HEPCO SLIDE SYSTEMS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-23 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-09

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£12M

-17.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£56M

+5.4% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

314

-2.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+2.4% vs 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

HEPCO SLIDE SYSTEMS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£38,419,073	£34,378,282	£42,452,487	£45,598,032	£46,508,688	£44,363,116
Operating profit	£2,352,754	£4,782,014	£6,924,255	£3,700,639	£1,975,725	£1,998,610
Profit before tax	£2,591,691	£5,028,076	£7,263,748	£3,092,459	£3,083,736	£3,158,292
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cash	£14,063,239	£17,611,789	£19,417,272	£10,802,312	£14,835,568	£12,284,795
Total assets less current liabilities	£38,805,961	£42,760,503	£48,770,280	£51,315,104	£54,381,345	£57,328,394
Net assets	£38,301,503	£42,271,794	£48,019,980	£50,258,509	£52,883,522	£55,754,576
Equity	£38,301,503	£42,271,794	£48,019,980	£50,258,509	£52,883,522	£55,754,576
Average employees	328	305	292	320	321	314
Wages	£12,554,058	£11,063,989	£11,732,506	£14,759,418	£16,158,511	£14,422,799

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	6.1%	13.9%	16.3%	8.1%	4.2%	4.5%
Return on capital employed	6.1%	11.2%	14.2%	7.2%	3.6%	3.5%
Interest cover	58.26x	188.80x	666.31x	98.59x	30.67x	36.18x

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.

People

7 active · 8 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
FORSTER, Gervase Leslie	Secretary	—	—	British
COX, Jason Trevor	Director	2026-01-01	Apr 1969	British
FANSHAWE, Peter James	Director	1995-02-01	Nov 1964	British
FORSTER, Gervase Leslie	Director	—	Dec 1943	British
FORSTER, Giles Parks	Director	2010-01-01	Nov 1978	British
MEND, Alexander	Director	2021-01-01	Jul 1966	German
REED, Christopher George	Director	2019-09-30	Feb 1976	British

Show 8 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BRAMLEY, Graham George	Director	2015-10-01	2021-03-31
CARDY, William Frederick	Director	—	1995-06-02
DOHERTY, Michael John	Director	—	2008-06-30
ENGSTROM, Barry Ronald Thomas	Director	2008-07-01	2024-12-31
GORDON, Allan Laurence	Director	—	2019-09-30
HALL, Raymond Arthur	Director	—	2011-05-31
KIRBY, Michael Leonard	Director	—	2007-11-15
REES, Christopher Cary	Director	1999-09-01	2015-10-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Hepco (Holdings) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 171 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-01-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-12-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-11-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-09-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-11-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-11-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-11-20	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-11-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-04-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-04-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-11-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-11-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 0

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

-4.6%

£46,508,688 £44,363,116
Cash

-17.2%

£14,835,568 £12,284,795
Net assets

+5.4%

£52,883,522 £55,754,576

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

-2.2%

321 314
Operating profit

+1.2%

£1,975,725 £1,998,610
Profit before tax

+2.4%

£3,083,736 £3,158,292
Wages

-10.7%

£16,158,511 £14,422,799

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

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