HERTFORD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19K
-40.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£83K
+9.2% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£209K
+2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERTFORD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED 1995-09-01 → present
- COMPANY SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED 1995-06-13 → 1995-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £447,000 | £498,000 | |
| Operating profit | £205,000 | £209,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £205,000 | £209,000 | |
| Net profit | £154,000 | £157,000 | |
| Cash | £32,000 | £19,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £76,000 | £83,000 | |
| Equity | £76,000 | £83,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 45.9% | 42.0% | |
| Net margin | 34.5% | 31.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 1.82x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed all available information and have concluded that the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future and as a result have prepared these accounts on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “An interim dividend of £150k (2024: £150k) was approved by the Board on 24 March 2025 and paid on 24 March 2025.”
- “The auditor, MHA, previously traded through the legal entity MacIntyre Hudson LLP. In response to regulatory changes, MacIntyre Hudson LLP ceased to hold an audit registration with the engagement transitioning to MHA Audit Services LLP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEACON, Joanna Kate | Secretary | 2023-09-11 | — | — |
| HERBERT, Justin William | Director | 2024-07-31 | May 1968 | British |
| INGLIS, Alan James | Director | 2008-10-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Catherine Therese Ferrant | Secretary | 2003-08-08 | 2003-08-21 |
| BELLIS, Juliet Mary Susan | Secretary | 2005-11-23 | 2008-07-24 |
| JOHNSON, Robin Simon | Secretary | 2008-07-28 | 2008-10-01 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2013-05-20 | 2023-09-11 |
| NOBLE, Richard Victor Leslie | Secretary | 1995-06-13 | 2003-08-08 |
| STRAWFORD, Robert William | Secretary | 2004-08-12 | 2005-11-23 |
| WATSON, David Timothy | Secretary | 2003-08-21 | 2004-08-12 |
| YE, Christina Hong | Secretary | 2008-10-01 | 2013-05-20 |
| C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-13 | 1995-06-13 |
| BELLIS, Neil Graham | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2006-05-31 |
| COWANS, David | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2021-12-01 |
| CUMMINGS, Lucy | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2006-05-31 |
| JENKINSON, Andrew Timothy | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-04-07 |
| JOHNSON, Stephen Boyd | Director | 2003-08-21 | 2003-11-14 |
| LAVELLE, Dominic Joseph | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2008-09-30 |
| MCGEEVER, Hugh Jordan | Director | 2006-05-31 | 2024-07-31 |
| MITCHELL, Lavinia Ruth | Director | 2003-08-08 | 2006-05-03 |
| MITCHELL, Lavinia Ruth | Director | 1995-09-26 | 2003-08-08 |
| NOBLE, Richard Victor Leslie | Director | 1996-02-14 | 2003-08-08 |
| PEARSON, Michael | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2007-10-15 |
| PHILLIPS, Christopher Robin Leslie | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2016-03-14 |
| TODD, John Newton | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2003-08-08 |
| WAGER, Nigel Lundie | Director | 1995-06-13 | 2003-08-08 |
| WATSON, David Timothy | Director | 2003-08-21 | 2003-11-14 |
| ZAHN, Andy | Director | 2003-08-08 | 2003-11-14 |
| C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-06-13 | 1995-06-13 |
| ERINACEOUS PROPERTY LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-11-14 | 2008-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Management Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-25 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+11.4%
£447,000 £498,000
-
Cash
-40.6%
£32,000 £19,000
-
Net assets
+9.2%
£76,000 £83,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+2%
£205,000 £209,000
-
Profit before tax
+2%
£205,000 £209,000
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