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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-04-28

Overdue

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£794K

-2.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£10M

-29.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Employees

132

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£4M

-440.5% lowest in 4 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2021-01-012021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £21,031,751£21,411,474£15,306,071£10,359,993
Operating profit -£2,856,871-£1,057,697£1,267,279-£4,300,655
Profit before tax -£2,932,799-£1,072,231£1,263,995-£4,304,478
Net profit -£2,249,518-£820,293£1,250,259-£4,191,012
Cash £700,315£828,057£815,697£793,537
Total assets less current liabilities £14,518,105£13,482,392£14,932,173£11,193,072
Net assets £13,704,118£12,883,825£14,134,084£9,943,072
Equity £15,953,636£13,704,118£13,704,118£12,883,825£12,883,825£14,134,084£9,943,072
Average employees 215183132132
Wages £9,042,018£6,854,100£4,935,255£4,189,618

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 2021-01-012021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -13.6%-4.9%8.3%-41.5%
Net margin -10.7%-3.8%8.2%-40.5%
Return on capital employed -19.7%-7.8%8.5%-38.4%
Interest cover -37.63x-72.77x274.54x-1092.37x

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 directors have 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. This assessment is based on the financial support of the ultimate parent Company, which has been confirmed in writing. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. HTEC LIMITED · parent
    1. Spedinorcon Limited 100% · London, EC4A 3TW
    2. HTEC Retail Services Limited 100% · London, EC4A 3TW

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 37 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2023-01-12
FRANGIS, James Alexander Director 2022-09-02 Jun 1968 American
GEISS, Linnea Director 2022-09-02 Jul 1978 American
Show 37 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROYD, David Frederick Secretary 1998-02-16
COOKE, Oliver Charles Secretary 1998-02-19 1998-06-09
GOOD, Thomas William Secretary 1998-06-09 1999-01-13
PATON, Daryl Marc Secretary 2017-07-10 2020-11-30
PAUL, Edwin Maurice Secretary 1999-01-05 2011-06-30
SMEETON, Robert Johm Secretary 2011-06-30 2017-07-10
WILDING, Adrian Secretary 2021-05-01 2022-09-07
BETT, Alan Director 2006-02-27 2007-05-23
BRINKMAN, Barrie Leslie Director 2000-10-31
BROYD, David Frederick Director 1998-02-19
CLUMP, Carlyle Cyril Director 1998-10-05 2000-01-11
COOKE, Oliver Charles Director 1998-02-19 1998-06-09
COOPER, Paul Director 2007-01-05 2011-05-11
CULLEN, Thomas Lawrence Director 1984-02-28 1998-12-31
GRINSELL, Adrian Henry Director 1999-01-01 2007-10-02
HATCHER, Christine Director 2022-09-02 2023-01-31
JACKSON, Christopher Richard Director 2000-01-11
KIMBER, David Edward Director 1998-02-02
LEWIS, Jeremy Michael James Director 2013-09-23 2021-04-30
MACKIE, Raymond John Director 2000-10-23 2007-01-05
MCMONIGALL, John Phillips Director 1995-12-22
MILLS, John Eric Director 2003-04-01 2007-05-23
MINORS, David Charles Towers Director 2000-12-01 2002-01-31
MOODY, Michael Hudson Director 2002-04-01 2007-05-23
PATON, Daryl Marc Director 2017-07-10 2020-11-30
PAUL, Edwin Maurice Director 1999-01-05 2009-01-01
RADLEY, Neil Andrew Director 2021-05-01 2022-06-18
RAVEN, Brian Kenneth Director 1998-02-19 1998-06-09
REEVE, Colin Director 2005-04-06 2007-05-23
RUSHTON, Christopher Keith Director 1994-10-01 1995-12-15
SMEETON, Robert John Director 2009-01-01 2017-07-10
SMOTHERMAN, Stacey Director 2022-09-02 2023-10-23
STOCKS, Sarah Jane Director 2003-10-01 2007-05-23
WHITTAKER, Nigel Director 1998-06-09 1998-12-08
WILDING, Adrian Director 2021-05-01 2022-09-03
WILLMORE, David Director 2003-03-28
VIVANTE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED Corporate Director 2011-07-13 2013-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Universe Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-02-24 Active
Mr Adrian Wilding Individual Significant influence 2021-05-01 Ceased 2022-09-03
Mr Neil Andrew Radley Individual Significant influence 2021-05-01 Ceased 2022-06-18
Mr Daryl Marc Paton Individual Significant influence 2017-07-10 Ceased 2020-11-30
Htec Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2017-04-01 Ceased 2025-02-24
Mr Jeremy Michael James Lewis Individual Significant influence 2017-04-01 Ceased 2021-04-30
Mr Baljit Kumar Tank Individual Significant influence 2017-04-01 Ceased 2021-03-24
Mr Robert John Smeeton Individual Significant influence 2017-04-01 Ceased 2017-07-10

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 255 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-28 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-28 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-04-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-04-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-11-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-18 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-04-18 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-04-18 AP04 officers Appoint corporate secretary company with name date PDF
2023-04-18 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-04-18 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-17 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-04-17 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-04-05 DISS40 gazette Gazette filings brought up to date
2023-03-07 GAZ1 gazette Gazette notice compulsory
2022-09-09 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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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