NORTH HIGHLAND UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-31.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£20m
+102.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
273
-16.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£13m
+138.7% vs 2024
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 | £80,378,242 | £69,924,835 | £57,112,679 | -18.3% | |
| Operating profit | £27,526,056 | £5,706,833 | £13,517,105 | +136.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,341,057 | £5,604,828 | £13,379,478 | +138.7% | |
| Net profit | £20,635,145 | £4,178,938 | £9,981,065 | +138.8% | |
| Cash | £1,190,984 | £2,381,275 | £1,631,264 | -31.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,066,417 | £38,104,719 | £37,889,758 | -0.6% | |
| Net assets | £5,591,562 | £9,770,500 | £19,751,565 | +102.2% | |
| Equity | £5,591,562 | £9,770,500 | £19,751,565 | +102.2% | |
| Average employees | 382 | 328 | 273 | -16.8% | |
| Wages | £33,653,558 | £31,290,502 | £26,358,257 | -15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £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 | 34.2% | 8.2% | 23.7% | |
| Net margin | 25.7% | 6.0% | 17.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 88.6% | 15.0% | 35.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.5% | 79.8% | 59.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.92x | 4.71x | 4.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | 30.21x | 77.25x |
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
- NORTH HIGHLAND UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2013-04-12 → present
- QED IS MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2012-12-05 → 2013-04-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- NORTH HIGHLAND UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- North Highland UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group entered into a non-cancellable lease for the 8th and 9th floor of 10 Bloomsbury Way. The lease commenced on 13 March 2025, with annual fixed payments of £2,114,700 over a non-cancellable term of 10 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAY, Patrick Ryal | Secretary | 2017-02-27 | — | — |
| MILLER, Matthew Joel, Mr. | Director | 2025-08-04 | Sep 1968 | American |
| SHAW, Anthony James, Mr. | Director | 2026-06-01 | Nov 1979 | English |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLIDAY, Hunter | Secretary | 2016-07-07 | 2017-02-27 |
| BOMBECK, Alexander Gabriel | Director | 2022-10-18 | 2026-05-31 |
| CATHCART, David Dale | Director | 2014-11-25 | 2016-07-07 |
| CHILDERS, Lauren Mcdaniel | Director | 2018-06-04 | 2024-10-01 |
| HANCOCK, Kirk | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2014-11-25 |
| REARDON, Daniel Dexter | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2022-10-18 |
| SATISKY, Mark Todd, Mr. | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2025-07-31 |
| SCHIAVO, Beth | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2018-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.