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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

1 item

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

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. HI-REL LIDS LIMITED 1988-01-26 → present
  2. SAK LIDS LIMITED 1986-07-07 → 1988-01-26

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 8062
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 11.89x10.66x

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

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 PDF
2024-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-10 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-05-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-02 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-05-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-11-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-11-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-11-10 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2022-09-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2021-05-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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

Official Companies House page