HERBERT (5) PLC
Get an alert when HERBERT (5) PLC files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16K
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1K
-4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,434 | £1,368 | |
| Operating profit | £1,434 | £1,368 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,434 | £1,368 | |
| Net profit | £1,075 | £1,026 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,233 | £16,259 | |
| Net assets | £15,233 | £16,259 | |
| Equity | £15,233 | £16,259 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Net margin | 75.0% | 75.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.3% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 43.43x | 48.54x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of this analysis, the directors have concluded that the Company is able to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements and that therefore it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN NIEKERK, Marius | Secretary | 2025-04-02 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Keith Graham | Director | 2015-09-23 | Jul 1972 | British |
| WOODMAN, Richard James | Director | 2014-04-25 | May 1965 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEMMELL, John Grigor | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2014-06-11 |
| MURPHY, Ciara | Secretary | 2020-06-01 | 2025-04-02 |
| SHARP, Pandora | Secretary | 2014-06-11 | 2020-06-01 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 |
| GEMMELL, John Grigor | Director | 2003-12-09 | 2014-06-11 |
| KEEN, Nicholas | Director | 1995-09-05 | 2014-05-13 |
| MEHMET, Adem | Director | 2003-12-09 | 2010-05-14 |
| SHELTON, Richard Dominic | Director | 1994-09-01 | 2021-02-03 |
| TERRINGTON, Nigel Stewart | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1995-09-05 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paragon Banking Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-21 | RP04AP03 | officers | Second filing of secretary appointment with name | |
| 2020-06-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-4.6%
£1,434 £1,368
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£15,233 £16,259
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-4.6%
£1,434 £1,368
-
Profit before tax
-4.6%
£1,434 £1,368
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers