HI-REL LIDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-14
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£426K
+20.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+20.7% vs 2023
Employees
62
-22.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+0.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-14.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HI-REL LIDS LIMITED 1988-01-26 → present
- SAK LIDS LIMITED 1986-07-07 → 1988-01-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,756,753 | £8,066,620 | |
| Operating profit | £2,068,810 | £2,047,724 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,070,808 | £2,080,204 | |
| Net profit | £1,578,446 | £1,562,724 | |
| Cash | £353,005 | £425,871 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,050,119 | £9,581,657 | |
| Net assets | £7,564,034 | £9,126,758 | |
| Equity | £7,564,034 | £9,126,758 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 62 | |
| Wages | £2,112,708 | £2,030,721 |
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 | 21.2% | 25.4% | |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 19.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.7% | 21.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.5% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | 11.89x | 10.66x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed profit and cashflow forecasts which have been revised quarterly during 2024 to include the current and forecasted growth of the defence, optical and industrial markets. These, together with the results achieved since the balance sheet date, have led the directors to conclude that the company remains a going concern and will be able to meet its liabilities that fall due for a period of at least 12 months from date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Working together with our leading customers on business initiatives and continuity plans which will enable us to work more closely together to benefit all parties in achieving our goal of maintaining revenue growth in the optical networking, defence and medical markets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINK, Ben | Secretary | 2023-03-28 | — | — |
| GAWLIK, Kristin | Director | 2022-11-02 | Mar 1974 | American |
| PERHAMUS, Kevin | Director | 2022-11-02 | Oct 1971 | American |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIBDEN, David Ernest | Secretary | — | 1997-09-08 |
| NORRIS, Stuart | Secretary | 2012-03-30 | 2023-03-28 |
| THOMAS, David Alan | Secretary | — | 1991-05-07 |
| WORLIDGE, Robin Francis | Secretary | 1997-09-08 | 2012-03-30 |
| BARCLAY, Keith | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2022-11-09 |
| COKER, Elizabeth | Director | — | 1993-05-05 |
| DIBDEN, David Ernest | Director | — | 1997-11-24 |
| DOLAN, Thomas Steven | Director | — | 2009-10-14 |
| DOLAN JNR, Thomas Stephen | Director | 1999-08-18 | 2013-04-15 |
| FERRAID, Richard Louis | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2019-02-22 |
| HABSTRITT, Brett C | Director | 2016-12-23 | 2019-02-22 |
| HAVEKOST, Douglas | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2023-01-13 |
| HUBBARD, William | Director | 2019-02-22 | 2019-09-28 |
| NORRIS, Stuart | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2023-03-28 |
| NORRIS, Stuart | Director | 1998-01-06 | 2016-12-23 |
| REEVES, Adam | Director | 2016-12-23 | 2019-02-22 |
| ROCKLEY, Richard Kenneth | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2016-12-23 |
| SOMMERS, William | Director | 2019-02-22 | 2020-01-02 |
| THOMAS, David Alan | Director | — | 1991-05-07 |
| WHITE, Graham Edward | Director | — | 1999-08-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Sommers | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-22 | Ceased 2020-01-02 |
| Mr Stuart Norris | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-06-13 | Ceased 2022-11-02 |
| Mr Adam Reeves | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-23 | Ceased 2019-02-22 |
| Mr Brett Habstritt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-23 | Ceased 2019-02-22 |
| Mr Richard Louis Ferraid | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-22 |
| Hi-Rel Lids Ac Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-17.3%
£9,756,753 £8,066,620
-
Cash
+20.6%
£353,005 £425,871
-
Net assets
+20.7%
£7,564,034 £9,126,758
-
Employees
-22.5%
80 62
-
Operating profit
-1%
£2,068,810 £2,047,724
-
Profit before tax
+0.5%
£2,070,808 £2,080,204
-
Wages
-3.9%
£2,112,708 £2,030,721
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