Get an alert when HL HALL (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED files next

Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.

Free · confirmation link first · unsubscribe in one click

Cash

£6.7M

EUR 7,859,884

+48.4% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£11M

EUR 12,850,609

+12.8% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

116

+10.5% vs 2025

Profit before tax

£2.8M

EUR 3,238,054

+41.9% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28

Metric Trend 2024-02-292025-02-282026-02-28 Δ vs prior
Turnover £94,964,586£107,859,294£109,397,959 +1.4%
Operating profit £538,205£2,362,177£2,781,654 +17.8%
Profit before tax £293,090£1,955,921£2,775,871 +41.9%
Net profit £168,767£1,387,049£2,120,478 +52.9%
Cash £2,513,198£4,540,563£6,738,006 +48.4%
Total assets less current liabilities £18,066,210£18,409,118£19,646,768 +6.7%
Net assets £9,097,044£9,764,297£11,016,381 +12.8%
Equity £9,097,044£9,764,297£11,016,381 +12.8%
Average employees 121105116 +10.5%
Wages £4,224,619£5,087,054£5,667,078 +11.4%
Directors' remuneration £223,952£195,615£238,543 +21.9%

Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.857 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. 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 2024-02-292025-02-282026-02-28
Operating margin 0.6%2.2%2.5%
Net margin 0.2%1.3%1.9%
Return on capital employed 3.0%12.8%14.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 69.4%72.6%69.1%
Current ratio 1.84x29.25x30.12x
Interest cover 3.20x43.12x41.52x

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
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
MHA
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources and has taken adequate action to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future; therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. HL HALL (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED · parent
    1. HL Halls France SAS 100% · France · packaging and processing of fresh fruit and vegetables
    2. Halls B.V. 100% · Netherlands · importer and exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables
    3. Halls (Iberia) Madrid S.L.U. 100% · Spain · importer and exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables
    4. Halls Fresh (Chongqing) Agricultural Science & Technology Co. Limited 100% · China · importer and exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 19 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DEVLIN, Paul Secretary 2011-10-01 British
DAVIES, Tracey Norma Director 2018-06-16 Jan 1975 South African
DEVLIN, Paul Edward Director 2005-11-16 Jan 1971 British
KANANA, Ayanda Christopher Director 2022-11-01 Jan 1982 South African
Show 19 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ANDERSON, Bryan Keith Secretary 2005-08-19 2011-09-30
ANDERSON, Bryan Keith Secretary 1999-01-15 2004-01-01
KNIGHT, Jeremy David Secretary 2004-01-01 2005-08-19
MIDDLETON, David Michael Secretary 1996-11-05
PREUYT, Ziba Secretary 1998-07-31 1999-01-15
PREUYT, Ziba Secretary 1996-11-05 1997-10-31
SCHIEPPATI, Erminio Antonio Secretary 1997-10-31 1998-07-31
ANDERSON, Bryan Keith Director 1999-01-15 2011-09-30
BACKWELL, Peter William John Director 2015-02-25 2022-02-25
GOMEZ-ARRONES, Manuel Director 2021-05-13 2023-02-28
HANNELL, Gordon James Director 1996-03-21
MCBAIN, Craig Douglas De Ruyter Director 2012-02-01 2018-06-16
MIDDLETON, David Michael Director 1996-11-05
PRENTICE, Mary Louise Director 2020-05-01 2023-02-28
PREUYT, Ziba Director 1992-03-16 1999-01-15
REAY, Nicholas Angus Shiel Director 1999-01-15 2008-04-10
SNADDON, Robert Wilfred Lionel Director 2015-02-25
SNADDON, Robert Kerr Carlin Director 1999-01-15
TAYLOR, Robert James Director 2002-10-18 2006-07-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-06-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-09 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-02-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-20 AD04 address Move registers to registered office company with new address PDF
2024-11-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-02-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-19 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-10-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-05-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-08-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-04-19 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-04-19 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-04-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-02-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Official Companies House page