HB BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£167K
-93.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£5M
-3.2% vs 2023
Employees
6
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£164K
+93.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £553,352 | -£95,487 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,424,695 | -£164,228 | |
| Net profit | -£2,426,490 | -£164,228 | |
| Cash | £2,452,509 | £167,434 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,342,140 | £21,068,453 | |
| Net assets | -£5,146,106 | -£5,310,334 | |
| Equity | -£5,146,106 | -£5,310,334 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | £790,074 | £783,818 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | -0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 0.01x | |
| Interest cover | 0.18x | -0.03x |
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
- Crowe U.K. 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.”
Group structure
- HB BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Great British Botanical Limited 100%
- Hartley Botanic Limited 100%
- Hartley Botanic Inc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRY, Tom | Director | 2021-05-14 | Dec 1961 | British |
| BOBRICK, Neal | Director | 2021-05-14 | Apr 1961 | American |
| CHANDLER, Karl Haydon | Director | 2025-09-25 | May 1976 | British |
| STOREY, Mark Henry | Director | 2021-03-22 | Oct 1961 | British |
| TOOGOOD, Martin | Director | 2021-05-14 | Dec 1946 | English |
| WILSON, Neil Richard | Director | 2021-03-22 | May 1982 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Christopher Mark | Director | 2021-05-14 | 2022-09-22 |
| MAHMOOD, Tariq | Director | 2022-09-22 | 2025-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hb Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-93.2%
£2,452,509 £167,434
-
Net assets
-3.2%
-£5,146,106 -£5,310,334
-
Employees
0%
6 6
-
Operating profit
-117.3%
£553,352 -£95,487
-
Profit before tax
+93.2%
-£2,424,695 -£164,228
-
Wages
-0.8%
£790,074 £783,818
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