HOULIHAN & CO. (EXCAVATIONS) LIMITED

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 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

The MGroup Partnership

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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

• “The Covid-19 Pandemic continues to have a ripple effect on the construction industry as well as many other sectors.”
• “Interest rates have reduced, which is encouraging, but isn't enough to stimulate the housing sector alone and until planning reform begins to materialise, developers simply are unlikely to continue to build to previous output levels.”
• “Industry growth in 2023-2024, due to regulatory change (part L), led to an increased supply and demand which created inflation.”
• “With inflated costs, the cost of living crisis, the continuation of the Ukraine War and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict which started in October 2023, all having an impact and long-lasting effects around the world, there is caution in the market which will limit industry growth.”
• “We are still experiencing a skills shortage in the construction industry, which in theory should counter the lack of skills set now required, due to an industry slowdown as the more experienced workforce are coming to retirement, this may be accelerated by Covid-19.”
• “After the year end reporting date, the group undertook a restructuring event, with the following new shareholders on 28 October 2024: R M Knight holding a 37.5% interest in Houlihan & Co (Holdings) Limited; T Hunt Consulting Co Limited holding a 37.5% interest in Houlihan & Co (Holdings) Limited, via Houlihan & Co (Group) Limited; R Carroll Consulting Ltd holding a 12.5% interest in Houlihan & Co (Holdings) Limited, via Houilhan & Co (Group) Limited; DDSM Consulting Co Ltd holding a 12.5% interest in Houlihan & Co (Holdings) Limited, via Houlihan & Co (Group) Limited.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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

  +22.9%

  £67,674,830 → £83,167,006

• Cash

  -4.6%

  £10,521,740 → £10,039,502

• Net assets

  +1.1%

  £16,073,977 → £16,249,560

• Employees

  +4%

  50 → 52

• Operating profit

  +40%

  £3,932,585 → £5,506,605

• Profit before tax

  +47.9%

  £3,915,422 → £5,792,843

• Wages

  +5.9%

  £3,293,793 → £3,489,452

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