F.HINDS LIMITED
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Cash
£14M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£66M
Equity attributable
Employees
664
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9.8M
Period ending 2025-03-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £83,064,894 | £86,273,733 | — | |
| Operating profit | £7,557,866 | £8,128,513 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £9,608,967 | £9,823,275 | — | |
| Net profit | £7,143,732 | £7,246,873 | — | |
| Cash | £20,428,072 | £14,458,508 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £67,935,420 | £66,489,293 | — | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 679 | 664 | — | |
| Wages | £18,577,253 | £19,530,585 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £260,403 | £98,466 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -3.6% | -2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 7.36x | 5.97x |
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.”
Significant events
- “Cash reserves reduced mainly due to the funding of a group share buy-back during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Jamie Alicia | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1969 | British,American |
| CORNWALL, Stephen Barrie | Director | 2011-09-05 | Jun 1970 | British |
| HINDS, Andrew Frank | Director | — | Aug 1967 | British |
| HINDS, David Royden Harcourt | Director | — | Jun 1959 | British |
| HINDS, Jeremy David | Director | 2016-03-28 | Oct 1987 | British |
| HINDS, Neil Alexander | Director | — | Jul 1960 | British |
| HINDS, Paul Harcourt | Director | 2016-03-28 | Feb 1986 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDING, Harold Michael Denton | Secretary | — | 2011-08-31 |
| COLE, William Sutcliffe | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| COLUCCI, Benedetto Mario | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2020-11-30 |
| DURRANT, Wendy Rowena | Director | — | 2002-04-15 |
| HARDING, Harold Michael Denton | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2011-08-31 |
| HINDS, Ann Harcourt | Director | — | 1996-04-15 |
| HINDS, Carol Susan | Director | — | 1996-04-15 |
| HINDS, Edward Francis | Director | — | 2002-04-15 |
| HINDS, Eric George | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2018-07-16 |
| HINDS, Eric George | Director | — | 2002-04-15 |
| HINDS, Marjorie Maud | Director | — | 1994-01-12 |
| HINDS, Royden Martin | Director | 2002-04-19 | 2018-07-16 |
| HINDS, Royden Martin | Director | — | 2002-04-15 |
| HINDS, Stephen George | Director | — | 2002-04-15 |
| PRESTON, Martin Jeffrey | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2024-03-31 |
| SCOTT, Penelope Jane | Director | — | 2002-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinds Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.