HIGHAM AND HIGHAM LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-06 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£959K
-47.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+11.4% vs 2023
Employees
147
+4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+17.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,866,762 | £49,691,355 | |
| Operating profit | £1,706,459 | £1,986,317 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,653,740 | £1,944,038 | |
| Net profit | £1,172,046 | £1,448,862 | |
| Cash | £1,829,619 | £958,512 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,121,587 | £6,636,465 | |
| Net assets | £5,365,485 | £5,979,347 | |
| Equity | £5,365,485 | £5,979,347 | |
| Average employees | 141 | 147 | |
| Wages | £4,171,927 | £4,514,333 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £311,574 | £428,944 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.9%
£42,866,762 £49,691,355
-
Cash
-47.6%
£1,829,619 £958,512
-
Net assets
+11.4%
£5,365,485 £5,979,347
-
Employees
+4.3%
141 147
-
Operating profit
+16.4%
£1,706,459 £1,986,317
-
Profit before tax
+17.6%
£1,653,740 £1,944,038
-
Wages
+8.2%
£4,171,927 £4,514,333
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.9% | 29.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.6% | 42.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 2.26x | |
| Interest cover | 30.62x | 34.80x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the Group will be able to continue to trade for the foreseeable future. Higham and Higham Limited operate in the retail sector of printer consumables and ecommerce services. Management have prepared forecasts and believe appropriate headroom is in place to be able to continue to trade utilising their cash reserves. Based on forecasts prepared to 31 December 2026, the directors expect future trade to be cash generative. The directors consider this to be sufficient to fund the Group's expected working capital requirements, longer term capital commitments and allow for a level of headroom in the event that sales growth does not materialise as expected.”
Group structure
- HIGHAM AND HIGHAM LTD · parent
- Empties Please Ltd 100%
- The Cartridge People Ltd 100%
- Cartridge Shop (UK) Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLANAGAN, John-Mark | Director | 2017-09-19 | Aug 1987 | British |
| FREEMAN, Max Louis | Director | 2020-11-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHAM, Mark Roger | Secretary | 2001-03-23 | 2019-11-30 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-23 | 2001-03-23 |
| CARTMAN, David Andrew | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| DEN BROEDER, Arthur Pete | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2022-03-23 |
| EIGENFELD, Frits | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2022-03-23 |
| HIGHAM, Mark Roger | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2019-11-30 |
| JENKINS, Stuart Edward | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2020-02-07 |
| KREUNING, Christian | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2022-03-23 |
| KREUNING, Gijsbertus Anthonius Johannes | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2022-03-23 |
| TAMMADGE, Lynn Janet | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2016-05-26 |
| WHIPP, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2008-10-17 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-03-23 | 2001-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gijsbertus Kreuning | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2021-03-04 | Active |
| Mintje Holding B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2017-12-08 | Ceased 2021-03-04 |
| Mr Mark Roger Higham | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-31 | 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
- 4
- 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.