HERTFORD HEATH LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-44.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£28m
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
708
-5.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.3m
-49.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,896,639 | £29,874,230 | £29,247,893 | -2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,940,168 | £2,962,040 | £2,439,788 | -17.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,466,415 | £4,577,260 | £2,310,112 | -49.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,892,973 | £3,748,064 | £1,644,143 | -56.1% | |
| Cash | £871,770 | £2,038,034 | £1,126,799 | -44.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,440,098 | £27,174,176 | £27,999,043 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £23,310,448 | £27,058,512 | £27,860,846 | +3% | |
| Equity | £23,310,448 | £27,058,512 | £27,860,846 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 747 | 750 | 708 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £8,724,388 | £8,954,483 | £8,793,477 | -1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £87,230 | £25,000 | £25,000 | 0% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 9.9% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 12.5% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 10.9% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.8% | 34.9% | 32.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12x | 0.23x | 0.22x | |
| Interest cover | 13.11x | 36.03x | 13.78x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The director believes it is reasonable to assume that the company will have adequate resources for a period of 12 months (the "Assessment Period") from the date of the approval of the financial statements”
Group structure
- HERTFORD HEATH LIMITED · parent
- Capital Pizza Limited 100%
- PSR Services Limited 100%
- Bramford Limited 100%
- East London Pizza Limited 100%
- D.P.K. Foods Limited 90.1%
- Pizzaness Limited 90.1%
- DP Peterborough Limited 100%
- HH Bow Limited 100%
- HH Wapping Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSWERBUY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-01-02 | — | — |
| GREWAL, Harpal Singh | Director | 2000-07-01 | Aug 1979 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREWAL, Harpal Singh | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2004-01-02 |
| ANSWERBUY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-03-15 | 2000-07-01 |
| GREWAL, Moonpal Singh | Director | 2001-03-16 | 2003-03-31 |
| PATEL, Kalpesh Babubhai | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2007-05-16 |
| BANSOLS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-03-15 | 2000-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palico Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-24 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.