HILCO APPRAISAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-02 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-19
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-35.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-3.3% vs 2023
Employees
75
+8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-4.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,819,989 | £16,415,707 | |
| Operating profit | £2,597,995 | £2,489,204 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,723,218 | £2,610,754 | |
| Net profit | £2,030,768 | £1,916,929 | |
| Cash | £7,171,633 | £4,646,164 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,498,121 | £3,384,283 | |
| Net assets | £3,498,121 | £3,384,283 | |
| Equity | £3,498,121 | £3,384,283 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 75 | |
| Wages | £6,329,896 | £6,973,742 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 15.2% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 74.3% | 73.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.62x |
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
- Buzzacott LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, John | Director | 2013-05-03 | Jun 1954 | American |
| HALL, Christopher Simon | Director | 2008-01-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HALL, Jason Gregory | Director | 2008-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| KAUP, Eric Ward | Director | 2016-01-01 | Aug 1970 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Robert James | Secretary | 2003-03-20 | 2004-02-21 |
| OSSOWSKI, Stefan Allen | Secretary | 2003-03-19 | 2003-03-20 |
| SMILEY, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | 2013-05-03 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 2003-03-19 | 2003-03-19 |
| TOWNSEND, Roger Clifton Anthony | Secretary | 2003-05-14 | 2007-02-28 |
| LEE, Robert James | Director | 2003-03-19 | 2003-03-20 |
| LINSTROM, Jeffrey | Director | 2003-03-20 | 2009-03-11 |
| LYLE, Bruce | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2009-02-20 |
| MOORE, John Terence | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2007-05-31 |
| PROUDLEY, Mark Leslie John | Director | 2003-05-14 | 2009-03-31 |
| SMILEY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2013-05-03 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 2003-03-19 | 2003-03-19 |
| TOWNSEND, Roger Clifton Anthony | Director | 2003-05-14 | 2007-02-28 |
| ZAHAREWICZ, Greg | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2007-05-31 |
| ZWICK, David | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orix Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-02 | Active |
| Mr Jeff Hecktman | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-02-25 | Ceased 2025-02-25 |
| Hilco Trading, Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-10-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-27 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-08-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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
+10.8%
£14,819,989 £16,415,707
-
Cash
-35.2%
£7,171,633 £4,646,164
-
Net assets
-3.3%
£3,498,121 £3,384,283
-
Employees
+8.7%
69 75
-
Operating profit
-4.2%
£2,597,995 £2,489,204
-
Profit before tax
-4.1%
£2,723,218 £2,610,754
-
Wages
+10.2%
£6,329,896 £6,973,742
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