HEWLETT - PACKARD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-06 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£37M
+595.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£765M
+13.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,800
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£98M
+266.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £948,229,000 | £805,293,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,155,000 | £60,622,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,621,000 | £97,641,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,322,000 | £81,103,000 | |
| Cash | £5,328,000 | £37,041,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £828,836,000 | £930,266,000 | |
| Net assets | £676,490,000 | £765,445,000 | |
| Equity | £676,490,000 | £765,445,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,840 | 1,800 | |
| Wages | £185,020,000 | £172,533,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.2% | 46.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.55x | 2.71x | |
| Interest cover | 0.17x | 5.99x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. In making this assessment the directors have considered contractual arrangements in place with the parent company which underpin the intercompany trading agreements and also the parents' ability to ensure such arrangements can be honoured for a period until the end of July 2026.”
Group structure
- HEWLETT - PACKARD LIMITED · parent
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise UK Pension Trustee Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 17 February 2025, the intercompany loan receivable from Hewlett-Packard Holdings Limited reached its maturity and was replaced with a new loan agreement effective immediately thereafter, with a principal amount of £764,743,000. The intercompany loan receivable carries a fixed interest rate at 5.38368% and is due to mature on 17 February 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Matthew Peter | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jan 1984 | British |
| MARSTON, Stuart Adrian | Director | 2022-04-28 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN, Gareth Luke Sefton | Secretary | 2002-08-29 | 2004-08-13 |
| MCQUILLAN, Anthony Paul | Secretary | 2000-08-07 | 2002-08-29 |
| MORRIS, Jennifer Ann | Secretary | 2004-08-13 | 2005-10-14 |
| ORMROD, James | Secretary | 2005-10-14 | 2009-12-01 |
| PERKINS, Thomas Clark | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| PUTLAND, Roberto | Secretary | 2011-08-31 | 2014-05-13 |
| THOMPSON, Richard Driver | Secretary | — | 1996-11-01 |
| TROWER, Tara Dawn | Secretary | 2014-05-13 | 2019-01-14 |
| WRIGHT, Jacqueline Anne | Secretary | 1996-11-01 | 2000-08-07 |
| ALBERDING, Richard Charles | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
| ANDERSON, Richard Watkins | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
| BALDWIN, David Andrew | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| BLADEN, Peter Stuart Andrew | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2014-10-08 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2005-11-11 | 2005-11-12 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2004-05-28 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2004-04-13 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2003-09-15 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2003-08-11 | 2003-08-15 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2003-07-04 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2003-04-14 | 2003-04-28 |
| BOTHWELL, Andrew | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2002-09-22 |
| BURR, Steven David | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| COOMBS, Martin | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2017-10-31 |
| DEAN, Christopher Richard | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2006-07-17 |
| GILL, Robin Denys, Sir | Director | — | 1992-12-21 |
| GILL, Stephen | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2009-08-03 |
| GLOVER, John | Director | 2010-01-25 | 2010-01-29 |
| GLOVER, John | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2009-08-24 |
| GOLDING, John Thomas | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| GOUGH, Tina Anne | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2014-02-01 |
| GRAYSON, Sharon Lesley | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2014-07-08 |
| HESS, Martin Hugo | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2009-09-01 |
| HESS, Martin Hugo | Director | 2008-08-23 | 2008-09-07 |
| HUNTER, Paul Mark | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2014-07-08 |
| ISHERWOOD, Andrew Peter Brigstocke | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-10-08 |
| ISHERWOOD, Andrew Peter Brigstocke | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2003-09-08 |
| ISHERWOOD, Andrew Peter Brigstocke | Director | 2002-08-22 | 2002-09-09 |
| KENT, Jim | Director | 2003-04-02 | 2003-04-10 |
| LAMBTON, Mark Norman | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2008-11-10 |
| LAMBTON, Mark Norman | Director | 2003-09-15 | 2003-09-22 |
| LAWLER, Philip James | Director | 1999-12-31 | 2002-10-31 |
| LETHAM, James Lobban | Director | 2007-08-17 | 2007-08-28 |
| LEWTHWAITE, Mark | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2011-05-01 |
| LUMSDEN, Keith Grant | Director | — | 1992-12-21 |
| MACKENZIE, Finlay, Dr | Director | — | 1994-12-15 |
| MARIOTTI, Franco | Director | — | 1996-12-18 |
| MCLEAN, Gordon David | Director | 1992-12-21 | 1994-02-07 |
| MORIN, Caroline | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2014-10-08 |
| NAWRATIL, Franz | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2000-03-31 |
| ORAM, Philippa Anne | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2022-04-05 |
| ORMROD, James | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2009-10-30 |
| PAWSEY, Neville | Director | 2001-05-03 | 2002-05-27 |
| PUTLAND, Roberto Adriano | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2014-05-13 |
| SHERIDAN, Gerald James | Director | 2007-08-17 | 2007-09-04 |
| SHERIDAN, Gerald James | Director | 2004-08-23 | 2004-09-03 |
| SHERIDAN, Gerald James | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2004-04-13 |
| SLATFORD, Karen | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2001-04-10 |
| SMELEK, Raymond Anthony | Director | 1992-12-21 | 1994-06-27 |
| TAYLOR, John Michael, Sir | Director | 1992-06-19 | 1998-12-31 |
| TRAUTMAN, Jack Paul | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2001-04-24 |
| TREVOR, Richard Lloyd | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2013-07-31 |
| TROWER, Tara Dawn | Director | 2014-05-13 | 2014-10-08 |
| VALLER, Paul Charles | Director | 1994-02-25 | 2001-05-31 |
| WATERS, Marc Edward | Director | 2016-10-08 | 2022-09-01 |
| WILSON, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2013-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett-Packard Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-02-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-15.1%
£948,229,000 £805,293,000
-
Cash
+595.2%
£5,328,000 £37,041,000
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£676,490,000 £765,445,000
-
Employees
-2.2%
1,840 1,800
-
Operating profit
+2,713.1%
£2,155,000 £60,622,000
-
Profit before tax
+266.8%
£26,621,000 £97,641,000
-
Wages
-6.7%
£185,020,000 £172,533,000
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