HL HALL (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have assessed the going concern position of the group which includes the impact of downturns in the market, and geopolitical risks on the business for a minimum period of twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. As global economies improve, the directors are of the view that the performance of the group will strengthen. Therefore, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources and has taken adequate action to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future; therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. HL HALL (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED · parent
   1. SAS HL Halls France 100% · France · packaging and processing of fresh fruit and vegetables
   2. Halls BV 100% · Netherlands · importer and exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables
   3. Halls (Iberia) Madrid S.L.U. 100% · Spain · importer and exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables
   4. Halls Fresh (Chongqing) Agricultural Science & Technology Co. Ltd 100% · China · importer and exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables

Significant events

• “Included in the result was a further write off a €0.4 million impairment of the Infuseo investment. In its second year of trading up to 28 February 2025, the associate company (Infuseo S.A.S.) made substantial losses resulting in the company filing a legal deposition to the court to begin proceedings to liquidate the company. The necessary impairment of the investment has been carried out in the accounts.”
• “A final dividend of €850,000 (2024 - €500,000) was declared for the year ended 28 February 2025. The increase is due to shareholder expectation.”
• “A strong legal defence has been prepared, showing our normal course of dealing according to Spanish Law with the supplier has not changed over the course of four years of successful trading. The supplier is unilaterally changing the terms of business without notifying or having any contractual agreement. The lawyers preliminary meeting will be held in April 2026, where if no agreement is reached, it will go to the court to decide in December 2026. By the end of the next financial year (28.02.2026), the outcome will still not be decided.”

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

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.

• Turnover

  +13.6%

  £96,026,517 → £109,065,418

• Cash

  +80.7%

  £2,541,302 → £4,591,338

• Net assets

  +7.3%

  £9,198,771 → £9,873,486

• Employees

  -13.2%

  121 → 105

• Operating profit

  +338.9%

  £544,223 → £2,388,591

• Profit before tax

  +567.3%

  £296,367 → £1,977,793

• Wages

  +20.4%

  £4,271,860 → £5,143,939

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