HOBEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

1. HOBEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2008-05-09 → present
2. HOBEN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS LIMITED 1994-01-01 → 2008-05-09
3. HOBEN QUARRIES LIMITED 1963-11-21 → 1994-01-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £989,065 as at 30 April 2025, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”

Significant events

• “The pre-tax profit for the year just ended 30 April 2025 was £2.23 million, slightly higher than the previous year's result (2024: £2.23 million). The electricity and gas prices are expected to continue to decline throughout the following financial year, which are expected to improve the gross margins of the energy-intensive product lines. These cost reductions should then improve profitability in the following years.”
• “During the year, the Company paid an interim dividend of £1,400,000 (2024: £2,700,000).”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.1%

  £12,837,831 → £12,829,128

• Cash

  +4,800.4%

  £239 → £11,712

• Net assets

  +66.5%

  £1,154,976 → £1,922,658

• Employees

  -1.7%

  60 → 59

• Operating profit

  +0.3%

  £2,230,706 → £2,236,902

• Profit before tax

  +0.3%

  £2,226,854 → £2,232,561

• Wages

  +3.2%

  £2,250,979 → £2,322,894

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