HIGHWAY STOPS RETAIL LIMITED
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Cash
£28m
+24% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£66m
+31.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.6m
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £74,168,810 | £69,622,091 | £69,013,547 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £5,217,052 | £5,233,554 | £4,598,654 | -12.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,374,246 | £4,476,605 | £4,576,591 | +2.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,034,417 | £2,961,649 | £3,002,956 | +1.4% | |
| Cash | £16,924,988 | £22,392,110 | £27,765,532 | +24% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,032,176 | £73,076,716 | £93,318,394 | +27.7% | |
| Net assets | £44,618,640 | £50,537,467 | £66,352,922 | +31.3% | |
| Equity | £44,618,640 | £50,537,467 | £66,352,922 | +31.3% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0% | |
| Wages | £296,300 | £334,850 | £491,502 | +46.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £95,000 | £60,174 | £51,985 | -13.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £340,000 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 7.0% | 7.5% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 7.2% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.7% | 37.6% | 34.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.83x | 3.18x | 3.67x | |
| Interest cover | 5.85x | 4.97x | 5.32x |
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
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has continued to trade profitably during the year and to present date. The directors are confident that they have sufficient profit and cash reserves for the company to continue to trade for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- HIGHWAY STOPS RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- Highway Developments Greenford Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, S Raja Holdings Limited has become the immediate parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAJA, Shilan | Director | 2015-04-16 | Mar 1986 | British |
| RAJA, Shobhana Sharad | Director | 2013-08-20 | Nov 1953 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAD, Anthony David | Director | 2013-08-12 | 2023-06-30 |
| RAJA, Sharad Mohanlal | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2024-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Raja Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-07-30 | Active |
| Mr Shilan Raja | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-11 | Ceased 2026-07-30 |
| Shobhana Sharad Raja | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-11 |
| Mr Sharad Mohanlal Raja | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-10-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.