LONDON HOIST LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-18 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£165K

-47.2% lowest in 10 filed years

Net assets

£3M

-22.6% first positive since 2020

Employees

+2.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£984K

-1,040% lowest in 6 filed years

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Industrials median

LONDON HOIST LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric	2019-08-31	2019-09-01	2020-08-31	2020-09-01	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2022-09-01	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	£8,800,078	—	£7,540,756	—	£7,342,467	—	£7,247,820	—	£8,322,191	£6,361,608
Operating profit	-£766,333	—	-£7,977	—	£44,659	—	£285,260	—	£180,317	-£912,568
Profit before tax	-£828,236	—	-£222,265	—	-£163,206	—	£205,617	—	£104,690	-£984,086
Net profit	-£735,757	—	-£177,058	—	-£140,923	—	£174,699	—	£88,162	-£936,640
Cash	£588,170	£588,170	£713,775	£713,775	£583,382	£583,382	£1,116,839	£1,116,839	£311,870	£164,545
Total assets less current liabilities	£7,777,049	—	£7,202,261	—	£6,972,077	—	£7,015,021	—	£6,952,989	£5,968,903
Net assets	-£809,400	—	-£986,458	—	£3,872,619	—	£4,047,318	—	£4,135,480	£3,198,840
Equity	-£809,400	-£809,400	-£986,458	-£986,458	£3,872,619	£3,872,619	£4,047,318	£4,047,318	£4,135,480	£3,198,840
Average employees	126	—	118	—	93	—	86	—	87	89
Wages	£4,920,067	—	£4,419,357	—	£3,958,357	—	£3,577,765	—	£4,047,260	£4,056,341

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	2019-08-31	2019-09-01	2020-08-31	2020-09-01	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2022-09-01	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Operating margin	-8.7%	—	-0.1%	—	0.6%	—	3.9%	—	2.2%	-14.3%
Net margin	-8.4%	—	-2.3%	—	-1.9%	—	2.4%	—	1.1%	-14.7%
Return on capital employed	-9.9%	—	-0.1%	—	0.6%	—	4.1%	—	2.6%	-15.3%
Interest cover	-10.27x	—	-0.04x	—	0.21x	—	3.58x	—	2.38x	-12.76x

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.

People

1 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
VONCK, Willem Fredrik	Director	—	Jan 1956	Dutch

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LISTON, Johanna Antonetta	Secretary	—	2012-05-31
MILLINGTON, Anita	Director	2018-06-21	2022-11-02

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Willem Frederik Vonck	Individual	significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 115 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-05-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-05-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-08-29	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-08-29	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-05-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-05-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-03-03	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-05-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-05-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-03-26	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2021-12-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-11-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-11-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-08-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2019-12-06	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2019-12-05	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

Turnover

-23.6%

£8,322,191 £6,361,608

lowest in 6 filed years
Cash

-47.2%

£311,870 £164,545

lowest in 10 filed years
Net assets

-22.6%

£4,135,480 £3,198,840

first positive since 2020
Employees

+2.3%

87 89
Operating profit

-606.1%

£180,317 -£912,568

lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

-1,040%

£104,690 -£984,086

lowest in 6 filed years
Wages

+0.2%

£4,047,260 £4,056,341

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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