HARGREAVES (UK) SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-16 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
-40.4% vs 2024
Employees
209
+11.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£507K
-115.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HARGREAVES (UK) SERVICES LIMITED 2005-11-22 → present
- HARGREAVES SERVICES LIMITED 2001-10-05 → 2005-11-22
- HARGREAVES (UK) LIMITED 1999-03-17 → 2001-10-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,159,000 | £45,682,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,556,000 | -£156,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,291,000 | -£507,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,640,000 | -£281,000 | |
| Cash | £2,000 | £2,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,131,000 | £20,144,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,953,000 | £10,708,000 | |
| Equity | £17,953,000 | £10,708,000 | |
| Average employees | 187 | 209 | |
| Wages | £9,621,000 | £9,998,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | -0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 10.25x | -0.37x |
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
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company relies on the Group for support. Hargreaves Services plc has provided a letter of support covering at least 12 months from the date the accounts were approved by the directors. Hargreaves Services plc has indicated it will continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company, and that it will not seek repayment of the amounts due at the balance sheet date. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company, Hargreaves Services plc, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Group structure
- HARGREAVES (UK) SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- McLeod Contruction Materials Limited 100%
- Hargreaves Industrial Products Limited 100%
- Hargreaves Environmental Services Limited 100%
- Hargreaves Waste Management Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the directors approved the payment of a £7 million dividend (2024: £15 million).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HICKS, Simon Angus | Director | 2025-06-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| SOWERBY, Neal | Director | 1999-03-17 | Nov 1962 | British |
| VICKERS, Robert Frank | Director | 2024-09-30 | Nov 1973 | British |
| WATSON, John Raymond | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| HARGREAVES CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-11-23 | — | — |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGSON, Terence Michael | Secretary | 2000-11-20 | 2004-11-01 |
| MACQUARRIE, Stephen Nigel | Secretary | 2004-11-01 | 2014-07-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Andrew Norman | Secretary | 2014-07-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| THOMSON, Michael | Secretary | 1999-03-17 | 2000-11-20 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-03-17 | 1999-03-17 |
| ANSON, Steven Leslie | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2017-05-15 |
| BANHAM, Gordon Frank Colenso | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2017-05-15 |
| BARKER, Stephen James | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Nigel Mark | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| BIRKETT, John Paul, Mr | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2016-11-03 |
| BROTHERSTON, Robert | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2019-07-31 |
| BURKS, John Paul | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2020-10-31 |
| COCKBURN, Iain Duncan | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-05-15 |
| DILLON, Peter Marshall | Director | 2003-08-20 | 2007-12-31 |
| DOUGAN, Kevin James Stewart | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2017-12-01 |
| FORREST, Mark Patrick | Director | 2009-01-27 | 2010-12-10 |
| MACQUARRIE, Stephen Nigel | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2016-04-30 |
| MARSHALL, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2009-09-03 |
| SPENCE-WOLRICH, Andrew Robert | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2018-08-17 |
| VICARY, Gareth Rhys | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2012-10-31 |
| VIKENTIOU, Nicholas | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2010-03-31 |
| YOUNG, Paul Andrew | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2009-03-13 |
| YOUNG, Robert | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2004-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hargreaves (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-3.1%
£47,159,000 £45,682,000
-
Cash
0%
£2,000 £2,000
-
Net assets
-40.4%
£17,953,000 £10,708,000
-
Employees
+11.8%
187 209
-
Operating profit
-104.4%
£3,556,000 -£156,000
-
Profit before tax
-115.4%
£3,291,000 -£507,000
-
Wages
+3.9%
£9,621,000 £9,998,000
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