HEDLEY'S GROUP LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-14 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£156K

-48.5% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£3M

+31.9% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

-6.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£123K

-43.9% first positive since 2021

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

HEDLEY'S GROUP LTD·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2019-03-31	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	£11,856,373	£11,428,629
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	£272,462	£165,419
Profit before tax	—	—	-£701,552	£31,231	—	£219,502	£123,115
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	£152,370	£17,039
Cash	—	—	£466,869	£624,905	—	£302,178	£155,576
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£3,516,390	£3,288,639	—	£3,539,158	£4,726,473
Net assets	—	—	£2,443,424	£2,465,280	—	£2,645,144	£3,488,011
Equity	—	—	£2,443,424	£2,465,280	—	£2,645,144	£3,488,011
Average employees	—	—	93	93	—	75	70
Wages	—	—	£4,137,832	£4,981,022	—	£3,910,306	£4,117,735

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	2019-03-31	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	2.3%	1.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	1.3%	0.1%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	7.7%	3.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	51.8%	49.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	1.19x	1.12x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	4.93x	3.72x

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: Nunn Hayward LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

HEDLEY'S GROUP LTD · parent
1. Hedley's Group SAS 100% · France · Packing, shipping, transportation & storage

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

People

2 active · 3 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BENJAMIN, Brent	Secretary	2018-01-25	—	—
HEDLEY, Stephen Charlton	Director	—	Nov 1951	British

Show 3 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HEDLEY, Douglas Charlton	Secretary	—	2018-01-25
HEDLEY, Christopher John, Dr	Director	—	2003-02-26
SUN HEDLEY, Rosario Cristina Aldeguer	Director	—	2011-09-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Ms Rosario Cristina Aldeguer Sun Hedley	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2022-04-20	Active
Mr Stephen Charlton Hedley	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 134 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-04-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-04-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-02-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-06-15	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-06-15	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2023-05-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-03-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-04-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-04-20	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-04-20	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-03-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-04-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-04-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-06	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2020-04-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-03-23	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2019-12-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

-3.6%

£11,856,373 £11,428,629
Cash

-48.5%

£302,178 £155,576

lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+31.9%

£2,645,144 £3,488,011

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

-6.7%

75 70

lowest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-39.3%

£272,462 £165,419
Profit before tax

-43.9%

£219,502 £123,115

first positive since 2021
Wages

+5.3%

£3,910,306 £4,117,735

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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