HL DISPLAY HARLOW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
+19.9% vs 2023
Employees
102
+5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+37.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HL DISPLAY HARLOW LIMITED 2013-04-22 → present
- PPE LIMITED 1989-04-25 → 2013-04-22
- E.M.PARKER(HERTS.)LIMITED 1971-06-04 → 1989-04-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,830,000 | £21,452,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,520,000 | £4,806,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,511,000 | £4,819,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,774,000 | £3,750,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,660,000 | £10,427,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,553,000 | £10,255,000 | |
| Equity | £8,553,000 | £10,255,000 | |
| Average employees | 97 | 102 | |
| Wages | £4,033,000 | £4,607,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.7% | 22.4% | |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 17.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.6% | 46.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.7% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 3.27x | |
| Interest cover | 195.56x | 282.71x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“During the year the company generated a pre-tax profit of £4,815,000 (2023: £3,511,000), together with improved trading performance. Considering the challenges of rising material prices, labour rates, energy prices and general inflationary rates, the directors have prepared forecasts for the period up to the 30 September 2026 (going concern period hereafter)”
Group structure
- HL DISPLAY HARLOW LIMITED · parent
- Point of Sale Centre Limited (The)
- POS Centre Limited
Significant events
- “The directors declared and paid a dividend in month of May 2025 for the year ended 31 December 2024 of £2,600,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARKINGER BLACKADDER, Claire Ruth | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1968 | Swedish |
| GATT, Stephen | Director | 2024-03-12 | Jun 1971 | Maltese |
| JOHANSSON, Ove Lennart | Director | 2024-03-12 | Jan 1974 | Swedish |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Duncan | Secretary | 2011-08-19 | 2023-04-30 |
| PARKER, Nigel Ian | Secretary | — | 2011-08-19 |
| WILLIAMS, Howard Martin | Secretary | 2023-05-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| BERGENDORFF, Magnus Carl Gunnar | Director | 2012-10-15 | 2016-11-30 |
| BORGMAN, Bjorn Jan | Director | 2020-05-26 | 2024-03-12 |
| BRACEWELL, Lily | Director | 1993-02-18 | 2008-04-10 |
| CLARK, Peter Rowland | Director | 1993-02-18 | 2010-09-17 |
| DUBUY, Gerard | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2015-09-29 |
| ELIASSON, Benno | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-04-14 |
| HILL, Duncan William | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2023-04-30 |
| JONSSON, Nina Katriina | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2020-05-26 |
| MAGNUSSON, Torbjorn Ulf Erik | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| MAILER, Roy John | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2013-09-10 |
| MORLEY, Colin Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-08-19 |
| PARKER, Neil Anthony | Director | — | 2011-06-30 |
| PARKER, Nigel Ian | Director | — | 2011-08-19 |
| SUNDQVIST, Per, Mr. | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2011-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Howard Martin | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2024-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hl Display Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-31 | Active |
| Ratos Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-07-31 |
| Hl Display Uk Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+13.9%
£18,830,000 £21,452,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+19.9%
£8,553,000 £10,255,000
-
Employees
+5.2%
97 102
-
Operating profit
+36.5%
£3,520,000 £4,806,000
-
Profit before tax
+37.3%
£3,511,000 £4,819,000
-
Wages
+14.2%
£4,033,000 £4,607,000
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