HSS PROSERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16M
Equity attributable
Employees
651
Average over period
Profit before tax
£36M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HSS PROSERVICE LIMITED 2021-10-12 → present
- HSS HIRE TRADING LIMITED 2017-11-27 → 2021-10-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £290,497,000 | £333,180,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,376,000 | £36,283,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,176,000 | £35,972,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,004,000 | £36,924,000 | |
| Cash | £5,536,000 | £12,796,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,685,000 | £17,968,000 | |
| Net assets | £63,664,000 | £15,784,000 | |
| Equity | £63,664,000 | £15,784,000 | |
| Average employees | 801 | 651 | |
| Wages | £30,151,000 | £36,426,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 11.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 201.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 83.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 26.88x | 116.67x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the existence of a material uncertainty, the Directors consider that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the Company on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HSS PROSERVICE LIMITED · parent
- HSS Training Limited
Significant events
- “During the current 15-month period, the Company transferred its Builders' Merchant business to another Group company, The Hire Service Company Trading Limited.”
- “The Group completed a number of strategic initiatives subsequent to the balance sheet date, which saw a change in the supply arrangements relied upon by the Company. As of 17 November 2025, the Company has entered into a commercial arrangement with Speedy Hire to replace The Hire Service Company Trading Limited as the principal supplier of hire equipment for the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOLL, Daniel James, Mr. | Secretary | 2017-11-27 | — | — |
| SHORTEN, Thomas William | Director | 2024-10-17 | Oct 1970 | British |
| THOMAS, Greig Stephen, Mr. | Director | 2024-08-29 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMORE, Stephen, Mr. | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2025-11-17 |
| QUESTED, Paul David | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2024-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-03 | Active |
| Hss Hire Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-27 | Ceased 2022-07-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-30