HICKLEYS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+21.6% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+13.4% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
61
-7.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+46.7% vs 2023
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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £10,851,745 | £11,271,765 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £744,656 | £1,067,460 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £759,589 | £1,113,989 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £579,288 | £833,121 | |
| Cash | £447,354 | £1,003,519 | £1,452,800 | — | £1,299,513 | £1,580,106 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,749,146 | £1,932,515 | £2,436,319 | — | £2,766,940 | £3,068,305 | |
| Net assets | £1,737,158 | £1,908,482 | £2,365,847 | — | £2,626,294 | £2,979,142 | |
| Equity | £1,737,158 | £1,908,482 | £2,365,847 | £2,555,060 | £2,626,294 | £2,979,142 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 78 | 72 | — | 66 | 61 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,297,431 | £2,128,353 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £80,032 | £114,493 |
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
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Turnover
+3.9%
£10,851,745 £11,271,765
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Cash
+21.6%
£1,299,513 £1,580,106
highest in 5 filed years
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Net assets
+13.4%
£2,626,294 £2,979,142
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
-7.6%
66 61
lowest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
+43.3%
£744,656 £1,067,460
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Profit before tax
+46.7%
£759,589 £1,113,989
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Wages
-7.4%
£2,297,431 £2,128,353
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.3% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 26.9% | 34.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.00x | 2.29x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its trading activity. The directors are confident that the company has sufficient cash reserves and adequate resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. The directors are not aware of any known risks or factors which would indicate the company was at risk of being unable to meet its obligations, financial or otherwise, and accordingly continues to prepare its financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “2025 marks a momentous milestone for the company as we celebrate our 100th year in business.”
- “During the year, the directors undertook a strategic review of the Group's operations. As a result, it was decided to restructure the business into three separate trading companies, each dedicated to a distinct area of our activities.”
- “On 1 January 2025, Hickleys Limited discontinued their activities in the healthcare trade and transferred this to Hickleys Healthcare Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEIKLE, Duncan Richard Grainger | Secretary | 2007-12-03 | — | British |
| HENDERSON, David Edmund | Director | 2013-11-29 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HUISH, Robin Neil | Director | 2007-12-03 | Aug 1958 | British |
| MEIKLE, Duncan Richard Grainger | Director | 2007-12-03 | Aug 1951 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEIKLE, Andrew William Grainger | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2012-03-23 |
| MEIKLE, John Richard Grainger | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2020-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickleys Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-04-30 | Active |
| Mrs Rosalind Meikle | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-11-19 | Ceased 2024-04-30 |
| Mr Duncan Richard Grainger Meikle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.