HEADSTART ADVISERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£808K
+4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+13.1% vs 2024
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£138K
-49.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HEADSTART ADVISERS LTD 2003-03-12 → present
- FOLKES ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1990-03-14 → 2003-03-12
- STOCK SHOP LIMITED(THE) 1986-04-25 → 1990-03-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,830,045 | £808,574 | |
| Operating profit | £249,536 | £73,507 | |
| Profit before tax | £275,960 | £138,421 | |
| Net profit | £215,762 | £117,104 | |
| Cash | £772,692 | £807,857 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,342,694 | £1,459,684 | |
| Net assets | £891,641 | £1,008,745 | |
| Equity | £891,641 | £1,008,745 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | £1,227,282 | £447,551 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.6% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 14.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.0% | 36.6% | |
| Current ratio | 10.81x | 25.65x | |
| Interest cover | 204.54x | 20.54x |
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
- Lambert Chapman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- HEADSTART ADVISERS LTD · parent
- Balzac Partners SARL 45%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-08-16 | — | — |
| NASSER, Najy | Director | 2001-04-02 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WATKINSON, Henry Charles | Director | 2004-07-19 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Margaret Louisa | Secretary | 1996-04-09 | 1999-05-01 |
| ELSOM, Elisabeth Claire | Secretary | 1994-05-31 | 1996-04-12 |
| FINN KELCEY, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-04-04 | 2003-07-14 |
| FOLKES, Patrick John Surtees | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2001-04-11 |
| KING, David Richard | Secretary | 2003-07-14 | 2004-10-14 |
| O NEILL, Philip | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Amanda Jane | Secretary | 1992-03-31 | 1994-05-26 |
| ABBAM, Clare Atta Kakra | Director | 2002-11-06 | 2004-02-17 |
| FOLKES, Patrick John Surtees | Director | — | 2004-01-07 |
| KING, David Richard | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2004-08-27 |
| MORTER, John Charles | Director | 2000-12-21 | 2003-03-31 |
| NASSER, Najy | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2000-12-21 |
| O NEILL, Philip | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Najy Nasser | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-55.8%
£1,830,045 £808,574
-
Cash
+4.6%
£772,692 £807,857
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£891,641 £1,008,745
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Operating profit
-70.5%
£249,536 £73,507
-
Profit before tax
-49.8%
£275,960 £138,421
-
Wages
-63.5%
£1,227,282 £447,551
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