HELM GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-12 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£694K
-59.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+14.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
15
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£832K
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £76,775,471 | £83,062,955 | £71,068,836 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,593,694 | £921,103 | £919,901 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,595,003 | £665,619 | £832,022 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,309,029 | £483,690 | £790,029 | |
| Cash | — | £765,498 | £1,727,054 | £693,790 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,955,664 | £5,439,354 | £6,229,383 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,955,664 | £5,439,354 | £6,229,383 | |
| Equity | £7,554,739 | £4,955,664 | £5,439,354 | £6,229,383 | |
| Average employees | — | 17 | 16 | 15 | |
| Wages | — | £1,571,420 | £1,469,627 | £1,422,246 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -1.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -32.2% | 16.9% | 14.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 70.8% | 55.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.41x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | -18.16x | 3.21x | 6.58x |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, he continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Turnover has decreased compared to turnover achieved in the prior year, as a result of a fall in demand as well as a fall in selling prices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS, Lyndon John | Secretary | 2006-03-01 | — | British |
| WATKINS, Lyndon John | Director | 2006-03-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNING, Klaus | Secretary | — | 1998-06-30 |
| VIERING, Axel | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2006-03-01 |
| BRUNING, Klaus | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| GOODY, Peter Mark | Director | — | 2016-04-05 |
| HINRICHS, Jorn | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| SCHNABEL, Dieter | Director | — | 2001-01-01 |
| SIEVERS, Hans Christian | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2008-01-01 |
| VIERING, Axel | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2006-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephan Schnabel | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-11 | Active |
| Dieter Schnabel | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-14.4%
£83,062,955 £71,068,836
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-59.8%
£1,727,054 £693,790
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+14.5%
£5,439,354 £6,229,383
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-6.3%
16 15
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-0.1%
£921,103 £919,901
-
Profit before tax
+25%
£665,619 £832,022
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-3.2%
£1,469,627 £1,422,246
lowest in 3 filed years
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