HERZ VALVES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£359k
+39% vs 2025
Net assets
£1.3m
+5.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
15
-11.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£72k
-69% vs 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,994,326 | £4,504,490 | £3,352,131 | £2,846,504 | £2,649,009 | -6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £196,112 | £449,554 | £37,444 | £243,665 | £80,260 | -67.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £189,132 | £436,779 | £26,030 | £233,447 | £72,485 | -69% | |
| Net profit | £189,132 | £436,779 | £26,030 | £233,447 | £72,485 | -69% | |
| Cash | £507,290 | £327,813 | £303,409 | £257,936 | £358,634 | +39% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,138,422 | £1,659,170 | £1,649,112 | £1,721,429 | £1,652,257 | -4% | |
| Net assets | £556,899 | £993,678 | £1,019,708 | £1,253,155 | £1,325,640 | +5.8% | |
| Equity | £556,899 | — | — | — | £1,325,640 | — | |
| Average employees | 21 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 15 | -11.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £787,783 | £699,412 | £596,743 | -14.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £83,750 | £75,000 | £104,000 | £113,000 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £5,250 | £5,250 | £7,910 | +50.7% |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 10.0% | 1.1% | 8.6% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 9.7% | 0.8% | 8.2% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.2% | 27.1% | 2.3% | 14.2% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 52.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.39x | 1.68x | 2.06x | |
| Interest cover | 27.95x | 34.62x | 3.25x | 23.59x | 10.20x |
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
- HERZ VALVES UK LIMITED 2003-08-06 → present
- ELLIS MILLER LIMITED 1967-05-08 → 2003-08-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hills Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors acknowledge the uncertainty caused across the global economy as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, however does not foresee any material decrease in demand levels or any other significant impacts upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Darren | Director | 2022-09-06 | Nov 1960 | British |
| JUZA, Susanne | Director | 1995-05-09 | Jun 1965 | Austrian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUERNKRANZ, Heather | Secretary | 2001-12-31 | 2003-08-09 |
| MILLER, Robert Ferguson | Secretary | — | 2001-12-31 |
| PAXTON, Jacqueline Mary | Secretary | 2003-08-09 | 2019-07-12 |
| BRUNT, David | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2019-04-24 |
| CRONIN, Shaun Patrick | Director | 1995-05-09 | 2018-09-03 |
| ELLIS, Dennis Edward Sidney | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
| MILLER, Robert Ferguson | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Gerhard Glinzerer | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-07 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.