HYPERBAT LIMITED
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Cash
£514k
-38.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£310k
+0.6% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£292k
+65.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,837,000 | £5,266,000 | -9.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£756,000 | -£232,000 | +69.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£848,000 | -£292,000 | +65.6% | |
| Net profit | -£668,000 | £2,000 | +100.3% | |
| Cash | £835,000 | £514,000 | -38.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,354,000 | £356,000 | -84.9% | |
| Net assets | £308,000 | £310,000 | +0.6% | |
| Equity | £308,000 | £310,000 | +0.6% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13.0% | -4.4% | |
| Net margin | -11.4% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -32.1% | -65.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.0% | 88.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | -8.22x | -3.87x |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements, which are shown on pages 9 - 17.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, Benjamin Lascelles | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| BURKE, Carol | Director | 2018-09-10 | Jan 1967 | British |
| DAVIS, Andrew Paul | Director | 2018-09-10 | Oct 1965 | British |
| LEIGH, Darren Peter | Director | 2022-03-15 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Robert Paul David | Secretary | 2018-05-22 | 2021-07-31 |
| RUSSELL, Tanya | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | 2024-03-01 |
| ARMSTRONG, Nicholas Dawborn Tyrrell | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2022-02-28 |
| BEDFORD, Christian Anthony James | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2020-01-14 |
| BOLL, Rebecca | Director | 2025-05-30 | 2025-12-16 |
| CARLISLE, Andrew Ian | Director | 2023-11-10 | 2025-11-19 |
| CHITTY, Jonathan | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2019-03-01 |
| COLGATE, James Richard | Director | 2024-06-11 | 2025-02-05 |
| COLLINS, Richard Alexander | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2018-09-10 |
| COPELAND, Christopher | Director | 2025-02-05 | 2025-05-30 |
| FINCH, Rupert | Director | 2023-01-16 | 2023-11-10 |
| HERRING, James Gordon | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2023-11-10 |
| HUDSON, Martin John | Director | 2019-07-19 | 2020-01-14 |
| JOHNSTONE, Thomas George | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2021-08-13 |
| JUDSON, Judith Fletcher | Director | 2023-11-10 | 2024-06-11 |
| LAFFERTY, Douglas James | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2019-07-19 |
| LAZARUS, Edmund Alfred | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2022-02-28 |
| MELENDEZ, Melanie | Director | 2023-11-10 | 2025-05-30 |
| MOURGUE, Anthony John | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2018-09-10 |
| URDING, Rian | Director | 2025-05-30 | 2025-11-19 |
| WELLS, Ian Damien | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2023-01-16 |
| WILSON, Craig Beresford | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2023-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wae Joint Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-09-10 | Ceased 2025-12-16 |
| Unipart Advanced Manufacturing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.