HINES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£6.8m
+91.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.7m
+40.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
40
-4.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4m
+37.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £18,468,174 | £14,634,066 | £18,354,574 | +25.4% | |
| Operating profit | £5,882,367 | £2,486,440 | £3,293,449 | +32.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,884,188 | £2,461,673 | £3,386,936 | +37.6% | |
| Net profit | £5,348,617 | £1,712,950 | £2,523,060 | +47.3% | |
| Cash | £7,645,244 | £3,553,504 | £6,816,279 | +91.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,214,026 | £8,737,086 | +40.6% | |
| Net assets | £4,501,076 | £6,214,026 | £8,737,086 | +40.6% | |
| Equity | £4,501,076 | £6,214,026 | £8,737,086 | +40.6% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 42 | 40 | -4.8% | |
| Wages | £7,078,931 | £5,499,031 | £7,976,215 | +45% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,041,903 | £1,833,447 | £3,343,006 | +82.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £37,044 | £45,840 | £97,361 | +112.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,422,144 | £537,184 | £1,338,636 | +149.2% |
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 | 31.9% | 17.0% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | 29.0% | 11.7% | 13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 40.0% | 37.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 43.1% | 42.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 2.28x | 2.35x |
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
- Ernst & Young, Dublin, Ireland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Hines Real Estate Holdings Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the ultimate parent undertaking Hines Global Real Estate Holdings LP, has agreed to provide continuing financial support to the company, and the directors have concluded that the company will have adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company entered into new property services agreements for development and asset management services.”
- “On 22 July 2026, the Directors approved a dividend in specie to Hines Europe Limited comprising the assignment of an intercompany loan receivable due from Hines Europe Limited, with a value of £5,097,046.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-06-06 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Ross | Director | 2010-09-20 | Jan 1976 | British |
| BROWN, Ian James Palmer | Director | 2008-02-06 | Dec 1968 | British |
| PITMAN, Robert Nicholas | Director | 2019-10-17 | Aug 1971 | British |
| TUCHTEN, Jonathan Iain | Director | 2025-09-29 | Feb 1991 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APOLLO, Frank Richard | Secretary | 2000-06-06 | 2002-06-06 |
| SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 |
| CONNOLLEY, Dominic | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2006-12-15 |
| COOPER, Gregory Stephen | Director | 2025-03-17 | 2025-09-29 |
| HARRIS, Christopher Ian Knowles | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2002-05-31 |
| HOLDEN, Peter Gerald | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2009-07-01 |
| JENNER, Simon Philip | Director | 2004-03-04 | 2012-12-18 |
| JONES, Neil | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2003-05-14 |
| KNAPP, Alexander Ward Nathaniel | Director | 2014-02-17 | 2019-10-17 |
| LEONARD, Anthony Francis | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2019-02-28 |
| LEWIS, Philip Geoffrey | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2005-12-20 |
| MUSGRAVE, Stephen Howard Rhodes | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2010-07-01 |
| O'DONNELL, Simon | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2011-11-17 |
| RAJPUT, Rajeev | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2025-09-29 |
| REYNOLDS, Andrew John | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2011-07-25 |
| RIDDELL, James Hendry | Director | 2007-02-09 | 2008-01-31 |
| TOPHAM, Michael James | Director | 2003-05-14 | 2016-12-31 |
| WALSH, Jake Ritchie | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2025-09-29 |
| WARMAN, John Albert | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2004-05-16 |
| WYPER, John Stuurman | Director | 2007-03-29 | 2012-03-01 |
| SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-27 | Active |
| Jeffrey Constable Hines | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-06-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.