HILL DICKINSON BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-24 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+20.4% vs 2024
Employees
798
+9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-04-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,686,336 | £62,211,150 | |
| Operating profit | £2,578,178 | £3,103,169 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,933,634 | £2,327,377 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,933,636 | £2,327,379 | |
| Net assets | £1,933,636 | £2,327,379 | |
| Equity | £1,933,636 | £2,327,379 | |
| Average employees | 729 | 798 | |
| Wages | £41,214,686 | £49,858,503 |
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 | 5.0% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 133.3% | 133.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.38x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is dependent on the ongoing operational and financial support of the parent entity to allow it to deliver its services. Therefore, the parent entity has provided a letter of support confirming it will support the Company financially and operationally for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. We do not believe there are any material uncertainties regarding our ability to operate as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST PAUL'S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-05-29 | — | — |
| CRAGGS, Andrew | Director | 2020-12-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| NOON, Matthew Leslie | Director | 2020-12-01 | May 1976 | British |
| SCOTT, Craig Stephen | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANSDOWN, Stephen John | Secretary | 2011-02-10 | 2014-05-29 |
| BARLOW, Peter | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2014-06-20 |
| BROWN, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2023-10-17 |
| JACKSON, Peter William | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2024-05-01 |
| LANSDOWN, Stephen John | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2014-05-29 |
| PATON, Richard John | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2014-06-20 |
| SWAFFIELD, David Richard | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2018-01-26 |
| WAREING, William David | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2020-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Dickinson Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+20.4%
£51,686,336 £62,211,150
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+20.4%
£1,933,636 £2,327,379
-
Employees
+9.5%
729 798
-
Operating profit
+20.4%
£2,578,178 £3,103,169
-
Wages
+21%
£41,214,686 £49,858,503
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