R.J. HEATHMAN (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+75.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+20.7% vs 2024
Employees
82
+5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+118.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £59,018,093 | £65,206,820 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,073,534 | £4,514,796 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,033,958 | £4,450,735 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,506,543 | £3,300,205 | |
| Cash | — | £3,594,862 | £6,325,049 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £13,291,164 | £15,982,396 | |
| Net assets | — | £13,241,164 | £15,982,396 | |
| Equity | £12,056,978 | £13,241,164 | £15,982,396 | |
| Average employees | — | 78 | 82 | |
| Wages | — | £4,337,893 | £5,058,519 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £711,722 | £1,026,842 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+10.5%
£59,018,093 £65,206,820
-
Cash
+75.9%
£3,594,862 £6,325,049
-
Net assets
+20.7%
£13,241,164 £15,982,396
-
Employees
+5.1%
78 82
-
Operating profit
+117.7%
£2,073,534 £4,514,796
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Profit before tax
+118.8%
£2,033,958 £4,450,735
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Wages
+16.6%
£4,337,893 £5,058,519
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.5% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.6% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 15.6% | 28.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 53.4% | 45.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.77x | 2.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | 45.44x | 35.74x |
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
- Westcotts (SW) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the company's ability to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future and at least the next 12 months. The directors have prepared forecasts and budgets. As part of the normal part of trading, the directors expect variation in the company's income and fluctuations in its capital requirements as the business is required to fund working capital and ongoing projects in advance of receiving customer payment. The directors believe that with the company's strong track record and the support of its bankers that it should be able to access funding as required to support its investment in its projects.”
Significant events
- “At the prior year end, the directors noted that there was a material uncertainty regarding the outcome a large contract. The company has now reached an agreement with its customer, resolving the uncertainty. The directors note that the performance of this contract has negatively affected the company's results for three years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Ian Neil | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
| HEATHMAN, Mark Kevin | Director | 2001-03-16 | Dec 1964 | British |
| HEATHMAN, Raymond John | Director | — | Jul 1939 | British |
| LEE, Kevin John | Director | 2004-02-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATHMAN, Jillian Ellen | Secretary | — | 2006-11-14 |
| JONES, Helen | Secretary | 2014-10-20 | 2015-02-09 |
| MERCER, Karen Ann | Secretary | 2015-06-19 | 2025-11-24 |
| TROW, Julia | Secretary | 2006-11-14 | 2015-02-09 |
| HEATHMAN, Jillian Ellen | Director | — | 2020-03-10 |
| LOGAN, Caroline Valerie | Director | — | 2015-02-09 |
| LOGAN, Stephen James | Director | — | 2003-12-11 |
| TROW, Julia | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2015-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Raymond John Heathman | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-24 | Active |
| Mrs Karen Ann Mercer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-24 |
| Mark Kevin Heathman | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.