H.G.H. GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£913K
-34.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+10.5% vs 2023
Employees
105
+15.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£243K
-30.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,554,429 | £22,580,338 | |
| Operating profit | £402,708 | £281,705 | |
| Profit before tax | £350,530 | £243,026 | |
| Net profit | £224,325 | £176,520 | |
| Cash | £1,388,424 | £912,993 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,113,477 | £2,078,479 | |
| Net assets | £1,680,336 | £1,856,856 | |
| Equity | £1,680,336 | £1,856,856 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 105 | |
| Wages | £4,750,766 | £3,218,877 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.1% | 13.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.2% | 68.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 6.79x | 6.34x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- John Williams & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“With continued growth forecast for the following year our aim is to continue focusing on devolving and growing our existing personnel teams.”
Group structure
- H.G.H. GROUNDWORKS LIMITED · parent
- HGH Civil Engineering Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOURIHAN, Peter Paul | Secretary | 2000-08-07 | — | British |
| HOURIHAN, Harry George | Director | 2000-08-07 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HOURIHAN, Peter Paul | Director | 2000-08-07 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-07 | 2000-08-07 |
| BLAKELEY, Andrew Peter | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2006-11-15 |
| CLARK, Nigel John | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2007-05-31 |
| MCCABE, Daniel James | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2008-05-16 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-07 | 2000-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Harry George Hourihan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Peter Paul Hourihan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2016-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-28.4%
£31,554,429 £22,580,338
-
Cash
-34.2%
£1,388,424 £912,993
-
Net assets
+10.5%
£1,680,336 £1,856,856
-
Employees
+15.4%
91 105
-
Operating profit
-30%
£402,708 £281,705
-
Profit before tax
-30.7%
£350,530 £243,026
-
Wages
-32.2%
£4,750,766 £3,218,877
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