HEARTHSTONE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£647k
+14.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.2m
+20.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
11
-15.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£250k
-54.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £2,856,936 | £2,454,325 | £2,149,875 | -12.4% | |
| Operating profit | £734,913 | £599,593 | £227,347 | -62.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £700,227 | £553,801 | £250,135 | -54.8% | |
| Net profit | £523,182 | £414,646 | £149,944 | -63.8% | |
| Cash | £795,260 | £565,188 | £646,848 | +14.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £566,292 | £981,282 | £1,176,150 | +19.9% | |
| Net assets | £543,809 | £968,799 | £1,171,167 | +20.9% | |
| Equity | £543,809 | £968,799 | £1,171,167 | +20.9% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 13 | 11 | -15.4% | |
| Wages | £1,282,630 | £1,292,738 | £1,246,403 | -3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £282,968 | £267,968 | £318,280 | +18.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,968 | £7,968 | £7,968 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £267,705 | £282,705 | £303,017 | +7.2% |
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 | 25.7% | 24.4% | 10.6% | |
| Net margin | 18.3% | 16.9% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 129.8% | 61.1% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.1% | 41.9% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 2.13x | 3.67x | |
| Interest cover | 21.16x | 13.09x | 50.74x |
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
- HEARTHSTONE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2020-04-29 → present
- HEARTHSTONE INVESTMENTS PLC 2007-09-24 → 2020-04-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the cash profile of the business and its future prospects, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HEARTHSTONE INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Hearthstone Asset Management Limited 100%
- Hearthstone Investments (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Hearthstone Investment Management Limited 100%
- Hearthstone Investments (FP) Limited 100%
- Hearthstone Investments (GP) Limited 100%
- Hearthstone Investments (GP2) Limited 100%
- Hearthstone Investments (GP3) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “By February 2026, all 220 homes in the TM home investor fund were sold, with the 10th and final capital distribution to investors and formal fund closure effective in March.”
- “The group continues to trade profitably and a shareholder loan to finance the full acquisition of the Hearthstone Investment Management Ltd subsidiary was fully repaid in April 2025.”
- “In 2021 and 2022 the group completed the acquisition of Hearthstone Investment Management Limited (HIML); this was funded by long term loans provided by certain shareholders of Hearthstone Investments Limited, together with deferred consideration. These loans and deferred consideration were all repaid during the financial year.”
- “7,500 share options lapsed during the year (2024: 15,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERSTONE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2017-02-06 | — | — |
| BUCHER, Cedric Alain | Director | 2018-04-24 | Apr 1972 | British |
| DRYSDALE, Mark Stuart | Director | 2017-03-13 | Jan 1983 | British |
| DUTTON, David Martin Maxfield | Director | 2017-08-03 | Oct 1942 | British |
| MEAD, Briony James | Director | 2022-02-07 | Jul 1961 | British |
| TWIGG, Richard John | Director | 2016-06-13 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWN, Christopher Jonathan Alderson | Secretary | 2007-09-24 | 2017-02-06 |
| BAKER, Nicholas | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2013-02-19 |
| BEAUMONT, Peter Charles | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2017-11-30 |
| COLLETT, Alan Pascoe | Director | 2017-01-20 | 2019-03-11 |
| DOWN, Christopher Jonathan | Director | 2007-09-24 | 2016-12-01 |
| FARHA, George Oliver | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2023-08-04 |
| FORMAN, Mark Armand | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2013-02-19 |
| FREEMAN, Benjamin Patrick | Director | 2009-11-13 | 2013-02-19 |
| KIRSCH, Michael Terence | Director | 2011-11-08 | 2015-05-12 |
| LIVESEY, David Christopher | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2023-12-14 |
| MIDGLEY, John Philip | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2017-03-13 |
| POPE, Nigel Howard | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2014-01-14 |
| PULSFORD, Jeffrey Mark | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2017-01-20 |
| SAUNDERS, Timothy, Mr. | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2016-06-13 |
| SHIPPERLEY, Reginald Stephen | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2016-06-13 |
| SWEET, Kevin David | Director | 2010-04-06 | 2010-05-20 |
| WITHERSPOON, Mark Stephen | Director | 2011-05-31 | 2019-07-15 |
| ALDERSON INVESTMENTS LTD | Corporate Director | 2007-09-24 | 2009-08-10 |
| CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE RECRUITMENT LTD | Corporate Director | 2009-08-10 | 2009-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connells Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-01-02 | Active |
| Mr George Farha | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.