HYPERDRIVE LUBRICANTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-20
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4K
Period ending 2025-06-20
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company is dormant from 29th February 2024. Accordingly, the Directors have prepared the financial statements on a non-going concern basis, which the Directors believe to be appropriate for the reasons stated in note 1.4.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-20
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-20 | 2025-06-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,556,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £651,000 | -£4,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £758,000 | -£4,000 | |
| Net profit | £605,000 | £381,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,736,000 | £2,117,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,736,000 | £2,117,000 | |
| Equity | £1,736,000 | £2,117,000 | |
| Average employees | 20 | — | |
| Wages | £569,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £60,000 | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-20 vs 2024-06-20
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-20 | 2025-06-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.3% | — | |
| Net margin | 17.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.5% | -0.2% |
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
- HYPERDRIVE LUBRICANTS LIMITED 2017-11-24 → present
- EURO OILS LTD 2009-02-13 → 2017-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company is dormant from 29th February 2024. Accordingly, the Directors have prepared the financial statements on a non-going concern basis, which the Directors believe to be appropriate for the reasons stated in note 1.4.”
Significant events
- “Up until the 29th February 2024, the principal activity of the Company was the manufacture and sale of lubricants. On 29th February 2024, the company entered into an agreement with its immediate parent undertaking Certas Energy UK Limited to sell the trade and assets of the company for a consideration based on the estimated carrying value of assets and liabilities at that point in time. The Company then ceased trading.”
- “The company is dormant from 29th February 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROTHERTON, Eileen Frances | Director | 2023-03-30 | Dec 1970 | British |
| CASEY, Stephen | Director | 2023-03-30 | Mar 1980 | Irish |
| LITTLE, Daniel Stephen Paul | Director | 2018-11-30 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher | Secretary | 2013-12-06 | 2018-11-30 |
| APPLETON, Ian David | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2018-11-30 |
| APPLETON, Lynne Carol | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| BURGESS, Lee | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2021-08-23 |
| BURGESS, Lee | Director | 2009-04-14 | 2014-09-30 |
| DOORLY, Declan | Director | 2021-08-23 | 2023-03-30 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Paul Christopher | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2018-11-30 |
| MAYO, Stephen John | Director | 2021-08-23 | 2024-04-30 |
| STRETTLE, Geoffrey William | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2013-09-30 |
| TAYLOR, Steven Michael | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2024-10-18 |
| EURO OILS LTD | Corporate Director | 2009-04-14 | 2009-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certas Energy Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Ian David Appleton | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-13 | Ceased 2018-11-30 |
| Kerax Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-02-13 | Ceased 2018-09-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-08 | 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.