HERMEQ STEEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£139K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
Equity attributable
Employees
114
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11K
Period ending 2025-04-30
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERMEQ STEEL LIMITED 2023-12-04 → present
- HAWTHORN TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2000-09-15 → 2023-12-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,846,710 | £21,782,172 | |
| Operating profit | £28,064 | £183,784 | |
| Profit before tax | -£33,035 | £11,179 | |
| Net profit | -£29,835 | £43,604 | |
| Cash | £294,006 | £138,832 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,105,127 | £7,905,275 | |
| Net assets | £7,306,800 | £7,350,404 | |
| Equity | £7,306,800 | £7,350,404 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 114 | |
| Wages | £1,521,694 | £4,080,690 |
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 | 0.3% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | 2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.1% | 47.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | 0.46x | 1.06x |
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
- Michael Dufty Partnership Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, the directors consider they have sufficient finance in place to support the company's ongoing activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELHUISH, Stephen | Secretary | 2000-09-15 | — | British |
| KINSELLA, Kitty Elizabeth | Director | 2018-02-01 | Apr 1986 | British |
| MELHUISH, George | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1992 | British |
| MELHUISH, Stephen | Director | 2000-09-15 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-15 | 2000-09-15 |
| GLOVER, Nicholas John | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2012-02-22 |
| MELHUISH, Keeley Jayne | Director | 2000-09-15 | 2016-06-15 |
| MC FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-15 | 2000-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-01-09 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Melhuish | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-12-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30