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HGV DIRECT LIMITED

#01857034 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1984-10-19 (41y 7m) · Last filing 2025-09-18 (8mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 45320 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-24 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+26.4% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£3M

+21.9% vs 2023

Employees

182

+1.7% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£1M

+2.4% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. HGV DIRECT LIMITED 2006-09-29 → present
  2. LININGS & HOSES LIMITED 2000-01-10 → 2006-09-29
  3. LININGS AND HOSES (WIRKSWORTH) LIMITED 1984-12-11 → 2000-01-10
  4. EIGHTAUTO LIMITED 1984-10-19 → 1984-12-11

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2022-01-012022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover ——£31,554,728£33,579,375
Operating profit ——£1,410,768£1,471,374
Profit before tax ——£1,304,856£1,335,755
Net profit —£971,543£976,229£892,677
Cash —£406,095£836,299£1,057,342
Total assets less current liabilities —£2,880,819£3,461,571£3,795,074
Net assets ——£2,263,724£2,759,801
Equity £885,880£1,538,589£2,263,724£2,759,801
Average employees —156179182
Wages ——£5,421,490£5,658,068

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 2022-01-012022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin ——4.5%4.4%
Net margin ——3.1%2.7%
Return on capital employed ——40.8%38.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) ——83.4%81.3%
Current ratio ——1.15x1.16x
Interest cover ——13.32x10.85x

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
PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

  1. HGV DIRECT LIMITED · parent
    1. Vapta Systems Limited 0.8% · UK

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

People

6 active · 17 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SMEDLEY, Julie Dawn Secretary 2008-12-29 — British
KNOWLES, Christopher Director 2008-07-25 May 1970 British
SMEDLEY, Felicity Belinda Brenda Director 2024-07-29 Jun 1999 British
SMEDLEY, Julie Dawn Director 2008-12-29 Mar 1971 British
SMEDLEY, Simon John Director 1992-07-01 Jul 1970 British
TERRY, Dale Steven Director 2019-09-12 May 1989 British
Show 17 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
NEWTON, Paul Robert Secretary 2010-12-16 2011-11-18
ROBERTS, Guy Nicholas Secretary — 2008-12-29
DOXEY, Neil Director 2008-07-25 2009-12-07
GOODWIN, James Michael Director 1992-07-01 2005-12-31
GOODWIN, Philip James Director 2004-05-25 2006-09-28
HUTCHINSON, Peter Alan Director 2010-07-30 2014-07-31
KEMPA, Steven Paul Director 2004-05-25 2006-09-28
MCCOY, Ryan Nolan Director 2016-04-01 2022-12-02
MILNER, Howard Robert Director 2022-01-07 2023-12-08
NASH, Nigel John Director 2008-07-25 2010-02-19
NEWTON, Paul Robert Director 1999-12-22 2010-12-16
POLLOCK, Anthony Mark Director 2008-07-25 2014-09-10
ROBERTS, Guy Nicholas Director — 2008-12-29
SMEDLEY, Brenda Director — 1997-03-21
SMEDLEY, Brian Director — 2006-09-28
SMEDLEY, Neil David Director — 2006-09-28
SMEDLEY, Stuart Martin Director — 2006-09-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bowl Reed Enterprises Ltd Corporate entity Shares 25–50% 2019-12-02 Active
Mr Simon John Smedley Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 189 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-09-18 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-17 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-09-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-08-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-08-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-12-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-09-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-06-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-12-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-09-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-06-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-06-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

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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