BAKER HICKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+134.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+7.3% vs 2023
Employees
648
+34.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
+49.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BAKER HICKS LIMITED 2017-02-01 → present
- MORGAN SINDALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LTD. 2010-06-04 → 2017-02-01
- MORGAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 2007-07-27 → 2010-06-04
- MORGAN SINDALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 2007-05-31 → 2007-07-27
- CARDDRIVE LIMITED 2007-05-23 → 2007-05-31
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 | £78,037,000 | £105,277,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,357,000 | £9,490,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,644,000 | £9,939,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,039,000 | £7,430,000 | |
| Cash | £5,649,000 | £13,268,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,530,000 | £25,375,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,187,000 | £22,734,000 | |
| Equity | £21,187,000 | £22,734,000 | |
| Average employees | 483 | 648 | |
| Wages | £26,913,000 | £37,581,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 37.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.2% | 57.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 46.74x | 48.67x |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having assessed the responses of the directors of the Group to their enquiries, and having received confirmation regarding its support, through a letter of support, to assist the Company in meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due, have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern or its ability to continue with the current banking arrangements.”
Group structure
- BAKER HICKS LIMITED · parent
- BakerHicks Europe Holdings Ltd 100%
- BakerHicks AG 100%
- BakerHicks GmbH 100%
- BakerHicks GmbH 100%
- BakerHicks ApS 100%
- BakerHicks SA 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINNS, Lisa Ann Katherine | Secretary | 2025-06-03 | — | — |
| GANGOTRA, Culdip Kelly Kaur | Director | 2024-05-07 | Feb 1970 | British |
| HOWELLS, Dyfan | Director | 2025-05-09 | Oct 1983 | British |
| LUBIENIECKI, Martin Victor | Director | 2015-12-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| MORGAN, John Christopher | Director | 2013-12-31 | Dec 1955 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASON, Helen Mary | Secretary | 2024-06-27 | 2025-04-22 |
| NETTLESHIP, Isobel Mary | Secretary | 2007-05-25 | 2014-05-31 |
| SHERIDAN, Clare | Secretary | 2014-05-31 | 2024-06-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-05-23 | 2007-05-25 |
| ARCHER, Christopher Michael William | Director | 2017-08-29 | 2025-05-09 |
| BOARDMAN, Amber | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2017-05-05 |
| BROOME, Martin Stephen | Director | 2007-07-27 | 2009-09-04 |
| CRUMMETT, Stephen Paul | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2024-05-07 |
| JENKINS, John William | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2012-04-24 |
| LEDWIDGE, Joseph John | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2016-04-21 |
| MORGAN, John Christopher | Director | 2007-06-02 | 2010-03-11 |
| MULLIGAN, David Kevin | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2013-02-25 |
| PEARCE, Jonathan Stewart | Director | 2007-08-10 | 2010-08-08 |
| SHENNAN, Graham Alexander | Director | 2009-09-03 | 2014-10-29 |
| WEBSTER, Richard John | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| WHITMORE, Paul | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2013-12-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-05-23 | 2007-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Sindall Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+34.9%
£78,037,000 £105,277,000
-
Cash
+134.9%
£5,649,000 £13,268,000
-
Net assets
+7.3%
£21,187,000 £22,734,000
-
Employees
+34.2%
483 648
-
Operating profit
+49.3%
£6,357,000 £9,490,000
-
Profit before tax
+49.6%
£6,644,000 £9,939,000
-
Wages
+39.6%
£26,913,000 £37,581,000
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