HEMINGWAYS MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£16M
-26.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+5.9% vs 2024
Employees
149
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.7M
+4.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £254,457,244 | £268,834,075 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,459,118 | £2,286,341 | -7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,504,199 | £3,658,957 | +4.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,628,782 | £2,759,285 | +5% | |
| Cash | £21,408,430 | £15,654,236 | -26.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,683,180 | £23,019,126 | +6.2% | |
| Net assets | £21,323,206 | £22,582,491 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £21,323,206 | £22,582,491 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 151 | 149 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £4,136,147 | £4,372,334 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £482,602 | £496,911 | +3% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.3% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 1.81x |
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
- HEMINGWAYS MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- HEMINGWAYS RADIO & ELECTRIC LIMITED 1948-04-26 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of these considerations, the continued strong trading performance of the Company and having regard to the financial and working capital forecasts (including downside scenario assessment), the Directors have concluded that there are no going concern issues and it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on this basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company had an ongoing claim with HMRC in relation to over-declaration of output VAT which it successfully appealed in 2025-26 for £790,463 and was settled by HMRC in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHELAN, Colm | Secretary | 2018-09-14 | — | — |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Robert | Director | 1998-02-16 | Jul 1967 | British |
| JOHNSON, Michael Robert | Director | — | Jun 1941 | British |
| MORRISON, Lydia Charmaine | Director | 2014-06-12 | Feb 1969 | British |
| PHELAN, Colm Thomas | Director | 2018-07-31 | Jan 1976 | Irish |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Caroline Ann | Secretary | 2003-05-01 | 2012-07-31 |
| GRANT, Ronald | Secretary | — | 1999-04-10 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 1999-04-14 | 2018-09-14 |
| GILLSON, Philip Thompson | Director | — | 1998-01-02 |
| GRANT, Ronald | Director | — | 1999-04-10 |
| HEMINGWAY, Harry Batty | Director | — | 1992-09-12 |
| KING, Seth | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2018-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemingways Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-09-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-09-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-09-04 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-10-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-04 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2020-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.