MORRIS HOMES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-12 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£139M
-4.9% vs 2024
Employees
226
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£10M
+35.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MORRIS HOMES LIMITED 2006-02-15 → present
- MORRIS GROUP LIMITED 1999-11-30 → 2006-02-15
- HALLCO 240 LIMITED 1998-07-07 → 1999-11-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £171,248,000 | £232,520,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,299,000 | £20,535,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,596,000 | -£10,003,000 | |
| Net profit | -£11,455,000 | -£7,232,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £335,982,000 | £366,171,000 | |
| Net assets | £146,613,000 | £139,381,000 | |
| Equity | £146,613,000 | £139,381,000 | |
| Average employees | 233 | 226 | |
| Wages | £17,422,000 | £16,298,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | -6.7% | -3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.9% | 73.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.82x | 3.00x | |
| Interest cover | 0.40x | 0.67x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the consolidated financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence, and consequently they consider that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of preparation.”
Group structure
- MORRIS HOMES LIMITED · parent
- Morris Group Limited
- Hallco 996 Limited 100%
- Urgentaction Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (North) Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (Midlands) Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (West Midlands) Limited 100%
- Morris Developments (North) Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (Eastern) Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (Kettering) Limited 100%
- Morris Homes Developments Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (Winnington) Limited 100%
- Morris Ventures Limited 100%
- Morris (Deysbrook) Limited 100%
- Morris (Warwick) Limited 100%
- Allen Homes (Yorkshire) Limited 100%
- Allen Homes (Central Midlands) Limited 100%
- Allen Homes Limited 100%
- Allen Homes (North West) Limited 100%
- Allen Homes (North Wales) Limited 100%
- Allen Homes (North Midlands) Limited 100%
- Morris Homes (Milton Keynes) Limited 100%
- Curbishley Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group being able to deliver on our ambition of a return to growth, with a 25% increase in completions and a 46% increase in gross profit.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDDON, Joanne | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | — | — |
| CADE, Cindy Ann | Director | 2024-01-29 | Mar 1967 | British |
| EDMUNDS, Martin Paul | Director | 2001-05-29 | Sep 1961 | British |
| ELLIS, Wendy Gillie | Director | 2022-09-15 | Apr 1972 | British |
| GASKELL, Michael John | Director | 1998-12-16 | Aug 1962 | British |
| IDDON, Joanne | Director | 2007-10-29 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Iain Duncan Hamish | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2007-06-27 |
| KENDALL, Peter David | Secretary | 2007-06-27 | 2018-01-01 |
| HALLIWELLS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-07 | 1998-12-16 |
| HAMILTON, Iain Duncan Hamish | Director | 1999-10-05 | 2007-06-27 |
| HESSON, David Peter | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-11-29 |
| JONES, Ian Quayle | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2004-03-31 |
| KENDALL, Peter David | Director | 2001-11-20 | 2018-01-01 |
| NORMAN, Bernard Robert | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2004-03-31 |
| VAUGHAN, Mathew Gareth | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2022-09-15 |
| HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-07 | 1998-12-16 |
| HL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-07-07 | 1998-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael John Gaskell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Morris Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-08 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2021-07-08 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+35.8%
£171,248,000 £232,520,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4.9%
£146,613,000 £139,381,000
-
Employees
-3%
233 226
-
Operating profit
+99.4%
£10,299,000 £20,535,000
-
Profit before tax
+35.9%
-£15,596,000 -£10,003,000
-
Wages
-6.5%
£17,422,000 £16,298,000
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