HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£803K
-11.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
65
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,809,762 | £6,826,750 | |
| Operating profit | -£416,195 | -£184,290 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £137,940 | -£58,609 | |
| Cash | £909,554 | £803,289 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,628,841 | £6,570,232 | |
| Net assets | £6,628,841 | £6,570,232 | |
| Equity | £6,628,841 | £6,570,232 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 65 | |
| Wages | £2,049,695 | £2,090,459 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.1% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.3% | -2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.0% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.50x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MA Partners Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED · parent
- G.J.Palmer & Sons Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LILLEY, Christopher Charles | Secretary | 2026-01-02 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Christopher John Heselton | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jan 1950 | British |
| ANDRADI, Benedict Pius Marilaan | Director | 2020-01-31 | Sep 1960 | British |
| COULDREY, Helen Mary Karin | Director | 2019-01-29 | Jul 1950 | British |
| HEDGES, Jane Barbara, The Very Revd | Director | 2020-01-23 | Apr 1955 | British |
| JONES, Simon Matthew, Very Revd | Director | 2025-01-22 | May 1972 | British |
| KNIGHT, Terence Mark | Director | 2024-01-31 | Mar 1961 | British |
| PLATTEN, Aidan Stephen George, Rev | Director | 2023-01-26 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHTS, Gordon Arthur | Secretary | — | 2004-12-14 |
| MOORE, Andrew Benjamin | Secretary | 2004-12-14 | 2008-04-30 |
| VAUGHAN, Dominic Giles | Secretary | 2008-06-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| ADAMS, Christopher John Heselton | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2023-01-26 |
| CHADWICK, Henry, The Very Reverend Dr | Director | — | 2001-02-22 |
| COLDSTREAM, Patrick John Anson | Director | 1995-10-12 | 2014-01-31 |
| DAKERS, Lionel Frederick | Director | — | 2003-03-10 |
| FOSTER, Claire Margaret | Director | 2003-02-07 | 2009-06-10 |
| HONEY, Sumita | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2020-01-23 |
| JONES, Simon Matthew, The Revd Canon | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| MORTON, Alan James | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2012-12-31 |
| O BRIEN, Richard, Sir | Director | — | 1997-10-07 |
| PLATTEN, Stephen George, Rt Revd | Director | 1997-10-07 | 2020-01-23 |
| VENNELLS, Paula Anne | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| WICKS, Allan, Dr | Director | — | 2001-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£6,809,762 £6,826,750
-
Cash
-11.7%
£909,554 £803,289
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£6,628,841 £6,570,232
-
Employees
+4.8%
62 65
-
Operating profit
+55.7%
-£416,195 -£184,290
-
Wages
+2%
£2,049,695 £2,090,459
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