HIGHWAY STOPS RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
+32.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£51M
+13.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
5
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+2.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £50,008,059 | £34,946,113 | £74,168,810 | £69,622,091 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,229,711 | £2,623,363 | £5,217,052 | £5,233,554 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,140,284 | £2,547,498 | £4,374,246 | £4,476,605 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,644,617 | £1,943,963 | £3,034,417 | £2,961,649 | |
| Cash | — | £3,030,561 | £5,515,338 | £16,924,988 | £22,392,110 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £28,156,723 | £38,533,007 | £66,032,176 | £73,076,716 | |
| Net assets | — | £21,930,626 | £29,926,935 | £44,618,640 | £50,537,467 | |
| Equity | £17,381,817 | £21,930,626 | £29,926,935 | £44,618,640 | £50,537,467 | |
| Average employees | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | — | £125,831 | £125,601 | £296,300 | £334,850 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £96,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 | £55,000 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£74,168,810 £69,622,091
-
Cash
+32.3%
£16,924,988 £22,392,110
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+13.3%
£44,618,640 £50,537,467
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
+0.3%
£5,217,052 £5,233,554
-
Profit before tax
+2.3%
£4,374,246 £4,476,605
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+13%
£296,300 £334,850
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.5% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.3% | 5.6% | 4.1% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.9% | 6.8% | 7.9% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 38.7% | 37.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.83x | 3.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | 22.06x | 32.84x | 5.85x | 4.97x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- HIGHWAY STOPS RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- Highway Developments Greenford Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year-end, two investment properties were sold with combined proceeds of £3,720,000.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Shilan Raja | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-11 | Active |
| 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 84 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.