HARRIS BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£53K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£3M
-327.9% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
-443.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,402 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£8,598 | -£693,955 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,121,605 | -£3,855,807 | |
| Net profit | £1,121,605 | -£3,855,807 | |
| Cash | — | £53,004 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,939,595 | £21,238,307 | |
| Net assets | £1,176,004 | -£2,679,803 | |
| Equity | £1,176,004 | -£2,679,803 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-327.9%
£1,176,004 -£2,679,803
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
-7,971.1%
-£8,598 -£693,955
-
Profit before tax
-443.8%
£1,121,605 -£3,855,807
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -102.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.2% | 108.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.03x | 0.01x | |
| Interest cover | -0.01x | -0.22x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HARRIS BIDCO LIMITED 2024-04-23 → present
- HARRIS MIDCO LIMITED 2024-03-21 → 2024-04-23
- HAMSARD 3749 LIMITED 2024-02-02 → 2024-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- White Hart Associates (London) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the Going Concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- HARRIS BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Distant Journeys Limited 100%
- Distant Journeys DMC Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 November 2025, after obtaining the approval from the Civil Aviation Authority, £3,200,000 of the A loan notes were redeemed. These loan notes are included in creditors due within one year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACARNLEY, Daniel Luke | Director | 2024-05-16 | Aug 1981 | British |
| BOWDEN-DOYLE, Richard William | Director | 2024-05-16 | Nov 1960 | British |
| BROOMBERG, Ashley Dan | Director | 2024-05-16 | Dec 1969 | British |
| MOORE, Ewan | Director | 2024-05-28 | May 1974 | British |
| WHITTLE, Simon David | Director | 2024-05-16 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-02-02 | 2024-03-21 |
| BACON, Frederick | Director | 2024-03-21 | 2024-05-16 |
| JONES, Jonathan | Director | 2024-02-02 | 2024-03-21 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2024-02-02 | 2024-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-21 | Active |
| Squire Patton Boggs Directors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-02-02 | Ceased 2024-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-05-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-03-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-03-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.