HUGH SYMONS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£852K
-67.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+11.1% vs 2023
Employees
85
-8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£719K
+98.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,711,905 | £5,919,509 | |
| Operating profit | £203,819 | £437,185 | |
| Profit before tax | £362,838 | £718,862 | |
| Net profit | £261,873 | £539,942 | |
| Cash | £2,588,203 | £851,820 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,021,200 | £7,427,686 | |
| Net assets | £4,850,300 | £5,390,242 | |
| Equity | £4,850,300 | £5,390,242 | |
| Average employees | 93 | 85 | |
| Wages | £2,949,015 | £2,911,213 |
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 | 3.6% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.6% | 51.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.82x | 2.90x | |
| Interest cover | 8.51x | 10.79x |
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
- S&W Audit
- 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
- “2024 has continued to prove a challenging period for HSIM with activities improving a little on 2023 but not achieving the levels of turnover of 2022. However, with recently negotiated contracts beginning to flow through the margins did improve somewhat.”
- “The increase in Turnover of 3.5% combined with tighter controls have seen an improvement in margins getting back towards those of 2022.”
- “These results have been achieved due to the continued Management focus on productivity and labour efficiencies. There has been a benefit from tight cash control and improved management of funds in treasury management which has delivered an addition £100k interest received in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Colin Gordon | Secretary | 1998-11-27 | — | British |
| BOOTH, Christopher John | Director | 1999-06-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| DAVIS MAY, Lorraine Ann | Director | 2015-06-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| FISHER, Colin Gordon | Director | 2008-01-22 | Sep 1952 | British |
| SHORE, Simon | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| WEST, Jason Damian | Director | 2015-06-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBY, Nigel Francis | Secretary | — | 1994-09-28 |
| PARSONAGE, Simon Kenneth | Secretary | 1994-09-28 | 1998-11-27 |
| CURTIS, John Marshall | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2009-04-30 |
| PARSONAGE, Simon Kenneth | Director | 1995-05-04 | 1998-11-27 |
| ROPER, Geoffrey Hugh | Director | — | 2008-01-22 |
| ROPER, Pauline Helena | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2008-01-22 |
| STONE, Sally Elisabeth | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2002-12-31 |
| WHITTLE, John Richard | Director | 1999-10-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| WILSON, Benjamin | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| WILSON, Peter | Director | — | 2018-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Symons Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-04 | Active |
| Mr Geoffrey Hugh Roper | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-08-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
+3.6%
£5,711,905 £5,919,509
-
Cash
-67.1%
£2,588,203 £851,820
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£4,850,300 £5,390,242
-
Employees
-8.6%
93 85
-
Operating profit
+114.5%
£203,819 £437,185
-
Profit before tax
+98.1%
£362,838 £718,862
-
Wages
-1.3%
£2,949,015 £2,911,213
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers