HOBBLEDOWN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£39K
+66.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+19.6% vs 2024
Employees
114
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£495K
+353.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HOBBLEDOWN LIMITED 2011-10-13 → present
- KIDSPACE HORTON LIMITED 2011-06-02 → 2011-10-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,627,950 | £4,129,607 | |
| Operating profit | £467,917 | £875,527 | |
| Profit before tax | £109,301 | £495,250 | |
| Net profit | -£5,640 | £325,188 | |
| Cash | £23,348 | £38,948 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,426,240 | £2,863,833 | |
| Net assets | £1,661,807 | £1,986,995 | |
| Equity | £1,661,807 | £1,986,995 | |
| Average employees | 111 | 114 | |
| Wages | £1,041,611 | £1,057,123 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 21.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.3% | 30.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.41x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | 101.83x | 373.68x |
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
- RPG Crouch Chapman 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.”
Significant events
- “The provisions relates to a settlement of certain elements of a legal claim in respect of an incident which occured in 2017. The release relates to annual payments made and was settled in February 2024..”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE CANDOLE, Nicholas Simon Vully | Director | 2011-06-02 | Apr 1969 | British |
| FARLEY, Richard Miles | Director | 2011-06-02 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUMONT, Paul Joseph | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2019-08-08 |
| GROSS, Mark Daniel | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2016-09-23 |
| LEWIS, James Robert Terence | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2016-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidspace Adventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-03 | 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+13.8%
£3,627,950 £4,129,607
-
Cash
+66.8%
£23,348 £38,948
-
Net assets
+19.6%
£1,661,807 £1,986,995
-
Employees
+2.7%
111 114
-
Operating profit
+87.1%
£467,917 £875,527
-
Profit before tax
+353.1%
£109,301 £495,250
-
Wages
+1.5%
£1,041,611 £1,057,123
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