MH SOUTHERN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£18K
-62.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
91
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£194K
-33% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,480,637 | £14,392,671 | |
| Operating profit | £385,470 | £269,801 | |
| Profit before tax | £290,292 | £194,475 | |
| Net profit | £176,766 | £182,244 | |
| Cash | £48,647 | £18,076 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,283,517 | £6,233,920 | |
| Net assets | £5,169,866 | £5,105,658 | |
| Equity | £5,169,866 | £5,105,658 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 91 | |
| Wages | £2,581,725 | £2,709,361 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £126,883 | £131,124 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-0.6%
£14,480,637 £14,392,671
-
Cash
-62.8%
£48,647 £18,076
-
Net assets
-1.2%
£5,169,866 £5,105,658
-
Employees
-1.1%
92 91
-
Operating profit
-30%
£385,470 £269,801
-
Profit before tax
-33%
£290,292 £194,475
-
Wages
+4.9%
£2,581,725 £2,709,361
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.5% | 48.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 4.05x | 3.58x |
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
- MH SOUTHERN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2000-03-16 → present
- MHS (NORTH EAST) LIMITED 1999-10-26 → 2000-03-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have every confidence that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- MH SOUTHERN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- M.H. Southern & Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The sale of a surplus storage site; Bath Road, for £150,000 helped in this regard.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN, Dorothy Jane | Secretary | 2012-06-01 | — | British |
| HUGGINS, David John | Director | 2023-09-04 | Feb 1971 | British |
| LOWIS, Mark Simon | Director | 2002-06-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| SOUTHERN, James Andrew | Director | 1999-10-26 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWIS, Mark Simon | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2012-05-31 |
| SOUTHERN, John Martin | Secretary | 1999-10-26 | 2000-05-31 |
| JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-26 | 1999-10-26 |
| BRUCE, Robert Johnson | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2022-09-01 |
| SOUTHERN, Douglas Alexander | Director | 1999-10-26 | 2003-05-31 |
| SOUTHERN, John Martin | Director | 1999-10-26 | 2004-05-31 |
| JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-10-26 | 1999-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Simon Lowis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-11-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-01-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 6
- 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.