HP UK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£279K
-20.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+20.4% vs 2023
Employees
135
+13.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+2.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,014,085 | £22,572,276 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,133,432 | £1,426,983 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,315,048 | £3,390,660 | |
| Net profit | £2,313,566 | £1,974,796 | |
| Cash | £349,889 | £278,725 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,819,125 | £12,945,145 | |
| Net assets | £10,701,260 | £12,887,324 | |
| Equity | £10,701,260 | £12,887,324 | |
| Average employees | 119 | 135 | |
| Wages | £10,616,753 | £11,968,866 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.7% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.7% | 11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.0% | 18.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.78x | 4.95x | |
| Interest cover | -59.96x | — |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given that the Company has considerable financial resources and the fact that the Company has projected positive cashflows for a period of 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 May 2026. Accordingly, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 November 2022, HP Inc acquired Plantronics, Inc ("Poly"). Poly is the leader in video conferencing solutions, cameras, headsets, voice and software. With the acquisition, the Company aims to deliver a complete ecosystem of devices, software, and digital services to create premium employee experiences, improve workforce productivity, and provide enterprise customers with better visibility, insights, security, and manageability across their hybrid IT environments. The process of integration of Poly UK into HP UK Development Limited ("UKD") concluded in 2023. 16 Poly employees looking after UKD Research and development activities were transferred to the Company during 2023.”
- “No material events have occurred since the statement of financial position date which would affect the financial statements of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRATT, Ian Alexander, Dr | Director | 2019-12-19 | Feb 1971 | British |
| SALIGOVA-SMITH, Maria | Director | 2026-02-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRASHER, George | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2021-05-01 |
| MORIN, Caroline Francoise | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2023-08-01 |
| PREZZANO, David Neary | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2023-11-01 |
| SALOMON, Thibault Christian | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| SAWYER, Neil Robert | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hp Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+12.8%
£20,014,085 £22,572,276
-
Cash
-20.3%
£349,889 £278,725
-
Net assets
+20.4%
£10,701,260 £12,887,324
-
Employees
+13.4%
119 135
-
Operating profit
+166.9%
-£2,133,432 £1,426,983
-
Profit before tax
+2.3%
£3,315,048 £3,390,660
-
Wages
+12.7%
£10,616,753 £11,968,866
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