HIGH COURT ENFORCEMENT GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-28 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-14
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-46.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£9M
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
132
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£175K
-81.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs 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 · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £7,378,469 | £8,310,251 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£862,355 | £59,829 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £967,006 | £175,368 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,841,020 | £984,621 | £23,545 | |
| Cash | £4,924,178 | £5,815,931 | £4,733,277 | £2,390,319 | £1,275,921 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,475,915 | £11,807,319 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £8,237,830 | £8,857,451 | £8,750,696 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £8,857,451 | £8,750,696 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 127 | 139 | 132 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,691,715 | £4,302,995 | £4,158,695 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £349,299 | £294,483 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-30
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Turnover
+12.6%
£7,378,469 £8,310,251
-
Cash
-46.6%
£2,390,319 £1,275,921
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-1.2%
£8,857,451 £8,750,696
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Employees
-5%
139 132
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Operating profit
+106.9%
-£862,355 £59,829
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Profit before tax
-81.9%
£967,006 £175,368
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Wages
-3.4%
£4,302,995 £4,158,695
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -11.7% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 13.3% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -9.1% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.56x | 6.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -21.31x | 1.92x |
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
- HIGH COURT ENFORCEMENT GROUP LIMITED 2004-02-18 → present
- CHERRY'S LIMITED 2003-01-20 → 2004-02-18
- MICHCO 369 LIMITED 2002-09-05 → 2003-01-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sage & Company Business Advisors Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- HIGH COURT ENFORCEMENT GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Excel Civil Enforcement Limited 100%
- High Court Enforcement Officers Limited 100%
- Menai Collect Limited 100%
- National Eviction Team Limited 100%
- SHCE Limited 100%
- High Court Enforcement Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As reported in the 2024 accounts a VIMBO (Vendor Initiated Management Buyout) took place during the 2025 year, and 4 new Directors were appointed”
- “On 29 October 2024 the Company was the subject of a management buyout The shareholders of the Company received a combination of cash and deferred consideration totalling £5 95m over a 5 year period, together with shares in HCEGH Limited No borrowings were required to fund this transaction Four of the shareholders receiving consideration were also directors of the Company during the year”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Philip Courtenay | Secretary | 2006-08-09 | — | British |
| ANDERSON, Michael Robert | Director | 2006-09-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| DAVIES, Liam Peter | Director | 2024-10-24 | Mar 1991 | British |
| HOOPER, Richard Ian | Director | 2024-10-24 | May 1978 | British |
| LEWIS JONES, Bryan | Director | 2006-09-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| SPIERS, Anna-Louise | Director | 2024-10-24 | Jul 1980 | British |
| TODD, Alison | Director | 2024-10-24 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Simon | Secretary | 2002-09-05 | 2006-08-09 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-05 | 2002-09-05 |
| BARNETT, Simon | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2006-09-01 |
| BASTIN, Simon Charles | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2005-07-22 |
| DEAN, Gordon Peter | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2024-10-24 |
| DICKINSON, Malcolm Keith | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2006-05-04 |
| GARLAND, Michael Gwynfor Patrick | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2024-10-24 |
| LEYSHON, Martin | Director | 2006-05-04 | 2020-07-27 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-05 | 2002-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hcegh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-10-24 | Active |
| Mr Bryan Lewis Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Mr Gordon Peter Dean | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Mr Michael Robert Anderson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Mr Martin Leyshon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2020-07-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-09-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-12 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.