STEVE HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£666
+110.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.2m
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
94
+5.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£546k
+526.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,054,681 | £57,215,514 | £50,795,374 | -11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £910,205 | £277,587 | £742,685 | +167.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £607,276 | £87,200 | £546,358 | +526.6% | |
| Net profit | £467,151 | -£14,386 | £393,872 | +2,837.9% | |
| Cash | £206,718 | £316 | £666 | +110.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,606,614 | £3,194,942 | £3,228,978 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,190,668 | £2,168,212 | £2,223,746 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £2,190,668 | £2,168,212 | £2,223,746 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 89 | 94 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £2,157,856 | £2,509,825 | £2,628,591 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £40,859 | £41,851 | £27,904 | -33.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,128 | £881 | £511 | -42% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -0.0% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.9% | 8.7% | 23.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.9% | 82.6% | 81.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.89x | 0.86x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 3.00x | 1.46x | 3.78x |
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
- “The company will be required to carry out a major refurbishment work at its Wrexham premises to comply with manufacturer standards during 2026.”
- “Trading in 2026 has been strong.”
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 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.