HOULDER LIMITED
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Cash
£410k
+62% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.7m
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
59
-15.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£47k
+108.3% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,669,923 | £16,423,135 | £14,074,799 | £9,420,897 | £7,310,639 | -22.4% | |
| Operating profit | £603,581 | £5,931,673 | £216,369 | -£559,605 | £46,812 | +108.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £33,265 | £6,790,295 | £393,944 | -£562,766 | £46,812 | +108.3% | |
| Net profit | £117,196 | £5,888,928 | £667,202 | -£562,766 | -£67,199 | +88.1% | |
| Cash | £989,663 | £5,727,387 | £718,939 | £252,962 | £409,774 | +62% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,749,282 | £7,638,210 | £8,305,412 | £7,742,466 | £7,675,447 | -0.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,749,282 | £7,638,210 | £8,305,412 | £7,742,646 | £7,675,447 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £1,749,282 | £7,638,210 | £8,305,412 | £7,742,646 | £7,675,447 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 65 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 59 | -15.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,493,574 | £4,498,835 | £3,587,377 | -20.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £570,324 | £524,732 | £617,348 | £492,105 | £582,025 | +18.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £65,994 | £82,309 | £85,259 | +3.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £155,201 | £148,949 | £159,827 | +7.3% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 36.1% | 1.5% | -5.9% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 35.9% | 4.7% | -6.0% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.5% | 77.7% | 2.6% | -7.2% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.9% | 33.1% | 22.3% | 13.1% | 17.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.40x | 7.50x | 5.83x | |
| Interest cover | 84.37x | — | — | — | — |
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
- HOULDER LIMITED 2002-05-31 → present
- NOTSALLOW 162 LIMITED 2002-03-21 → 2002-05-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- HOULDER LIMITED · parent
- Hart Fenton & Co Limited 100%
- Seaspeed Marine Consultancy Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOALEN, Mark Eric Vincent | Director | 2023-04-20 | Feb 1982 | British |
| HARE, Rupert William Aubone | Director | 2004-06-18 | Aug 1967 | British |
| HILL, Simon John | Director | 2013-10-10 | Jan 1965 | British |
| STRACHAN, Jonathan David | Director | 2023-04-20 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIASSON, Anna-Malin | Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2009-03-09 |
| FARRELLY, Barry Brenden | Secretary | 2009-03-09 | 2012-03-31 |
| HAYWARD, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 2012-03-31 | 2017-02-08 |
| LONG, Richard Edward | Secretary | 2002-06-21 | 2006-01-20 |
| WOLLASTONS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-03-21 | 2002-06-21 |
| CHEW, Michael John | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2014-03-11 |
| FARRELLY, Barry Brenden | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2012-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Simon Allan | Director | 2015-07-03 | 2023-04-20 |
| HARRIS, Simon Allan | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2004-01-16 |
| HARRISON, John Maurice Frank | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2008-04-01 |
| HICKSON, Peter Hanam | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2019-07-19 |
| HOOKER, David Symonds | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2015-12-31 |
| HOULDER, John Maurice | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2002-08-31 |
| HUTTON, Malcolm John | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2023-04-20 |
| KELLY, Peter | Director | 2002-08-31 | 2006-10-13 |
| MEADOWS, Eric Linsley | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2008-04-01 |
| PERDRIX, Frederic Vincent | Director | 2003-06-13 | 2018-09-03 |
| SAUNDERS, Jane Ann | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2002-06-21 |
| WOLLASTON, Richard Hugh | Nominee Director | 2002-03-21 | 2002-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cc223 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-09-29 | Active |
| Houlder Engineering Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.