HOME COUNTIES INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£18K
-65.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+1.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£30K
-74.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Following the sale of the Company's last investment property in the year, there are no plans for the Company to re-invest in property in the foreseeable future. The Directors have therefore concluded that the Company no longer has a continuing trade and accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis. No adjustments have been required as a result of that conclusion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,438 | £31,181 | |
| Operating profit | £49,263 | £14,047 | |
| Profit before tax | £115,889 | £29,528 | |
| Net profit | £130,323 | £22,168 | |
| Cash | £50,425 | £17,548 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,051,493 | £1,698,812 | |
| Net assets | £1,676,644 | £1,698,812 | |
| Equity | £1,676,644 | £1,698,812 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-63.1%
£84,438 £31,181
-
Cash
-65.2%
£50,425 £17,548
-
Net assets
+1.3%
£1,676,644 £1,698,812
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
-71.5%
£49,263 £14,047
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Profit before tax
-74.5%
£115,889 £29,528
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 58.3% | 45.0% | |
| Net margin | 154.3% | 71.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 11.00x | 19.18x | |
| Interest cover | 2.04x | — |
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
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Following the sale of the Company's last investment property in the year, there are no plans for the Company to re-invest in property in the foreseeable future. The Directors have therefore concluded that the Company no longer has a continuing trade and accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis. No adjustments have been required as a result of that conclusion.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUGDEN, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2022-12-20 | — | — |
| BUGDEN, Christopher Paul | Director | 2015-04-14 | Sep 1966 | British |
| CHAMBERLAIN, John Maxwell | Director | — | Jun 1942 | British |
| CHAMBURY, Vena | Director | 2002-01-23 | May 1955 | British |
| FLACK, Owen Edward | Director | 2022-11-08 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUCHA, Stefan | Secretary | 2002-01-23 | 2022-11-30 |
| PINCHIN, Frederick David James | Secretary | — | 2001-06-15 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Edward Maxwell | Director | — | 1998-04-19 |
| CHARLTON, Stuart | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2025-03-25 |
| CHESTER, Wendy Joy | Director | — | 2003-01-17 |
| MUCHA, Stefan | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2022-11-30 |
| PINCHIN, Frederick David James | Director | — | 2001-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlain Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-25 | 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.