HSL COMPLIANCE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-39.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+17.6% vs 2023
Employees
347
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+72.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- HSL COMPLIANCE LTD 2015-12-01 → present
- HERTEL (SOLUTIONS) LIMITED 2009-03-16 → 2015-12-01
- NORDOT ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED 1992-12-01 → 2009-03-16
- A. P. OLDFIELD LIMITED 1989-11-14 → 1992-12-01
- ABERLENE LIMITED 1989-09-25 → 1989-11-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,708,000 | £28,749,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,633,000 | £3,205,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,203,000 | £3,792,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,011,000 | £3,232,000 | |
| Cash | £2,160,000 | £1,311,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,636,000 | £21,981,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,411,000 | £21,643,000 | |
| Equity | £18,411,000 | £21,643,000 | |
| Average employees | 335 | 347 | |
| Wages | £12,790,000 | £12,203,000 |
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 | 6.1% | 11.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 14.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.67x | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | 77.76x | 128.20x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The companies has a robust business model with good liquidity, controls and credit ratings. The directors are confident that the company has the required funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements and have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HSL COMPLIANCE LTD · parent
- HSL Compliance (Scotland) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 March 2025, 100% of the ordinary share capital of HSL Compliance Group Limited was purchased by Mariner Bidco Limited, an investment holding company ultimately controlled by IK Investment Partners AIFM, a private limited liability company incorporated in Luxembourg which acts as manager of the IK Small Cap III Fund No.1 SCSp and IK Small Cap III Fund No.2 SCSp.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Andrew Thomas | Secretary | 2013-07-25 | — | — |
| HARTLEY, Benjamin Paul | Director | 2013-09-04 | Mar 1978 | British |
| HARTLEY, Gavin | Director | 2009-04-27 | Mar 1974 | British |
| NICHOLLS, Andrew Paul | Director | 2019-05-16 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, David | Secretary | 2005-07-07 | 2009-04-27 |
| OLDFIELD, Kathryn Ann | Secretary | — | 2005-07-07 |
| RIBY, Andrew | Secretary | 2013-03-28 | 2013-07-25 |
| TAYLOR, Kathleen Philomena | Secretary | 2009-04-27 | 2012-12-28 |
| BOLTER, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2025-06-13 | 2025-07-31 |
| COOREMAN, André-Xavier | Director | 2012-12-28 | 2013-03-28 |
| FITZSIMMONS, David | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2009-04-27 |
| GRIBNAU, Franciscus Martinus Willibrordus Nicolaas Irenaeus | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2020-03-20 |
| HALL, David | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2010-04-28 |
| HARTLEY, Byron Graham | Director | 2019-05-16 | 2025-03-05 |
| HARTLEY, Stephen Michael | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2017-12-20 |
| HESSELINK, Paulus Gerhardus Maria | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2019-03-28 |
| HIGHAM, Peter James | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2005-12-31 |
| HORTON, Paul John | Director | 2022-08-10 | 2025-06-13 |
| KNOLL, Joost | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2011-11-23 |
| LANTINGA, Theodorus Franciscus Hermannus | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2012-12-28 |
| LOUWERS, Anthonie Henricus Theodorus | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2011-11-23 |
| MES, Lucas Florentius Martinus Maria | Director | 2012-12-28 | 2013-03-28 |
| OLDFIELD, Andrew Phillip | Director | — | 2005-07-07 |
| OLDFIELD, Kathryn Ann | Director | — | 2005-07-07 |
| TONKS, Stephen Richard | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2009-04-27 |
| VAN DER WART, Johannes Hendrikus Frederik | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2017-11-30 |
| HERTEL BEHEER BV | Corporate Director | 2010-04-28 | 2012-12-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsl Compliance Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
+7.6%
£26,708,000 £28,749,000
-
Cash
-39.3%
£2,160,000 £1,311,000
-
Net assets
+17.6%
£18,411,000 £21,643,000
-
Employees
+3.6%
335 347
-
Operating profit
+96.3%
£1,633,000 £3,205,000
-
Profit before tax
+72.1%
£2,203,000 £3,792,000
-
Wages
-4.6%
£12,790,000 £12,203,000
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