HIGHWAY CARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
Cash
£782K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
50
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£424K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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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
- HIGHWAY CARE LIMITED 1991-02-25 → present
- EAGLECOMET LIMITED 1990-05-29 → 1991-02-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,585,922 | £9,950,002 | |
| Operating profit | £687,806 | -£320,781 | |
| Profit before tax | £598,935 | -£424,195 | |
| Net profit | £598,935 | -£424,195 | |
| Cash | £453,897 | £782,427 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,674,905 | £3,250,710 | |
| Net assets | £3,674,905 | £3,250,710 | |
| Equity | £3,674,905 | £3,250,710 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 50 | |
| Wages | £1,453,235 | £2,430,367 |
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 | 9.1% | -3.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | -4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.7% | -9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | 7.74x | -3.10x |
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
- XEINADIN AUDIT LIMITED
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Significant events
- “On 7 February 2025 the Company was acquired by Ramudden Global Products and Digital AB to strengthen it's ability to expand product development and further innovate within the road safety and security sectors.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end other than the previously stated acquisition by Ramudden Global Products and Digital AB.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOCK, Adrian | Director | 2013-12-04 | Mar 1971 | British |
| DUNCKER, Benjamin James | Director | 2013-12-04 | Nov 1983 | British |
| THOMPSON, Adam William Francis | Director | 2025-06-05 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOCK, Nigel Robert | Secretary | 2010-02-08 | 2017-05-22 |
| BUTCHER, Antony William Frederick | Secretary | 2017-05-22 | 2022-10-02 |
| TALBOT, Esther Jeanette | Secretary | — | 2007-02-12 |
| TALBOT, John Edward | Secretary | 2007-02-12 | 2010-02-08 |
| BILLOT, Steven John | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-05-30 |
| BOYD, Miles Robert | Director | 2020-08-03 | 2022-07-01 |
| BULLOCK, Michael | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2013-06-25 |
| BULLOCK, Nigel Robert | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2017-05-22 |
| BUTCHER, Antony William Frederick | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2022-10-02 |
| DRAPER, Stephen | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1995-02-10 |
| FARRELL, Norman Arthur | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-01-28 |
| FARRELL, Norman Arthur | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2018-05-03 |
| HUTCHINS, Ken | Director | 2025-02-07 | 2026-02-28 |
| LARONDE, Lisa Mae | Director | 2025-02-07 | 2025-12-24 |
| MACCUISH, Andrew | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| MILLINGTON, Stewart | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-02-07 |
| NICHOLL, Alex Richard | Director | 2024-08-09 | 2025-02-07 |
| POWELL, Steven Spencer | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| RANSON, Peter Alan | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-02-07 |
| RANSON, Peter Alan | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| SMITH, Roger J | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-01-27 |
| STAMP, David Michael | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2011-10-07 |
| TALBOT, Esther Jeanette | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2025-02-07 |
| TALBOT, John Edward | Director | — | 2025-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Care Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm, Voting 50–75%, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-05-30 | Ceased 2025-02-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 250 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-02-12 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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