HBPO UK LIMITED
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Cash
£460
EUR 528
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.8k
EUR 4,336
+99.2% vs 2024
Employees
71
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4k
EUR 3,934
+234.4% vs 2024
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 | £68,900,373 | £49,305 | £59,913 | +21.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,811,344 | £844 | £3,415 | +304.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,941,631 | £1,026 | £3,431 | +234.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,099,105 | £761 | £2,505 | +229.2% | |
| Cash | £791,279 | £690 | £460 | -33.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,334,231 | £2,437 | £4,411 | +81% | |
| Net assets | £3,980,717 | £1,899 | £3,782 | +99.2% | |
| Equity | £3,980,717 | £1,899 | £3,782 | +99.2% | |
| Average employees | 80 | 74 | 71 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £3,352,732 | £3,061 | £3,109 | +1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £148,528 | £145 | £160 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,366 | £8 | £10 | +25% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 5.5% | 1.7% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 1.5% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 87.9% | 34.6% | 77.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.1% | 85.0% | 71.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 0.90x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.75x | 27.32x |
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
- HBPO UK LIMITED 2005-10-24 → present
- SHOO 195 LIMITED 2005-09-08 → 2005-10-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOLZ, Lyndsey | Secretary | 2024-07-15 | — | — |
| FAIRCLOUGH, Robert William | Director | 2018-11-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNES, John William | Secretary | 2013-06-18 | 2019-04-18 |
| GRAZIANO, Raffaele Rocco | Secretary | 2005-10-05 | 2007-12-31 |
| MAWBY-GROOM, Thomas | Secretary | 2010-03-09 | 2013-07-05 |
| NICOL, Alex | Secretary | 2024-05-31 | 2024-07-11 |
| RUEHL, Thomas | Secretary | 2009-03-16 | 2009-10-01 |
| SAGLIK, Esma | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2010-03-09 |
| SCHOLZ, Lyndsey | Secretary | 2019-04-18 | 2024-05-31 |
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-08 | 2005-10-05 |
| GRAZIANO, Raffaele Rocco | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-10-01 |
| ROGGE, Bernward | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2024-08-15 |
| RUEHL, Thomas | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| SCHULER, Martin Erdmann | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2019-10-31 |
| SCHULER, Martin Erdmann | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2007-12-31 |
| SHOOSMITHS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-09-08 | 2005-10-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opmobility Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | 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.