HORNBILL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-20 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£519K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£400K
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
13
lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£692K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £2,705,258 | £10,751,049 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,481,290 | £646,460 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,500,641 | £691,855 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,502,558 | £518,961 | |
| Cash | £432,363 | £431,660 | £549,220 | £519,360 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,514,792 | -£1,588,855 | -£68,697 | £454,531 | |
| Net assets | -£1,532,906 | -£1,621,255 | -£118,697 | £400,264 | |
| Equity | -£1,532,906 | -£1,621,255 | -£118,697 | £400,264 | |
| Average employees | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,710,128 | £1,409,706 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £400,283 | £375,194 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 54.8% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 55.5% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -2156.3% | 142.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.73x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1369.62x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and hence the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from approval of these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements of the Company.”
Group structure
- HORNBILL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED · parent
- Hornbill SHPK 100%
Significant events
- “Hornbill Technologies Limited entered into an agreement, effective on 31 December 2023, with its parent company, Hornbill Corporate Limited, to transfer it's Intellectual Property rights for an agreed sum.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, Lindsey Phillip | Secretary | 2010-07-05 | — | British |
| GILL, Lindsey Philip | Director | 2010-07-05 | Aug 1962 | British |
| SWEENEY, Gerald James | Director | 2010-07-05 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROXSON, Anthony Smeaton | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2010-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornbill Corporate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-19 | Active |
| Mr Gerald James Sweeney | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.