HCL-SAFETY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£812K
-54.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-35.1% vs 2023
Employees
55
+5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£951K
+95.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HCL-SAFETY LIMITED 1993-03-18 → present
- VOM 92182 LIMITED 1992-02-26 → 1993-03-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,854,000 | £6,074,000 | |
| Operating profit | £487,000 | £951,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £487,000 | £951,000 | |
| Net profit | £363,000 | £709,000 | |
| Cash | £1,794,000 | £812,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,337,000 | £1,619,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,254,000 | £1,463,000 | |
| Equity | £2,254,000 | £1,463,000 | |
| Average employees | 52 | 55 | |
| Wages | £1,814,000 | £2,052,000 |
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 | 8.3% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.8% | 58.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.1% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.24x | 2.18x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the preparation of the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate. The company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months from when the financial statements are authorized for issue. The company has sufficient cash reserves and holds no interest-bearing liabilities.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end which require disclosure in the financial statements or notes thereto.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAUGHERTY, James Michael | Director | 2018-11-30 | Aug 1969 | American |
| KARR, Kimberly | Director | 2024-06-13 | Feb 1987 | American |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUFF, Gavan Charles Michael | Secretary | 2016-04-29 | 2018-11-30 |
| JONES, Robert Ashley | Secretary | 1998-01-19 | 2002-08-07 |
| ORTON, Rex Alastair | Secretary | 2002-08-07 | 2016-04-29 |
| ROBBINS, Lynda | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | 2020-01-31 |
| STEVENSON, Robert Livingston | Secretary | 1995-12-18 | 1998-01-19 |
| WINTERS SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-02-21 | 1995-12-18 |
| BEHLING, Joerdis Jens, Dr | Director | 2017-09-15 | 2020-07-01 |
| BIRGERSSON, Evald Gosta Joakim | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2017-09-15 |
| BROWN, Paul Andrew | Director | 1995-03-16 | 1995-12-18 |
| COLLETT, Sefton | Director | 1992-02-21 | 1992-10-05 |
| DUFF, Gavan Charles Michael | Director | 2015-10-27 | 2018-11-30 |
| GREEN, Barnaby Nicholas James | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-10-11 |
| HEARSON, David Norman | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2015-10-27 |
| LE CORNU, Andrew Philip | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| LEENEN, Bob Willem | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2018-11-30 |
| MCKEATING, Gordon Thomas Jack | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2001-11-28 |
| ORTON, Rex Alastair | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2016-04-29 |
| REES, Simon Anthony | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2003-04-04 |
| RODA, Richard William | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2024-06-13 |
| WOOD, Graham John | Director | 1992-02-21 | 1995-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latchways Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-03-22 | Active |
| Hcl Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2020-09-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£5,854,000 £6,074,000
-
Cash
-54.7%
£1,794,000 £812,000
-
Net assets
-35.1%
£2,254,000 £1,463,000
-
Employees
+5.8%
52 55
-
Operating profit
+95.3%
£487,000 £951,000
-
Profit before tax
+95.3%
£487,000 £951,000
-
Wages
+13.1%
£1,814,000 £2,052,000
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