HENDRICKSON UNITED KINGDOM LTD
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Cash
£3.9m
-18.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£16m
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
44
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+67.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,684,649 | £24,720,819 | +9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,538,998 | £2,539,856 | +65% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,674,256 | £2,804,442 | +67.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,313,637 | £2,154,293 | +64% | |
| Cash | £4,713,160 | £3,858,143 | -18.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,344,708 | £15,790,889 | +2.9% | |
| Net assets | £15,182,779 | £15,618,822 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £15,182,779 | £15,618,822 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 44 | +4.8% | |
| Wages | £1,516,248 | £1,566,940 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £139,642 | £150,100 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,030 | £12,930 | +7.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £139,642 | £150,100 | +7.5% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 16.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.1% | 23.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.22x | 2.82x | |
| Interest cover | 2.95x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- HENDRICKSON UNITED KINGDOM LTD 2015-02-09 → present
- HENDRICKSON EUROPE LIMITED 1991-12-23 → 2015-02-09
- HENDRICKSON NORDE UK LIMITED 1985-06-04 → 1991-12-23
- KLAPMUTS LIMITED 1985-04-15 → 1985-06-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the financial position of the Company which includes a significant cash balance and its operating forecast, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approving the financial statements”
Group structure
- HENDRICKSON UNITED KINGDOM LTD · parent
- Brooklands Machining and Fabrication Limited 100%
- Norde Suspensions Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGKINSON, Elle | Secretary | 2026-03-02 | — | — |
| JOY, Matthew Joseph | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 1969 | American |
| PARR, James Philip | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERESFORD, Robin Anthony | Secretary | 1999-03-19 | 1999-10-05 |
| FREEMAN, Richard Hickson | Secretary | — | 1998-03-04 |
| JORDAN, Peter Anthony | Secretary | 1999-10-05 | 2007-09-04 |
| KELLEY, Peter | Secretary | 2022-01-17 | 2026-01-13 |
| MACKENZIE, Edward Alexander | Secretary | 1998-03-10 | 1999-03-19 |
| PATEMAN, Tamara Anne | Secretary | 2007-09-04 | 2020-09-30 |
| ANDREWS, Stephen Paul | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2003-07-11 |
| GERSTENSLAGER, Gary | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2022-01-01 |
| HARMON, James Patrick | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2000-02-28 |
| JELINEK, Helfried | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| JOY, Matthew | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| KEELER, Michael | Director | 2003-07-14 | 2004-09-30 |
| KELLEHER, John | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| KELLEHER, Warren | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-10-01 |
| MARTIN, Richardo Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| MCFADDEN, Edward Henry | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2001-04-12 |
| PAGE, Mark Philip Geoffrey | Director | 2013-08-27 | 2023-01-25 |
| PARR, John | Director | 2008-12-23 | 2012-04-11 |
| PETRIE, William Gordon | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| SRCH, James Ladd | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| STEPHENSON, Keith Dwayne | Director | 2003-07-14 | 2006-09-30 |
| WARD, Andrew John | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2008-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrickson Holdings Nl B.V | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-12-31 | Active |
| Hendrickson Investments Europe Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-15 |
| Hendrickson Holdings Nl Cooperatief Ua | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-31 |
| H Holdings Netherlands Cv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Hendrickson Holdings Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| The Boler Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Hendrickson Ventures Corporation Europe | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.