AITCH GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6M
-31.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£35M
-32.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
25
-13.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£11M
-64.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,487,638 | £5,869,654 | £19,031,058 | +224.2% | |
| Operating profit | £597,254 | £593,485 | £5,088,689 | +757.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,794,402 | -£6,586,705 | -£10,815,634 | -64.2% | |
| Net profit | -£4,985,624 | -£5,930,220 | -£9,836,208 | -65.9% | |
| Cash | £11,154,972 | £5,317,865 | £3,627,197 | -31.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £145,750,053 | £106,895,985 | £69,180,911 | -35.3% | |
| Net assets | £70,792,888 | £52,425,518 | £35,289,553 | -32.7% | |
| Equity | £70,792,888 | £52,425,518 | £35,289,553 | -32.7% | |
| Average employees | 35 | 29 | 25 | -13.8% | |
| Wages | £2,095,336 | £1,702,245 | £1,606,426 | -5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £268,840 | £271,342 | +0.9% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 10.1% | 26.7% | |
| Net margin | -90.9% | -101.0% | -51.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | 0.6% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 73.1% | 79.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 1.28x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 0.09x | 0.08x | 0.81x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Leaman Mattei
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- AITCH GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Aitch Estates Limited 100%
- H Smith Holdings Limited 100%
- Aitch Shoreditch Limited 100%
- Aitch (Lloyds) Limited 100%
- Aitch Investment Properties Limited 100%
- Coastalview Limited 100%
- Stamford Works Limited 100%
- Gasbury Limited 100%
- Door To Door Properties Limited 100%
- H Smith (Copper House) Limited 100%
- Anworth Limited 100%
- Saliby Properties Limited 100%
- Aitch Estates (Chatham Place) Limited 100%
- Woodford Land Developments Limited 100%
- Textile Building Limited 100%
- Aitch Art Limited 100%
- Aitch Construction Limited 100%
- The Oval Crescent Limited 100%
- Hedgerow Lane Management Company Ltd 100%
- Aitch Developments Limited 100%
- Regal Retirement Limited 100%
- Walters Build Limited 100%
- Empress Works Management Company Limited 100%
- Aitch Group Holdings Ltd 100%
- Loughton High Road (256) Limited 100%
- Loughton High Road Freehold Ltd 100%
- Arkley Stables Homes Ltd 100%
- Foresta Urbana SL 100%
- Shanglade Limited 50%
- Morris Road LLP 50%
- Columbus Finance LLP 50%
- Chronos Investments Limited 50%
- Mura Estates LLP 50%
- Mura Estates (London) Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Lloyds Bank Plc has a charge over the assets of certain group companies in relation to a loan facility with 87-95 Curtain Road LLP, an entity that the Group, through an intermediate subsidiary company, Woodford Land Developments Ltd, has a 50% joint venture interest in.”
- “Investec Bank PLC has a charge over amounts owed to one of the companies in the Group by Mark Street Property Limited.”
- “Lloyds Bank PLC has a charge over the shares in Anworth Services Limited, Saliby Properties Limited, Door to Door Properties Limited, Gasbury Limited and Aitch Estates (Chatham Place) Limited held by one of the companies in the Group.”
- “Clarke Group Finance Limited have a charge over the shares in Woodford Land Developments Limited in relation to a loan to one of the companies in the Group.”
- “Al Rayan Bank has a charge over amounts owed to one of the companies in the Group by 1-2 Hepscott Road Limited.”
- “One of the companies in the Group has guaranteed £9,457,000 of a loan from InterBay Funding Ltd to Childer Street Properties Ltd.”
- “One of the companies in the Group has a Corporate Guarantee for £1,400,000 to Byron Street (London) LLP in respect of its construction contract with Aitch Construction (London) Ltd.”
- “One of the companies in the Group has provided a guarantee of £513,100 plus interest and costs to Secure Trust Bank Plc in respect of a loan to 397 Cockfosters Road Limited.”
- “One of the companies in the Group has provided a guarantee of £4,960,000 to Tribe St James Street Limited in respect of its construction contract with Aitch Construction (London) Limited.”
- “One of the companies in the Group has provided a guarantee of £391,500 to Commercial Acceptances Ltd in respect of a loan to Next Chapter Living Ltd.”
- “Quantum Development Finance Limited has a charge over the shares in Arkley Stables Homes Limited.”
- “Assured Property Finance Ltd also has a charge over the shares in Arkley Stables Homes Limited as the junior lender.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUAIL, Laurence Richard | Director | 2024-02-23 | Nov 1980 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Chelsea | Director | 2017-01-22 | Jun 1987 | British |
| ROGERS, James Edward | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1988 | British |
| SPIRES, Christopher John | Director | 2017-11-15 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEEBLE, James Trevor | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2014-03-21 |
| KEEBLE, James Trevor | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2012-02-16 |
| RAHMAN, Enamur | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2015-03-06 |
| SMITH, Henry Thomas | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2026-06-11 |
| STEDMAN, Simon Christoffer | Director | 2015-02-24 | 2017-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Henry Thomas Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.