HEWITSON GROUP LTD
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Cash
£6.6m
-29.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28m
+18.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
187
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.7m
+10.5% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,448,955 | £52,803,148 | £56,433,207 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £6,891,323 | £5,809,919 | £6,532,899 | +12.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,178,318 | £5,189,937 | £5,737,048 | +10.5% | |
| Net profit | £3,368,287 | £3,950,056 | £4,356,322 | +10.3% | |
| Cash | £9,675,631 | £9,379,018 | £6,601,756 | -29.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,868,006 | £40,024,797 | £50,859,848 | +27.1% | |
| Net assets | £19,762,128 | £23,712,184 | £28,068,506 | +18.4% | |
| Equity | £19,762,128 | £23,712,184 | £28,068,506 | +18.4% | |
| Average employees | 185 | 183 | 187 | +2.2% | |
| Wages | £8,785,356 | £8,565,629 | £8,835,833 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £353,309 | £700,577 | £776,665 | +10.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £77,280 | £15,829 | £7,928 | -49.9% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 11.0% | 11.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 7.5% | 7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.0% | 14.5% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.6% | 55.8% | 59.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.59x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 6.69x | 5.75x | 5.47x |
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
- Waltons Business Advisers Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next twelve months.”
Group structure
- HEWITSON GROUP LTD · parent
- Hewitson Limited 100%
- Hewitson Plant Hire Limited 100%
- Hewitson Haulage Ltd 100%
- Appleton Homes Limited 100%
- Hewitson Plant Sales Limited 100%
- Oaktree Living Limited 100%
- Albrough Homes Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITSON, Henry Michael | Director | 2016-02-18 | Oct 1993 | British |
| HEWITSON, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2016-02-18 | Nov 1987 | British |
| HEWITSON, Michael Edward | Director | 2016-02-18 | Nov 1960 | British |
| HEWITSON, Owen Scott | Director | 2016-02-18 | Nov 1990 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Edward Hewitson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.