HILLIER HOPKINS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£227K
-45% vs 2024
Net assets
-£504K
-31.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
25
+525% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£17K
+95.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £328,844 | £2,377,450 | +623% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£535,476 | £59,599 | +111.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£384,604 | -£16,852 | +95.6% | |
| Net profit | — | -£384,604 | -£119,839 | +68.8% | |
| Cash | — | £411,801 | £226,639 | -45% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100 | £636,058 | £218,149 | -65.7% | |
| Net assets | — | -£384,504 | -£504,343 | -31.2% | |
| Equity | £100 | -£384,504 | -£504,343 | -31.2% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 25 | +525% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,125,997 | — | |
| 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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -162.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | -117.0% | -5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -84.2% | 27.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 108.7% | 120.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.40x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | -6.62x | 0.74x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- 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.”
Group structure
- HILLIER HOPKINS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED · parent
- Minney & Company Limited 100%
- Colin Gray & Co Limited 100%
- Priority Payroll Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the previous year the company completed three acquisitions - via the purchase of 100% of the shares in the companies named above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTOM, Alexander Michael | Director | 2022-06-13 | Jul 1976 | British |
| JACOBY, Michael | Director | 2023-04-01 | Aug 1983 | British |
| NATHWANI, Meeten | Director | 2022-06-13 | Aug 1979 | British |
| SPELLER, Simon John | Director | 2022-06-13 | May 1976 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKS, Jonathan Leslie | Director | 2022-06-13 | 2023-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillier Hopkins Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.