STEVE HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Get an alert when STEVE HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-05 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-22
Watchouts
Cash
£316
-99.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-1% vs 2023
Employees
89
+8.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£87K
-85.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £36,840,107 | £43,823,844 | £57,054,681 | £57,215,514 | |
| Operating profit | — | £422,271 | £522,834 | £910,205 | £277,587 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £254,275 | £410,561 | £607,276 | £87,200 | |
| Net profit | — | £200,572 | £366,103 | £467,151 | -£14,386 | |
| Cash | — | £43 | £1,240 | £206,718 | £316 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,685,365 | £1,760,363 | £2,606,614 | £3,194,942 | |
| Net assets | — | £972,697 | £1,282,400 | £2,190,668 | £2,168,212 | |
| Equity | £824,925 | £972,697 | £1,282,400 | £2,190,668 | £2,168,212 | |
| Average employees | — | 84 | 89 | 82 | 89 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,157,856 | £2,509,825 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £32,849 | £40,859 | £40,970 |
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
+0.3%
£57,054,681 £57,215,514
-
Cash
-99.8%
£206,718 £316
-
Net assets
-1%
£2,190,668 £2,168,212
-
Employees
+8.5%
82 89
-
Operating profit
-69.5%
£910,205 £277,587
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-85.6%
£607,276 £87,200
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+16.3%
£2,157,856 £2,509,825
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 25.1% | 29.7% | 34.9% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.89x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.51x | 4.66x | 3.00x | 1.46x |
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
- STEVE HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED 2003-03-12 → present
- MARRCO 9 LIMITED 2002-10-22 → 2003-03-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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 they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- STEVE HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- D & K Lindop Holdings Limited 100%
- Lindop Brothers (Wrexham) Limited 100%
- Lindop Brothers (Queensferry) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Trading in the year was disrupted by the major refurbishment at our Queensferry business needed to bring it into line with the latest Toyota corporate identity requirements. This work is now complete and we are confident that trading will improve in 2025.”
- “The Company has taken an opportunity provided by Toyota Financial Services to restructure its borrowings by taking out a new formal, medium term loan and reducing its vehicle funding amounts.”
- “In 2024 the triannual valuation of the Company's closed, final salary pension scheme took place. The valuation was received during the year and the Company has agreed a new contribution schedule with the Trustees of the scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Philip Mark | Secretary | 2003-06-03 | — | British |
| GARDNER, Philip Mark | Director | 2003-06-03 | Oct 1963 | British |
| HOPEWELL, Stephen Neil | Director | 2003-03-14 | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPEWELL, Helen Jane | Secretary | 2003-03-14 | 2003-06-03 |
| MARRONS CONSULTANCIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-22 | 2003-03-14 |
| GARDNER, Philip Mark | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2003-05-16 |
| SUMNER, Kevin Wayne | Director | 2002-10-22 | 2003-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Neil Hopewell | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2022-05-24 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.