HICKS HOLDINGS (WOODLEY) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-10 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-26
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
-38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
15
-57.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£134K
+120.2% 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
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-01 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £4,050,817 | £3,344,566 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,277,980 | -£203,291 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£663,309 | £133,900 | |
| Net profit | — | -£72,848 | £95,231 | — | -£618,893 | £94,282 | |
| Cash | — | £95,775 | £114,188 | — | £12,507,250 | £7,723,634 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,859,658 | £3,970,058 | — | £20,029,103 | £20,163,003 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £19,830,590 | £19,924,872 | |
| Equity | £3,932,506 | £3,859,658 | £3,954,889 | £3,472,629 | £19,830,590 | £19,924,872 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 15 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,446,650 | £1,189,192 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £812,296 | £381,168 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
-17.4%
£4,050,817 £3,344,566
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Cash
-38.2%
£12,507,250 £7,723,634
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Net assets
+0.5%
£19,830,590 £19,924,872
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Employees
-57.1%
35 15
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Operating profit
+84.1%
-£1,277,980 -£203,291
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Profit before tax
+120.2%
-£663,309 £133,900
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Wages
-51.4%
£2,446,650 £1,189,192
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 | 2019-05-01 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -31.5% | -6.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -15.3% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -6.4% | -1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 7.2% | 7.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 12.71x | 12.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -65.93x | — |
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
- HICKS HOLDINGS (WOODLEY) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
- ELMDYKE LIMITED 1979-06-12 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HICKS HOLDINGS (WOODLEY) LIMITED · parent
- Hicks Developments Limited 100%
- Hicks Joinery Limited 100%
- Hicks Sandford Limited 100%
- Hicks Builders (Woodley) Limited 100%
- Warren House Investments Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLS, Robin Martin Jamie | Secretary | 2022-08-15 | — | — |
| HICKS, David John | Director | 2000-03-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| HICKS, Steven Russell | Director | 2000-03-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| HULBERT, Arron Peter | Director | 2025-03-04 | Jul 1997 | British |
| MILLS, Robin Martin Jamie | Director | 2022-08-15 | Feb 1977 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNNING, Stephen | Secretary | 2020-01-20 | 2022-08-15 |
| HICKS, Maureen Joyce | Secretary | — | 2008-04-08 |
| NATHAN, Julian David | Secretary | 2008-04-08 | 2020-01-20 |
| BRUNNING, Stephen | Director | 2024-04-30 | 2025-08-31 |
| HICKS, John Leslie | Director | — | 2023-07-27 |
| HICKS, Maureen Joyce | Director | — | 2008-04-08 |
| NATHAN, Julian David | Director | 2008-04-08 | 2020-01-20 |
| CASTLE NOTORNIS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-10 | 2006-03-30 |
| CASTLE NOTORNIS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-01-31 | 2005-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven Russell Hicks | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-08-25 | Active |
| Mrs Maureen Joyce Hicks | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-07-27 | Ceased 2025-05-31 |
| Mr John Leslie Hicks | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-07-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.