HIGHWOOD HOMES LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6.9m
highest in 6 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.2m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-02-29 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,536,000 | £23,252,000 | £39,115,000 | £30,613,000 | £24,260,000 | £4,922,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,873,000 | £1,028,000 | £4,088,000 | £3,745,000 | £30,000 | £587,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,802,000 | £945,000 | £4,052,000 | £2,748,000 | £2,878,000 | £1,247,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,259,000 | £756,000 | £3,252,000 | £2,533,000 | £2,870,000 | £1,131,000 | — | |
| Cash | £2,230,000 | £1,113,000 | £4,260,000 | £113,000 | £3,815,000 | £1,994,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,248,000 | £3,736,000 | £2,632,000 | £3,512,000 | £6,508,000 | £7,198,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £4,945,000 | £956,000 | £2,408,000 | £2,941,000 | £5,811,000 | £6,942,000 | — | |
| Equity | — | £956,000 | £2,408,000 | £2,941,000 | £5,811,000 | £6,942,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 12 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 7 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | £1,204,000 | £1,530,000 | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £637,000 | — | £1,160,000 | £810,000 | £643,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 18 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-02-29 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 4.4% | 10.5% | 12.2% | 0.1% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 11.8% | 23.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.8% | 27.5% | 155.3% | 106.6% | 0.5% | 8.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.34x | 1.43x | 4.40x | |
| Interest cover | 40.46x | 12.39x | — | — | 0.55x | 19.57x |
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
- Fiander ETL
- 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 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
- HIGHWOOD HOMES LIMITED · parent
- Highwood Land (Horndean) Limited 100%
- Highwood (Botley) Limited 100%
- Highwood Land (South Allington) Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures Limited 100%
- North Stoneham Developments Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 1 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 19 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 3 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 18 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2025, the company acquired the 100% shareholdings in Highwood Ventures 3 Limited, Highwood Ventures 18 Limited and Highwood Ventures 19 Limited. This is to recognise the transfer of these companies from being directly a subsidiary of the ultimate parent holding company, Highwood Group Holdings Limited, to being a subsidiary of Highwood Homes Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEECH, Simon Charles Patrick | Director | 2018-04-23 | May 1971 | British |
| BROWN, Natalie Louise | Director | 2022-10-03 | Feb 1989 | British |
| HAWTHORNE, Martin James | Director | 2019-09-02 | Feb 1965 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Stephen | Director | 2020-08-05 | Jul 1972 | British |
| PROSSER, Phillip James Curran | Director | 2020-08-05 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASKERVILLE, Mark Oliver | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2024-02-19 |
| HAYWARD, Guy Desmond | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-08-05 |
| LORD, Elliot Allan | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2025-03-28 |
| MEEK, Nigel Ashley | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2021-07-05 |
| MINTRAM, Malcolm | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2021-07-05 |
| SHANNON, Nigel Leonard | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2021-07-05 |
| STEVENSON, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2023-10-31 |
| WOODWARD, Paul Michael | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2020-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highwood Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-01-26 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
| Highwood Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-01-26 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Leonard Shannon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-10 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
| Mr Malcolm Mintram | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-10 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
| Mr Nigel Ashley Meek | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-10 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-05 | 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.