THE HELPING HAND COMPANY (LEDBURY) LIMITED

1. THE HELPING HAND COMPANY (LEDBURY) LIMITED 1987-12-10 → present
2. SKYFRAME LIMITED 1987-10-01 → 1987-12-10

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE HELPING HAND COMPANY (LEDBURY) LIMITED · parent
   1. Helping Hand Environmental Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “The investment previously held in the dormant subsidiary undertaking Symmetrikit Engineering Limited was disposed in the year as this company was dissolved in July 2023.”
• “The business interruption insurance claim receivable is in relation to a successful claim made for the impact of Covid-19 on the business.”
• “In September 2024, a parent company of The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited was acquired and is indirectly owned by investment vehicles of certain private investment funds sponsored by Platinum Equity LLC. As at the balance sheet date, the company's ultimate parent entity and controlling party was Cidron Ollopa Investment B.V, a company incorporated in the Netherlands. Subsequent to the year end, Cidron Ollopa Investment B.V.'s name was changed to Ray Dutch Holding I B.V. as a result of the acquisition referred to above.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +5.6%

  £19,708,854 → £20,806,543

  highest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  +69.7%

  £1,841,168 → £3,123,672

• Net assets

  +24.2%

  £7,225,710 → £8,973,286

• Employees

  +5.7%

  193 → 204

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +54.2%

  £1,474,826 → £2,273,985

• Profit before tax

  +15.4%

  £2,078,970 → £2,398,836

• Wages

  +12.3%

  £6,543,152 → £7,346,090

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