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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-10 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-27

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+8.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£13M

-9.8% vs 2024

Employees

548

+0.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£2M

-271.2% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. HUGHES TV AND AUDIO LIMITED 1990-03-26 → present
  2. WOOLLATT & MITCHELL LIMITED 1961-06-15 → 1990-03-26

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £125,113,948£132,831,001
Operating profit £1,318,638-£901,286
Profit before tax £880,713-£1,507,362
Net profit £592,541-£1,356,142
Cash £2,287,049£2,490,341
Total assets less current liabilities £15,956,309£14,666,113
Net assets £13,899,317£12,543,175
Equity £13,899,317£12,543,175
Average employees 547548
Wages £13,537,702£14,684,693

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 1.1%-0.7%
Net margin 0.5%-1.0%
Return on capital employed 8.3%-6.1%
Current ratio 1.46x1.36x
Interest cover 3.01x-1.49x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Larking Gowen LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

13 active · 22 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
THORNTON, Christopher William Secretary 2016-06-30
BRUCE, James Director 2026-04-01 Jun 1972 British
CHISNALL, Paul Terence Director 2020-09-01 Mar 1969 British
COX, Simon Stuart Charles Director 2014-02-14 Apr 1969 British
CROUCHER, Luke Director 2026-04-01 Oct 1983 British
DOWARD, Henrico Director 2020-09-01 Feb 1968 Dutch
GOSLING, Thomas Director 2024-09-01 Jan 1985 British
HUGHES, Jeremy Charles Director 2002-07-07 May 1965 British
HUGHES, Robert John Director 1996-02-01 Sep 1963 British
PHELPS, Jack Director 2022-01-01 Dec 1985 British
STOTEN, Emily Director 2024-04-01 Sep 1976 British
THORNTON, Christopher William Director 2016-06-30 Oct 1979 British
WARDELL, Mark David Director 2019-04-01 Sep 1983 British
Show 22 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HUGHES, James Henry Secretary 2002-07-01
PULL, Trevor John Secretary 2002-07-01 2006-04-30
SVOBODA, Sandra Dawn Secretary 2014-07-23 2016-06-29
SVOBODA, Sandra Secretary 2006-05-01 2013-04-11
THORNTON, Christopher Secretary 2013-04-11 2014-07-23
BISHOP, Geoffrey Frederick Director 2002-07-01 2011-07-30
COLEBY, Mark Director 2012-05-21 2024-08-31
DUNCAN, Neil Andrew Director 2003-04-01 2024-03-31
HEFFER, Nicholas Mark Director 2003-04-01 2021-03-31
HEFFER, Nicola Claire Director 2021-04-01 2026-03-31
HUGHES, James Henry Director 2018-03-24
HUGHES, Peter Director 2002-05-24
HUGHES, Simon Director 1996-02-01 2002-05-24
IMBUSCH, Colin Director 1996-08-31
LAWFORD, Lavinia Director 1996-10-01 2021-02-03
PALLANT, Andrew Bryn David Director 1998-10-12 2020-12-31
PULL, Trevor John Director 2003-04-01 2006-04-30
SABATINI, Orazio Pietro Director 1996-02-01 2002-03-31
SAUCIER, Robert Michael Director 2002-07-01 2017-06-30
SMITH, Victor Director 2002-02-01 2008-04-28
SPRATT, Phyllis Mary Director 2020-03-16
SVOBODA, Sandra Dawn Director 2009-04-02 2016-06-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Robert John Hughes Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active
Hughes Electrical Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 178 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-01 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-09-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-04-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-04 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-01-04 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-01-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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