VEOLIA WATER OPERATIONAL SERVICES (HIGHLAND) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-17 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-03
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£213K
-79.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£55K
-61.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company ceased trading in 2022 and therefore the Directors have prepared the financial statements on the basis that the Company is no longer a going concern and that the intention is to wind up the Company in the foreseeable future. No material adjustments arose from ceasing to adopt the going concern basis of preparation. No provision has been made for the future costs of winding up the business.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- VEOLIA WATER OPERATIONAL SERVICES (HIGHLAND) LIMITED 2010-11-11 → present
- UNITED UTILITIES OPERATIONAL SERVICES (HIGHLAND) LIMITED 2001-11-08 → 2010-11-11
- CALEDONIAN WATER LIMITED 1993-10-22 → 2001-11-08
- INHOCO 259 LIMITED 1993-09-03 → 1993-10-22
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 | £88,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £77,000 | -£12,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £142,000 | £55,000 | |
| Net profit | £109,000 | £40,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,023,000 | £213,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,023,000 | £213,000 | |
| Equity | £1,023,000 | £213,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 87.5% | — | |
| Net margin | 123.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | -5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.69x | 5.35x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company ceased trading in 2022 and therefore the Directors have prepared the financial statements on the basis that the Company is no longer a going concern and that the intention is to wind up the Company in the foreseeable future. No material adjustments arose from ceasing to adopt the going concern basis of preparation. No provision has been made for the future costs of winding up the business.”
Significant events
- “The Company's main contract ended in May 2022 and it has subsequently disposed of its assets and fulfilled its remaining contractual obligations. The Company is no longer trading and it is the intention of the Directors to wind up the Company in the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARRETT, Caroline | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | — | — |
| ABRAHAM, John Patrick | Director | 2015-07-08 | Mar 1968 | British |
| GARRETT, Caroline | Director | 2016-02-08 | Jun 1976 | British |
| PATTON, Sinead | Director | 2024-10-11 | Dec 1975 | Irish |
| WILSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2017-07-03 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITKEN, Elaine Margaret | Secretary | 2018-10-02 | 2021-11-30 |
| APPLEWHITE, Peter Norman | Secretary | 1995-11-28 | 2001-09-30 |
| CRAIG, Nicholas Charles David | Secretary | 2010-11-09 | 2015-04-23 |
| CRAIG, Nicholas Charles David | Secretary | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-01 |
| GARRETT, Caroline | Secretary | 2015-04-23 | 2018-10-02 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-03 | 1995-11-28 |
| UU SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-09-30 | 2010-11-09 |
| APPLEWHITE, Peter Norman | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2001-09-30 |
| BEATTIE, Susan | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2018-06-06 |
| BELL, Leslie Anthony | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2003-09-12 |
| BELL, Leslie Anthony | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2003-09-12 |
| BRADBURY, Martin Frederick | Director | 2005-01-04 | 2007-04-02 |
| BRADBURY, Richard George | Director | 1996-10-08 | 1998-01-14 |
| BROOK, Christopher John | Director | 2003-07-09 | 2008-04-09 |
| CRAIG, Nicholas Charles David | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2015-04-23 |
| CROFT, Henry Richard | Director | 1996-10-08 | 1998-01-14 |
| DOWDS, Andrew Mclean | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2003-02-28 |
| EARNSHAW, Nigel John | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2014-06-04 |
| EARNSHAW, Nigel John | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-01 |
| FLEMING, David Scott | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2002-06-28 |
| FROGBROOK, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2012-09-28 |
| GERRARD, David Andrew | Director | 2014-09-02 | 2015-07-08 |
| HARRISON, John | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2009-05-20 |
| HAY, Wendy Irene | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2014-12-01 |
| JENNINGS, Stephen Nigel | Director | 2015-05-06 | 2017-05-31 |
| JOHNSON, Stephen | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2005-01-04 |
| KNIPE, Tracy Jayne | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2024-10-11 |
| MAYHEW, Maxine | Director | 2008-08-05 | 2009-05-20 |
| MERCER, Adrian Graham, Dr | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2020-04-10 |
| MICHAELSON, Allan Peter | Director | 1998-01-14 | 1998-03-31 |
| PATERSON, Nigel John | Director | 2013-01-03 | 2015-05-06 |
| PATERSON, Nigel John | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2012-05-24 |
| PATERSON, Nigel John | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-01 |
| PLENDERLEITH, Ian John Alexander | Director | 2008-04-09 | 2008-08-05 |
| PRESCOTT, Andrew | Director | 2009-06-03 | 2010-11-09 |
| RATCLIFFE, Karen Anne | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2016-02-08 |
| RAYNER, Timothy Michael | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2001-10-15 |
| SHAW, William | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2010-03-31 |
| TETLOW, John Richard | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1997-12-31 |
| THORP, Brian Robert | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2001-10-15 |
| WASHER, Iain Cyril | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2015-10-05 |
| WASHER, Iain Cyril | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2010-11-09 |
| WATERS, Gordon Arthur Ivan | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2005-01-04 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-09-03 | 1995-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water Outsourcing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-79.2%
£1,023,000 £213,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-115.6%
£77,000 -£12,000
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Profit before tax
-61.3%
£142,000 £55,000
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