CORE HIGHWAYS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-36.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
-1.4% vs 2024
Employees
555
+4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£249K
-167.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-03-17
- CORE HIGHWAYS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2026-03-17 → present
- CORE HIGHWAYS (PROJECTS) LIMITED 2024-01-10 → 2026-03-17
- FOREST TRAFFIC SERVICES LIMITED 2011-04-07 → 2024-01-10
- FOREST TRAFFIC SIGNALS LIMITED 1989-04-07 → 2011-04-07
- F.T.S. PLANT LIMITED 1989-01-24 → 1989-04-07
- FOREST TRAFFIC SIGNALS LIMITED 1982-09-15 → 1989-01-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £65,303,276 | £75,085,661 | |
| Operating profit | £705,270 | £38,572 | |
| Profit before tax | £367,741 | -£248,989 | |
| Net profit | £439,417 | -£153,396 | |
| Cash | £3,347,123 | £2,119,603 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,992,370 | £14,357,856 | |
| Net assets | £10,624,490 | £10,471,094 | |
| Equity | £10,624,490 | £10,471,094 | |
| Average employees | 529 | 555 | |
| Wages | £25,999,094 | £27,749,675 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.4% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 1.93x | 0.13x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the steps that they have taken to mitigate associated risk will ensure that the group is well positioned to continue to trade throughout the current uncertain economic environment. They have therefore concluded that there is no material uncertainty about the ability of the group to continue as a going concern and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CORE HIGHWAYS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Core Highways (SouthEast) Limited 100%
- Core Highways (Barrier) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group concluded its Heads of the Valley contract during the year and has successfully bid for projects such as the A47 Thickthorn project which began in August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONSULTANCY EXPRESS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-04-24 | — | — |
| DIX, James Scott | Director | 2025-01-22 | Sep 1980 | British |
| EAST, Daniel James | Director | 2025-09-22 | Sep 1979 | British |
| LEWIS, Ifan Prys | Director | 2015-06-17 | Mar 1979 | British |
| PAVEY, Jason Edward | Director | 2024-08-02 | Dec 1970 | British |
| SMYTH, Alastair | Director | 2025-09-22 | Nov 1973 | British |
| WHITE, Simon James | Director | 2022-10-20 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES, Glyn | Secretary | 1995-05-31 | 1995-07-31 |
| EVANS, Tracey Dawn | Secretary | 2015-02-24 | 2020-02-18 |
| HARRY, Stephen Colin | Secretary | 1995-07-31 | 2003-02-26 |
| MURRAY, Theresa Louise | Secretary | 2007-10-22 | 2014-04-30 |
| PETERSON, Glyn Reginald | Secretary | — | 1995-05-31 |
| SEXTON, Rose Marie | Secretary | 2003-02-26 | 2007-10-22 |
| THOMAS, Anna Elise | Secretary | 2014-04-30 | 2015-02-06 |
| ALLEN, Kevin | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2010-08-11 |
| CHARLES, Glyn | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1997-03-04 |
| COPPOCK, Richard John | Director | 2011-07-29 | 2020-02-18 |
| HARTMAN, Michael Henry | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2022-09-01 |
| KENNEDY, Michael Patrick | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-10-06 |
| LANE, Adam Edward | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2016-07-29 |
| MARTIN, Ian Paul | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2010-08-11 |
| MATTHEWS, Katrina Yasmin | Director | 2004-09-02 | 2007-02-22 |
| MCLAREN, Ian | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-01-22 |
| PETERSON, Glyn Reginald | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| PETERSON, Howard Robert | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| POWELL, Christopher Charles | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2010-08-11 |
| SELBY, Philip William | Director | — | 1992-12-24 |
| STEWART, Elizabeth Ann Kathleen, Ms. | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-10-07 |
| SWEET-WILLIAMS, Belinda | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2021-09-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew Ross | Director | 1995-05-31 | 2022-10-14 |
| WILLIAMS, David Jonathon | Director | 2010-09-10 | 2022-03-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael John | Director | 1995-05-31 | 2002-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Highways Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-30 | Active |
| Forest Support Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
| Mr Andrew Ross Williams | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-18 |
| Mr David Jonathon Williams | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-17 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2026-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-01-10 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-17 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-01-10 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+15%
£65,303,276 £75,085,661
-
Cash
-36.7%
£3,347,123 £2,119,603
-
Net assets
-1.4%
£10,624,490 £10,471,094
-
Employees
+4.9%
529 555
-
Operating profit
-94.5%
£705,270 £38,572
-
Profit before tax
-167.7%
£367,741 -£248,989
-
Wages
+6.7%
£25,999,094 £27,749,675
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers