HATCH ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-20 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-06
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+31.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£9M
-1,147.2% vs 2023
Employees
111
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-1,183.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HATCH ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1990-03-30 → present
- RIGPAD LIMITED 1989-09-22 → 1990-03-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £72,399,113 | £144,140,387 | |
| Operating profit | -£181,306 | -£3,945,472 | |
| Profit before tax | £449,408 | -£4,869,606 | |
| Net profit | -£617,288 | -£6,652,174 | |
| Cash | £9,189,113 | £12,066,638 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £872,092 | -£9,132,476 | |
| Net assets | £872,092 | -£9,132,476 | |
| Equity | £872,272 | -£9,132,338 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 111 | |
| Wages | £7,775,120 | £7,928,677 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | -4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -20.8% | 43.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.56x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The Group has run various downside scenarios focusing specifically on a reduction in revenues of continuing operations over the 12-month period from the date these financial statements were approved. There were no liquidity issues noted under these scenarios (taking into account the disposals of Hatch Küttner and Brainnwave post year-end) and consequently directors do not see material uncertainties over going concern of the business over the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- HATCH ASSOCIATES LIMITED · parent
- Hatch AB 100%
- Hatch Associates Lesotho (Pty) Limited 100%
- Hatch Associates (Proprietary) Limited 100%
- Hatch Saudi Arabia LLC 100%
- Hatch Küttner GmbH 100%
- Hatch SP. Z O.O. 100%
- Hatch - FDINE Co Ltd 51%
Significant events
- “On October 1, 2024, the Group transferred all shares of its 100% German subsidiary, Hatch Küttner GmbH ("Hatch Küttner") to the Parent.”
- “In a further step to align with the Hatch Group's evolving digital strategy, the Group has also transferred to another Hatch Group's subsidiary all the intellectual property, software, and associated rights in Brainnwave Group Limited ("Brainnwave").”
- “Additionally, during the year the Group closed its Oman subsidiary, Hatch Partnership LLC.”
- “In February 2025, the Company sold the Brainnwave assets to Hatch Group to facilitate their further integration into Hatch Group's global digital strategy. The consideration for the transaction was £4.6 million, equivalent to the carrying value of the Brainnwave assets in the Group's accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LALA, Mathapelo Philadelphia | Secretary | 2022-06-21 | — | — |
| BIANCHINI, Giovanni, Mr. | Director | 2012-06-01 | Nov 1962 | Canadian |
| CLARK, Julian Fredrick, Mr. | Director | 2019-08-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOFFAGE, Scott Campbell | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2001-05-21 |
| LANGILL, Peter Irving | Secretary | — | 1999-10-01 |
| TUMMERS, John Pierre | Secretary | 2001-05-21 | 2022-06-21 |
| BEDDOWS, Rodney Graham | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2010-10-04 |
| DOBLE, Martin Paul | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2001-05-21 |
| DORAN, Michael | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2006-01-23 |
| FENTIE, Harvey Dwayne, Dr | Director | 1999-10-02 | 2004-01-23 |
| FENTIE, Harvey Dwayne | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
| LANGILL, Peter Irving | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
| MALIN, Simon | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2019-08-01 |
| MORREY, Graham Ward | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2004-08-31 |
| NOLAN, Ronald Robert | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2008-07-07 |
| NOLAN, Ronald Robert | Director | — | 2001-05-21 |
| PRICE, Roger Frank | Director | — | 2018-03-26 |
| STROBELE, Kurt Anton, Doctor | Director | 2008-07-07 | 2012-06-01 |
| WASMUND, Bert Orland | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Giovanni Bianchini | Individual | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-12 | Active |
| Hatchcos Holdings Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+99.1%
£72,399,113 £144,140,387
-
Cash
+31.3%
£9,189,113 £12,066,638
-
Net assets
-1,147.2%
£872,092 -£9,132,476
-
Employees
+6.7%
104 111
-
Operating profit
-2,076.1%
-£181,306 -£3,945,472
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Profit before tax
-1,183.6%
£449,408 -£4,869,606
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Wages
+2%
£7,775,120 £7,928,677
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