HOVAT LIMITED

1. HOVAT LIMITED 1999-10-22 → present
2. C I CONVERTERS LIMITED 1993-06-14 → 1999-10-22
3. ARTHUR WOOLLACOTT (CONVERTERS) LIMITED 1985-03-21 → 1993-06-14
4. DARENT VALLEY PRESS LIMITED 1973-11-20 → 1985-03-21

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

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Accounting standards require the directors to consider the appropriateness of the going concern basis when preparing the financial statements. After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The year was dominated by the acquisition of the business and assets of Triflex Productions Limited (in administration) on the 11th March 2024.”
• “On 11th March 2024, the company purchased some of the business and assets of Triflex Productions Limited (in administration) on the 11th March 2024 for £400,000 which comprised of fixed assets, goodwill and stock.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +54.7%

  £13,187,315 → £20,399,094

• Cash

  +197.9%

  £97,302 → £289,911

• Net assets

  +5.8%

  £1,779,600 → £1,882,380

• Employees

  +71%

  69 → 118

• Operating profit

  +11.4%

  £921,009 → £1,026,081

• Profit before tax

  +4.7%

  £781,567 → £818,164

• Wages

  +66.1%

  £2,008,425 → £3,336,129

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