HILLSBOROUGH STEELSTOCK LIMITED
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Cash
£374K
-66.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£778K
-52.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
55
-8.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£464K
+53.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,641,705 | £17,875,129 | £17,164,485 | -4% | |
| Operating profit | £897,253 | £532,281 | £702,179 | +31.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £663,742 | £302,790 | £463,616 | +53.1% | |
| Net profit | £504,587 | £220,917 | £339,217 | +53.5% | |
| Cash | £1,804,049 | £1,122,224 | £373,890 | -66.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,124,601 | £1,878,304 | £989,631 | -47.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,829,601 | £1,633,304 | £777,631 | -52.4% | |
| Equity | £1,829,601 | £1,633,304 | £777,631 | -52.4% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 60 | 55 | -8.3% | |
| Wages | £1,832,923 | £2,063,093 | £1,937,130 | -6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £67,258 | £182,988 | £62,704 | -65.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 3.0% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 1.2% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.2% | 28.3% | 71.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.99x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 3.75x | 1.96x | 2.89x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HILLSBOROUGH STEELSTOCK LIMITED 1992-08-24 → present
- SILVERLINE TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED 1990-01-26 → 1992-08-24
- RAPID 8702 LIMITED 1989-07-31 → 1990-01-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Directors affirmed going concern based on healthy cash reserves, net assets, continued bank/supply chain support, and a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for foreseeable future operations, with accounts prepared on this basis.”
Significant events
- “In March 2025, the company executed a planned strategic share buy-back from John Wigglesworth, who retired from the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL, Michael Henry | Secretary | 1996-08-31 | — | British |
| COE, Ian Andrew | Director | 1992-08-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| DANIEL, Carol Ann | Director | 2010-04-01 | Jun 1948 | British |
| DANIEL, Christopher Michael | Director | 1992-08-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| DANIEL, Michael Henry | Director | — | Dec 1946 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL, Carol Ann | Secretary | — | 1996-08-31 |
| DANIEL, Carol Ann | Director | — | 1998-07-01 |
| WIGGLESWORTH, John David | Director | 1992-08-01 | 2025-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Henry Daniel | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-10-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.