HC GROUP GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD
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Cash
£2.9m
+8.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.8m
+5.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
77
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.4m
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £12,875,172 | £15,239,972 | £14,454,655 | -5.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,081,898 | £2,232,462 | £2,371,629 | +6.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,088,102 | £2,247,725 | £2,383,720 | +6.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,754,851 | £1,806,655 | £2,079,097 | +15.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,679,771 | £2,691,525 | £2,930,096 | +8.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £630,238 | £238 | £238 | £5,171,729 | £5,530,055 | £5,816,649 | +5.2% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £5,145,687 | £5,530,055 | £5,816,649 | +5.2% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £5,145,687 | £5,530,055 | £5,816,649 | +5.2% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,875,130 | £8,322,687 | £8,129,668 | -2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £489,599 | £512,716 | £503,741 | -1.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £3,332 | £42,972 | £3,522 | -91.8% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £248,568 | £278,958 | £276,482 | -0.9% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 16.2% | 14.6% | 16.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 13.6% | 11.9% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 40.3% | 40.4% | 40.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 30.4% | 35.7% | 28.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.27x | 2.75x | 3.45x |
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
- HC GROUP GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD 2022-12-06 → present
- HC GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED 2019-11-15 → 2022-12-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- HC GROUP GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- HC Group Search Holdings Ltd 80%
- HC Group Search Ltd 80%
- HC Group Search Inc 80%
- HC Group Search PTE Ltd 80%
- HC Group Search SARL 80%
- HC Group Middle East Limited 80%
- HC Group Search Ltda 80%
- HC Group Venture Holdings Ltd 100%
- Enco Insights Ltd 83.33%
- 3C Advisors Ltd 86.11%
- Hyperion Search Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Paul Douglas | Director | 2019-12-09 | Sep 1980 | British |
| COLLINS, Simon Matthew | Director | 2023-01-26 | Sep 1966 | British |
| STEWART, Damian Charles Alexander | Director | 2019-11-15 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Justin Nicholas Guy | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2022-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Douglas Chapman | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-12-09 | Active |
| Mr Damian Charles Alexander Stewart | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-01-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-02-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-02-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.