HOST BROADCAST SERVICES (HBS) LTD
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Cash
£1.4m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£366k
Equity attributable
Employees
17
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£43k
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £175,288 | £14,111,318 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£368,813 | -£46,828 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£373,124 | -£43,350 | — | |
| Net profit | -£279,843 | -£136,631 | — | |
| Cash | £1,513,355 | £1,395,983 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£229,843 | -£366,474 | — | |
| Net assets | -£229,843 | -£366,474 | — | |
| Equity | -£229,843 | -£366,474 | — | |
| Average employees | 8 | 17 | — | |
| Wages | £312,725 | £2,107,390 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 8 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -159.6% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | -85.55x | -26.99x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The entity's financial statements continue to be prepared using the going concern basis following confirmation of support from its parent company on behalf of the wider group, upon which the company is operationally and financially dependant and accordingly the director adopts the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIODOWNIK, Daniel | Director | 2024-05-07 | Jan 1967 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Wang Jianlin | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-05-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 7 of 7 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.