HSB ENGINEERING INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-21 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£900K
-75.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£755K
-68.8% vs 2023
Employees
278
-5.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£245K
+90.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HSB ENGINEERING INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED 2011-09-22 → present
- HSB HAUGHTON ENGINEERING INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED 1997-11-21 → 2011-09-22
- HAUGHTON HOLDINGS LIMITED 1995-04-05 → 1997-11-21
- INHOCO 395 LIMITED 1995-01-16 → 1995-04-05
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 | £36,266,000 | £33,706,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,637,000 | -£245,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,637,000 | -£245,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,100,000 | -£669,000 | |
| Cash | £3,647,000 | £900,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,208,000 | £17,251,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,422,000 | £755,000 | |
| Equity | £2,422,000 | £755,000 | |
| Average employees | 293 | 278 | |
| Wages | £19,708,000 | £18,496,000 |
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 | -7.3% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | -5.8% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.3% | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.2% | 97.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.09x | 2.90x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have carefully considered the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, taking into account the improvement initiatives and the projected positive cash flow trends. The Company has made significant strides in enhancing operational efficiencies, driving cost reductions, improving retention rates and increasing revenue streams.”
Significant events
- “On 21 March 2025, the Company acquired HSB EIS Pension Trustee Limited. This event occurred after the reporting period and is not reflected in the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The financial effect of this event is the cost of £1 in exchange for 100% ownership of the issued ordinary share capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEDLEY, Benjamin James Eastwood | Secretary | 2023-12-20 | — | — |
| BENDELOW, Gareth Thomas | Director | 2013-04-30 | Nov 1970 | British |
| BURROWS, Mark Edward | Director | 2025-07-18 | Feb 1971 | British |
| GIBBS, Anthony Peter | Director | 2025-07-18 | Feb 1964 | British |
| O'REILLY, Anya | Director | 2015-02-02 | Aug 1974 | British |
| REDMOND, Derek Anthony | Director | 2023-10-31 | Mar 1979 | British |
| SHAH, Niraj Amratlal Devraj | Director | 2025-07-18 | Jul 1974 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Christine | Director | 2024-06-17 | Apr 1983 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Joan Elizabeth | Secretary | 1995-03-21 | 2003-12-31 |
| HOW, Dominic | Secretary | 2019-09-18 | 2023-12-20 |
| MURPHY, Garth Andrew | Secretary | 2004-01-01 | 2009-10-28 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-16 | 1995-03-21 |
| ANDERSON, Robert David | Director | 1995-05-24 | 1997-10-30 |
| ANDREW, Bernard Lionel | Director | 1995-03-21 | 2010-03-05 |
| BRADLEY, Trevor Michael | Director | 1995-04-25 | 1997-10-30 |
| CRAMPHORN, Timothy George | Director | 1995-04-25 | 2008-02-18 |
| DYSON, Terence Roger | Director | 2021-04-13 | 2026-02-06 |
| HAMPSON, Roderick William | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2010-03-05 |
| HARRISON, Joan Elizabeth | Director | 1995-03-21 | 2003-01-31 |
| HOMAN, Paula, Mrs. | Director | 2019-06-05 | 2023-05-31 |
| KILDUFF, Paul Anthony Nicholas | Director | 1997-10-30 | 2000-11-29 |
| KURGO, Paul Edgar | Director | 1997-10-30 | 1999-02-17 |
| MCGHEE, Michael John | Director | 1995-04-25 | 1996-07-21 |
| MILTON, Adrian Peter | Director | 2008-02-18 | 2018-12-07 |
| MURPHY, Garth Andrew | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2009-10-28 |
| MURPHY, Vincent Edward | Director | 1995-05-24 | 1997-11-03 |
| SCHOLS, Hans Arend | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2010-01-31 |
| STOCKDALE, William | Director | 1997-10-30 | 2000-12-31 |
| WATKINS, Stephanie Ann | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2015-02-02 |
| WORRALL, Stephen David | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2025-06-10 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-16 | 1995-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsb Engineering Insurance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
-7.1%
£36,266,000 £33,706,000
-
Cash
-75.3%
£3,647,000 £900,000
-
Net assets
-68.8%
£2,422,000 £755,000
-
Employees
-5.1%
293 278
-
Operating profit
+90.7%
-£2,637,000 -£245,000
-
Profit before tax
+90.7%
-£2,637,000 -£245,000
-
Wages
-6.1%
£19,708,000 £18,496,000
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