HIDDEN HEARING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-02 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-19
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
+8.3% vs 2023
Employees
623
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+7.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HIDDEN HEARING LIMITED 1988-04-20 → present
- CLEARER HEARING LIMITED 1986-02-17 → 1988-04-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,049,000 | £71,949,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,904,000 | £2,625,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,606,000 | £2,801,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,904,000 | £1,786,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,363,000 | £24,010,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,633,000 | £23,419,000 | |
| Equity | £21,633,000 | £23,419,000 | |
| Average employees | 619 | 623 | |
| Wages | £29,067,000 | £29,777,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.9% | 37.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 952.00x | 875.00x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HIDDEN HEARING LIMITED · parent
- Hearbase Limited
- Sevenoaks Hearing Centre Limited
Significant events
- “2024 saw a slight decrease to net current assets due to investments into subsidiaries, subsequently transferred to intangible assets, of £1.9m, thanks to the purchase of the full shareholding of Hearbase Limited and Sevenoaks Hearing Centre Limited during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANGLEY, Egmond | Secretary | 2021-10-11 | — | — |
| NIELSEN, Søren | Director | 2021-04-01 | Nov 1970 | Danish |
| PEARSON, Claire Louise | Director | 2025-11-17 | Jan 1976 | British |
| SCHNEIDER, René | Director | 2021-04-01 | Dec 1973 | Danish |
| WAGNER, Niels | Director | 2021-04-01 | Jun 1971 | Danish |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, Richard William | Secretary | 2005-10-27 | 2021-10-10 |
| EVERITT, Edward Denis | Secretary | 1997-07-29 | 1997-10-07 |
| FINN, Duncan William | Secretary | 1997-10-07 | 2000-07-07 |
| FINN, Patrick Leslie | Secretary | — | 1997-07-29 |
| WHITE, Kevin Robert | Secretary | 2000-07-06 | 2005-10-27 |
| BAMBER, Ronald Gordon | Director | 1996-06-04 | 1998-11-14 |
| BARNETT, Stephen | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2000-01-28 |
| BOYD, Richard William | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2025-11-17 |
| BOYD, Richard William | Director | 2005-10-27 | 2021-03-30 |
| BROOKE, Roger Philip | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2003-02-28 |
| CARMICHAEL, Andrew James Douglas | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2004-04-27 |
| EDMUNDS, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2010-12-31 |
| EVERITT, Edward Denis | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| FINN, Duncan William | Director | 1997-10-07 | 2000-01-28 |
| FINN, Patrick Leslie | Director | 1993-10-20 | 1997-02-28 |
| FOSTER, Claire Susannah | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2021-03-31 |
| GILLIARD, Ken | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2021-03-31 |
| GITSHAM, Stuart Ian | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2010-05-17 |
| LANE, Graham | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2021-10-10 |
| MCMILLAN, Iain | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2008-03-31 |
| MOSS, Mark | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| RUDGE, Alan Raymond | Director | 1997-10-07 | 2011-03-31 |
| SOAR, Geoffrey Nicholas | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2021-03-31 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Michael Gee | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| TURNER, Robert Ivan | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2005-12-31 |
| WHITE, Kevin Robert | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2005-10-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Alun Henry | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2000-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Claire Susannah Foster | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-18 | Ceased 2023-11-01 |
| Mr Geoffrey Nicholas Soar | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Richard William Boyd | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Ken Gilliard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-01 |
| Mr Graham Lane | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-01 |
| Hidden Hearing International Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+5.7%
£68,049,000 £71,949,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£21,633,000 £23,419,000
-
Employees
+0.6%
619 623
-
Operating profit
+37.9%
£1,904,000 £2,625,000
-
Profit before tax
+7.5%
£2,606,000 £2,801,000
-
Wages
+2.4%
£29,067,000 £29,777,000
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