HILLS NUMBERPLATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3K
-98.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+7.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
47
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£290K
+213.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,235,680 | £11,710,760 | £11,793,702 | |
| Operating profit | -£465,845 | -£116,243 | -£30,062 | |
| Profit before tax | -£235,408 | £92,570 | £290,295 | |
| Net profit | — | £71,039 | £227,217 | |
| Cash | £16,603 | £184,141 | £3,239 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,881,670 | £6,399,616 | £5,623,892 | |
| Net assets | £3,107,537 | £3,178,577 | £3,405,794 | |
| Equity | £3,107,537 | £3,178,577 | £3,405,794 | |
| Average employees | 50 | 49 | 47 | |
| Wages | — | £1,745,751 | £1,778,366 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £357,419 | £676,581 |
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
+0.7%
£11,710,760 £11,793,702
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-98.2%
£184,141 £3,239
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£3,178,577 £3,405,794
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-4.1%
49 47
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+74.1%
-£116,243 -£30,062
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+213.6%
£92,570 £290,295
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+1.9%
£1,745,751 £1,778,366
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.1% | -1.0% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.6% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.8% | -1.8% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 70.8% | 67.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.31x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | -2.10x | -0.37x | -0.11x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HILLS NUMBERPLATES LIMITED 2014-12-29 → present
- HILLS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2013-12-17 → 2014-12-29
- HILLS NUMBERPLATES SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2013-12-03 → 2013-12-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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. 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 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
- HILLS NUMBERPLATES LIMITED · parent
- Hills France SAS
- Faab Fabricauto SAS
- Tiflex IM
- HFPO
- Utsch International Limited
- Hills China Limited
Significant events
- “Post year end, the company disposed of 100% of its shareholding in Hills France SAS to fellow group company Erich Utsch AG.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHARNE, Robert James | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | — | — |
| CAINE, Julian | Director | 2019-07-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| LAUGHARNE, Robert James | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Adrian | Director | 2015-03-03 | 2020-06-30 |
| EAKIN, Noel Thomas George | Director | 2014-05-27 | 2020-02-14 |
| EAKIN, Simon Noel | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2020-02-14 |
| GLENDINNING, Christopher Paul | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2020-06-01 |
| JENKINS, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2024-03-31 |
| REUBEN, Martin Jack | Director | 2014-05-27 | 2022-05-01 |
| TAFFINDER, Richard Ivor | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2025-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Utsch Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2020-02-14 | Ceased 2020-02-14 |
| Mr Martin Jack Reuben | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-02-14 | Ceased 2020-02-14 |
| Hills Group International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-02-14 | Active |
| Mr Martin Jack Reuben | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-12-03 | Ceased 2020-02-14 |
| Mr Richard Ivor Taffinder | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-03 | Ceased 2020-02-14 |
| Noel Eakin & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-12-03 | Ceased 2020-02-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.