HELICAL PLC
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Cash
£33m
+804.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£426m
+12.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6.5m
+96.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,514,000 | £21,237,000 | £19,794,000 | -6.8% | |
| Operating profit | £16,809,000 | £10,271,000 | £10,211,000 | -0.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,592,000 | £3,291,000 | £6,479,000 | +96.9% | |
| Net profit | £7,481,000 | — | £5,702,000 | — | |
| Cash | £28,633,000 | £3,604,000 | £32,599,000 | +804.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £488,203,000 | £528,031,000 | £687,180,000 | +30.1% | |
| Net assets | £302,877,000 | £379,067,000 | £426,004,000 | +12.4% | |
| Equity | £302,877,000 | £379,067,000 | £426,004,000 | +12.4% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 11 | — | — | |
| Wages | £4,633,000 | £8,057,000 | £5,752,000 | -28.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,010,000 | £1,127,000 | £1,128,000 | +0.1% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 61.1% | 48.4% | 51.6% | |
| Net margin | 27.2% | — | 28.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.6% | 30.2% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 0.28x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 1.45x | 1.28x | 1.49x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HELICAL PLC 2016-07-25 → present
- HELICAL BAR PLC 1919-07-03 → 2016-07-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit 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
- HELICAL PLC · parent
- Helical (One hundred New Bridge Street) Limited 100%
- Helical (63 Charterhouse Street) Limited 100%
- Helical (Delta Paddington) Limited 100%
- Helical Southwark Limited 100%
- Helical Loom E1 100%
- Helical Brettenham House, WC2 100%
Significant events
- “We have completed our forward sale of 100 New Bridge Street, EC4, to State Street Corporation for a value of £168.5m, generating a meaningful return of capital to Shareholders, and reinvest into our future pipeline.”
- “During the year we exchanged contracts on The Loom E1, Old Street, London, EC1, where we have successfully obtained planning permission last month, with a number of additional alterations opportunities under active consideration.”
- “Brettenham House, WC2 - works are in progress on this comprehensive refurbishment of 128,000 sq ft, with practical completion in August 2026.”
- “In February 2026 we conditionally exchanged contracts with PTL, a residential developer, for the forward sale of the adjacent 428-unit purpose-built student accommodation on the Southwark scheme, also relating to 63 Charterhouse Street, EC1.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAVIN, Eleanor Jane | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| ALDRIDGE, Amanda Jane | Director | 2024-04-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| BONNING SNOOK, Matthew Charles | Director | 2007-08-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| FOWLDS, Robert Turner | Director | 2024-02-08 | Jun 1961 | British |
| MAIR, Susan Jane | Director | 2019-06-05 | Feb 1956 | British |
| MALONE, Martina Marianne Elisabeth | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1967 | German |
| MOSS, James Richard | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNAIR SCOTT, Nigel Guthrie | Secretary | — | 1994-03-10 |
| MOSS, James Richard | Secretary | 2015-05-21 | 2025-04-01 |
| MURPHY, Timothy John | Secretary | 1994-03-10 | 2013-09-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Heather Jane | Secretary | 2013-09-12 | 2015-04-30 |
| BEEVOR, Antony Romer | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2012-07-24 |
| BROWN, Philip Michael | Director | 1998-04-08 | 2009-06-04 |
| BUTLER, Ian Geoffrey | Director | 1993-04-21 | 2001-03-20 |
| CLAYTON, Susan Vivien | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2025-07-17 |
| COTTON, Richard Robert | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| GILLINGWATER, Richard Dunnell | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2018-07-12 |
| GRANT, Richard John | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2022-07-14 |
| GULLIFORD, Andrew Edward Guy | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2016-07-25 |
| KAYE, Gerald Anthony | Director | 1994-09-28 | 2024-07-17 |
| KELLY, Laurence Charles Kevin | Director | — | 1993-06-15 |
| LISTER, Joseph Julian | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2024-07-17 |
| MCNAIR SCOTT, Nigel Guthrie | Director | — | 2016-07-25 |
| MURPHY, Timothy John | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2025-07-17 |
| O'DONNELL, Michael Kane | Director | 2011-06-24 | 2019-07-11 |
| PITMAN, Jack Struan | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2015-02-13 |
| SLADE, Michael Eric | Director | — | 2019-07-11 |
| SOUTHWELL, John Philip | Director | — | 2006-07-20 |
| WALKER, Duncan Charles Eades | Director | 2011-06-24 | 2017-07-12 |
| WEAVER, Christopher Giles Herron | Director | 1993-09-13 | 2012-07-24 |
| WEEKS, Wilfred John Thomas | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2012-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 553 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-27 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2026-07-27 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2026-07-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.