HILLS PROSPECT PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-14
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£22M
highest in 6 filed years
Employees
184
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
first positive since 2020
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-14.
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £21,009,390 | — | £40,964,908 | — | — | £58,528,272 | £78,234,930 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£480,562 | — | £3,288,869 | — | — | £3,064,923 | £3,745,793 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£438,951 | — | £3,254,226 | £6,302,466 | £6,545,518 | £3,519,440 | £4,389,584 | |
| Net profit | — | -£188,871 | — | £2,424,598 | £5,102,707 | £5,017,901 | £2,586,321 | £3,273,247 | |
| Cash | £2,473,021 | £1,926,658 | £1,926,658 | £5,927,733 | £7,996,547 | £6,043,858 | £1,925,629 | £6,287,696 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,654,656 | — | £9,009,479 | £11,495,910 | £16,249,009 | £18,771,263 | £21,842,127 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,188,285 | — | £6,944,568 | £11,106,920 | £15,818,421 | £18,404,742 | £21,677,989 | |
| Equity | £6,156,758 | £5,188,285 | £5,188,285 | £6,944,568 | £11,106,920 | £15,818,421 | £18,404,742 | £21,677,989 | |
| Average employees | — | 153 | — | 140 | 164 | 182 | 189 | 184 | |
| Wages | — | £4,255,796 | — | £4,274,262 | £5,448,739 | £6,455,693 | £5,036,011 | £6,766,231 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £420,701 | — | £395,582 | £583,338 | £332,035 | — | — |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.3% | — | 8.0% | — | — | 5.2% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.9% | — | 5.9% | — | — | 4.4% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -8.5% | — | 36.5% | — | — | 16.3% | 17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32.5% | 25.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.06x | 3.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | -38.32x | — | 50.30x | — | — | 269.09x | 120.61x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HILLS PROSPECT PLC 2009-09-25 → present
- HILLS DRINKS DISTRIBUTORS PLC 2001-07-30 → 2009-09-25
- HILL DRINKS DISTRIBUTORS PLC 2001-07-23 → 2001-07-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Our trade in 2025 continued to reflect the challenging economic environment, with pressure on the company from an increased cost base, additional employment costs and the pressure on the leisure spend from a consumer base with challenges to their spending.”
- “Our main focus has been to concentrate on our operating margins and associated costs through the year and for the future.”
- “As part of the Company's integration into the wider LWC Drinks business, a number of opportunities to improve the efficiency and finances of the business will allow the Company to achieve this through a combination of better buying opportunities ard business marketing.”
- “There are no notable post balance sheet events that would materially affect the accounts for the year ended 30th September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWEN, Mark Phillip | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| GRAY, Robin Macewan | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1951 | British |
| MUKADAM, Ebrahim Kassam | Director | 2023-09-01 | May 1957 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOMOTEY, Michael | Secretary | 2013-12-31 | 2023-09-01 |
| PRESS, Anthony | Secretary | 2009-10-02 | 2013-12-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Alan Peter | Secretary | 2001-07-23 | 2009-10-02 |
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-07-23 | 2001-07-23 |
| BOWERS, Trevor | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2023-09-01 |
| CALLAGHAN, Nicholas | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2023-09-01 |
| MERRITT, Phillip Ernest | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2016-09-28 |
| MOFFAT, Dean | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2023-09-01 |
| RICHARDS, Lisa | Director | 2016-06-24 | 2023-09-01 |
| SAUNDERS, Alan | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2016-09-28 |
| SMART, Darren | Director | 2016-06-24 | 2023-09-01 |
| WHITTINGTON-BOWERS, Collette | Director | 2016-06-24 | 2023-09-01 |
| CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-07-23 | 2001-07-23 |
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-07-23 | 2001-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hills Prospect Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2023-07-17 | Ceased 2023-07-17 |
| Mr Nicholas Callaghan | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2022-06-29 | Ceased 2023-07-17 |
| Mr Trevor Bowers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-23 | Ceased 2023-07-17 |
| Hills Prospect Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-06-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-11-24 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-11-24 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-09-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.