NATIONAL HIGHWAYS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£80M
+4,583.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£147B
-5% vs 2024
Employees
6,866
+2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3B
+5.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2021-09-08 → present
- HIGHWAYS ENGLAND COMPANY LIMITED 2014-12-08 → 2021-09-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,495,788,000 | -£3,290,277,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,495,788,000 | -£3,290,277,000 | |
| Cash | £1,700,000 | £79,627,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £156,568,901,000 | £148,706,976,000 | |
| Net assets | £155,195,921,000 | £147,390,510,000 | |
| Equity | £155,195,921,000 | £147,390,510,000 | |
| Average employees | 6,718 | 6,866 | |
| Wages | £310,085,000 | £327,815,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.7% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 0.47x |
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
- IFRS
- Auditor
- Alexander Macnab
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In forming this view the Directors/management have: 1. reviewed the company’s future funding commitments received from government through the publication of the interim settlement, which sets out the funding that the company will receive for 2025-26, and the intention to set a new multi-year Road investment strategy.”
Significant events
- “Following the June 2025 Spending review, the government took the decision to cancel two of the company’s planned schemes: the A12 to A120 widening scheme and the A47 Wansford to Sutton dualling scheme, citing affordability constraints.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEMP, Anthony | Secretary | 2025-01-10 | — | — |
| BLANCHFLOWER, Simon William | Director | 2023-03-01 | Apr 1963 | British |
| CHAUDHRI, Vivek | Director | 2026-03-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| DALE, Scott | Director | 2024-03-01 | May 1975 | British |
| JOHAL, Sukhvinder | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| JOYCE, Nicholas John | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| LEWIS, Emmanuel Oluwole | Director | 2025-03-10 | Apr 1960 | British |
| RHYS WILLIAMS, Gareth Arthur Ludovic Emrys, Sir | Director | 2024-04-02 | Nov 1961 | British |
| SHAW, Elliot Mark | Director | 2024-01-02 | Mar 1978 | British |
| SHILLINGLAW, Kim Danila | Director | 2025-02-10 | Jan 1969 | British |
| WHITEMAN, Robert Arthur | Director | 2025-01-01 | Dec 1961 | British |
| WILLS, Simon Marc | Director | 2025-02-03 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITAGE, Matthew | Secretary | 2016-10-01 | 2025-01-10 |
| FOREMAN, Simeon | Secretary | 2016-03-14 | 2016-05-13 |
| INGATE, Kristina | Secretary | 2015-01-28 | 2016-03-13 |
| REARDON, Timothy | Secretary | 2016-05-13 | 2016-09-30 |
| BATTERSBY, Carolyn Louise | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2023-03-31 |
| BEINART, Janette Carolyn Mitchell | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2026-01-30 |
| CAMACHO, Juan Diego Oliva | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| CEARNS, Kathryn | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2024-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Ginny Sarah Regina Florence | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-11-27 |
| CUMMING, Alan Douglas | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2022-04-29 |
| DALTON, Graham Edward | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| DAUNCEY, Stephen Benedict | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2016-02-29 |
| GOSDEN, Lawrence Karl | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Nicholas James | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| HOLT, Elaine Karen | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| HOWLISON, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2016-06-29 | 2024-03-01 |
| HUGHES, David Clewin | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2018-08-31 |
| LOWE, Roger Stephen Richard | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2022-07-11 |
| MATTHEWS, Colin | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2020-04-30 |
| MURRAY, Simon Anthony | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| O'SULLIVAN, James Christopher | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2021-01-31 |
| PERELMAN, Elizabeth Claire | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-07-27 |
| SHAH, Dipesh Jayantilal | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-12-29 |
| SMITH, Thomas William Mclardy | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary Of State For Transport | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+4,583.9%
£1,700,000 £79,627,000
-
Net assets
-5%
£155,195,921,000 £147,390,510,000
-
Employees
+2.2%
6,718 6,866
-
Profit before tax
+5.9%
-£3,495,788,000 -£3,290,277,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£310,085,000 £327,815,000
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