HEWLETT-PACKARD CDS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3.4m
-13.7% vs 2024
Employees
230
-9.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£798k
-152.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,706,000 | £25,250,000 | £23,463,000 | -7.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£729,000 | £1,351,000 | -£891,000 | -166% | |
| Profit before tax | -£596,000 | £1,516,000 | -£798,000 | -152.6% | |
| Net profit | -£471,000 | £789,000 | -£545,000 | -169.1% | |
| Cash | £55,000 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,189,000 | £3,978,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,189,000 | £3,978,000 | £3,433,000 | -13.7% | |
| Equity | £3,189,000 | £3,978,000 | £3,433,000 | -13.7% | |
| Average employees | 268 | 253 | 230 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | £16,777,000 | £16,268,000 | £18,165,000 | +11.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.4% | 5.4% | -3.8% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | 3.1% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.9% | 34.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.2% | 56.2% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.36x | 1.78x | 1.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -38.74x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HEWLETT-PACKARD CDS LIMITED 2007-04-26 → present
- SYNSTAR COMPUTER SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1998-09-04 → 2007-04-26
- GRANADA COMPUTER SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1995-06-01 → 1998-09-04
- DESIGNGIANT LIMITED 1995-03-14 → 1995-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. In making this assessment the directors have considered contractual arrangements in place with the parent company which underpin the intercompany trading agreements and also the parent's ability to ensure such arrangements can be honoured for a period until the end of June 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Matthew Peter | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jan 1984 | British |
| MARSTON, Stuart Adrian | Director | 2022-04-28 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITOPH, Stephen Mark Anthony | Secretary | 1995-05-26 | 1995-06-19 |
| FRASER, Simon Scott | Secretary | 1995-06-19 | 1997-01-31 |
| JOB, Jonathan George Alexander | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2005-01-11 |
| MCMAHON, Brian Michael | Secretary | 2000-06-09 | 2001-06-01 |
| MORRIS, Jennifer Ann | Secretary | 2005-01-11 | 2005-10-14 |
| ORMROD, James | Secretary | 2005-10-14 | 2009-12-01 |
| PASSAWAY, Roy Frank Martin | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2000-06-09 |
| PERKINS, Thomas Clark | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| PUTLAND, Roberto | Secretary | 2011-08-31 | 2014-05-01 |
| TROWER, Tara Dawn | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | 2019-01-14 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-14 | 1995-03-18 |
| TKB REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-03-18 | 1995-05-26 |
| BLUCK, Peter Andrew | Director | 2000-07-14 | 2001-11-12 |
| BOLTON, Stephen | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2000-11-21 |
| BURR, Steven David | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| COLES, Alan | Director | 1997-09-22 | 1998-03-01 |
| CONNOLLY, Joseph Michael | Director | 1997-09-22 | 1998-03-01 |
| COOMBS, Martin | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2017-10-31 |
| DEAN, Christopher Richard | Director | 2004-11-03 | 2006-07-17 |
| ETTLING, Michael Ernest | Director | 2002-06-17 | 2004-01-19 |
| FERRE, Richard Wayne | Director | 1995-05-26 | 2001-07-31 |
| FRASER, Simon Scott | Director | 1995-05-26 | 1997-01-31 |
| GILL, Stephen | Director | 2004-11-03 | 2009-08-03 |
| GLEADLE, Stephen Derrick | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2004-11-03 |
| HEADLAND, Keith Paul | Director | 2000-07-14 | 2004-11-03 |
| ISHERWOOD, Andrew Peter Brigstocke | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-10-08 |
| LAMBTON, Mark Norman | Director | 2004-11-03 | 2008-11-10 |
| LEWTHWAITE, Mark | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2011-05-01 |
| ORAM, Philippa Anne | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2022-04-28 |
| PASSAWAY, Roy Frank Martin | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2000-06-09 |
| ROPER, Mervyn Edward Patrick | Director | 1995-03-18 | 1995-05-26 |
| VAUGHAN, Stephen William | Director | 2001-07-10 | 2004-11-03 |
| WALLACE, Graham Martyn | Director | 1995-05-26 | 1997-01-31 |
| WATERS, Marc Edward | Director | 2016-10-08 | 2022-09-01 |
| WHITE, Robert Andrew | Director | 1995-05-26 | 1997-01-31 |
| WILSON, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2013-10-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-14 | 1995-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-02-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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