HERCULES PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+54% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£12M
+35.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
758
+46.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+45.9% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-01 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £30,496,558 | £22,950,757 | £79,770,000 | £101,934,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,276,382 | £1,081,624 | £2,479,000 | £3,372,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,278,422 | £1,089,542 | £1,540,000 | £2,247,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,806,182 | £1,276,480 | £1,669,000 | £1,636,000 | |
| Cash | — | £979,372 | £2,015,552 | £4,151,000 | £6,393,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,889,605 | £7,665,008 | £22,311,000 | £24,411,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,671,660 | £6,948,140 | £8,657,000 | £11,708,000 | |
| Equity | £3,865,478 | £5,671,660 | £6,948,140 | £8,657,000 | £11,708,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 172 | 181 | 517 | 758 | |
| Wages | — | £7,347,793 | £8,433,618 | £26,991,000 | £40,096,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £96,975 | £493,815 | £641,000 | £1,283,000 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+27.8%
£79,770,000 £101,934,000
highest in 4 filed years
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Cash
+54%
£4,151,000 £6,393,000
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+35.2%
£8,657,000 £11,708,000
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
+46.6%
517 758
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+36%
£2,479,000 £3,372,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+45.9%
£1,540,000 £2,247,000
highest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+48.6%
£26,991,000 £40,096,000
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2018-10-01 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.2% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.9% | 5.6% | 2.1% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 21.7% | 14.1% | 11.1% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 81.2% | 75.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.06x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 146.96x | 2.64x | 2.85x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-05-19
- HERCULES PLC 2025-05-19 → present
- HERCULES SITE SERVICES PLC 2021-05-10 → 2025-05-19
- HERCULES SITE SERVICES LIMITED 2008-05-30 → 2021-05-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- CLA Evelyn Partners Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared a core forecast up to January 2026 using prudent assumptions, and assuming the Group will continue as a going concern. Under the going concern assumption, an entity is ordinarily viewed as continuing in business for the foreseeable future. Management believes that the going concern assumption is appropriate.”
Group structure
- HERCULES PLC · parent
- Hercules Site Services (White Collar) Limited 1%
- Hercules Site Services (Suction Excavators) Limited 1%
- Hercules Site Services (Training) Limited 1%
Significant events
- “New equity fund raise announced in September 2024.”
- “A final dividend of 1.12 pence per share was proposed for the year ended 30 September 2024, to be paid on 21 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHEATCROFT, Paul David | Secretary | 2021-05-10 | — | — |
| IPLIKCI, Ahmet | Director | 2022-02-04 | Oct 1970 | British,Turkish |
| KILNER, Richard Anthony | Director | 2022-02-04 | Apr 1956 | British |
| KORKMAZ, Brusk Kivilcim | Director | 2008-05-30 | Jun 1979 | British |
| PITMAN, Henry John | Director | 2022-02-04 | Oct 1962 | British |
| STEVENS, Robin | Director | 2022-02-04 | Sep 1953 | British |
| TEDHAM, Martin John | Director | 2024-09-10 | Oct 1960 | British |
| WHEATCROFT, Paul David | Director | 2020-03-02 | May 1959 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWTON, Nicola | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2022-02-04 |
| FIELD, Paul | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2022-02-04 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-05-30 | 2008-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercules Real Estate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-10 | Active |
| Mr Brusk Kivilcim Korkmaz | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-02-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2024-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.