HANOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-12 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£818K
-5.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+5.6% vs 2023
Employees
123
-6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£722K
-42.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HANOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2007-04-13 → present
- MEDIA STRATEGY LIMITED 1998-05-07 → 2007-04-13
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £16,976,640 | £18,661,450 | £16,333,676 | £13,257,444 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,669,929 | £4,649,802 | £1,256,208 | £281,963 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £4,748,875 | £4,649,802 | £1,256,208 | £721,819 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £3,994,103 | £3,752,073 | £913,321 | £675,787 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,992,593 | £893,646 | £867,934 | £818,084 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £4,852,796 | £3,512,469 | £4,213,244 | £4,449,175 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,602,382 | £3,299,923 | £4,213,244 | £4,449,175 | |
| Equity | £8,458,620 | £9,803,472 | £6,608,279 | £4,602,382 | £3,299,923 | £4,213,244 | £4,449,175 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 120 | 137 | 132 | 123 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,534,091 | £7,677,364 | £7,770,755 | £6,909,240 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 21.6% | 24.9% | 7.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 23.5% | 20.1% | 5.6% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 75.6% | 132.4% | 29.8% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.35x | 1.31x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“If necessary, the Company and wider group can reduce costs in line with sales and access external credit facilities that are yet to be fully utilised. For these reasons the directors believe there are sufficient funds available within the company and through group support for the business to operate as a going concern.”
Group structure
- HANOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Hanover Communications International SA 84.5%
Significant events
- “Hanover... group opened a new office in Riyadh in April 2024.”
- “The business was acquired by Madano Partnership Limited, part of Avenir Global Inc., in April 2019.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEGAW, Gavin Richard | Director | 2024-05-31 | Aug 1976 | British,Irish |
| VASSEUR, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2019-03-29 | Mar 1959 | Canadian |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCEWEN, Gregory Paul | Secretary | 1998-05-13 | 2016-11-09 |
| PARKINSON, Timothy James | Secretary | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-13 |
| D&P LONDON SECRETARIAL LONDON | Corporate Secretary | 2016-12-13 | 2017-09-11 |
| BEAUREGARD, Valerie | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-10-24 |
| CLARKE, Nigel | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-05-27 |
| GIFFORD, Andrew Graham | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2000-08-18 |
| GORNALL, Alastair | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2019-04-01 |
| HARRISON, Andrew | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2019-04-01 |
| LEWINGTON, Robert James | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2006-04-30 |
| LEWINGTON, Thomas Charles | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2024-05-31 |
| MACKAY, Gregor | Director | 2000-12-31 | 2005-11-27 |
| MCEWEN, Gregory Paul | Director | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-14 |
| MCNEILIS, Andrew | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2012-04-30 |
| MEGAW, Gavin Richard | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2019-04-01 |
| MOLSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-10-24 |
| POULIN, Royal | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Communications International (Holding) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-01 | 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
-
Turnover
-18.8%
£16,333,676 £13,257,444
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-5.7%
£867,934 £818,084
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+5.6%
£4,213,244 £4,449,175
-
Employees
-6.8%
132 123
-
Operating profit
-77.6%
£1,256,208 £281,963
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-42.5%
£1,256,208 £721,819
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-11.1%
£7,770,755 £6,909,240
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