FARID HILLEND ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3M
+387.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.1M
+62.1% vs 2024
Employees
189
+10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.3M
+106.1% vs 2024
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 | £35,806,481 | £46,847,486 | +30.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,237,564 | £4,409,522 | +97.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,076,470 | £4,279,080 | +106.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,506,292 | £3,121,791 | +107.3% | |
| Cash | £682,649 | £3,330,001 | +387.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,366,937 | £8,790,100 | +63.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,024,227 | £8,146,018 | +62.1% | |
| Equity | £5,024,227 | £8,146,018 | +62.1% | |
| Average employees | 171 | 189 | +10.5% | |
| Wages | £6,472,043 | £7,264,673 | +12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £40,200 | £41,406 | +3% |
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 | 6.2% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.7% | 50.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 13.27x | 33.80x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- FARID HILLEND ENGINEERING LIMITED 2016-12-29 → present
- HEIL FARID EUROPEAN COMPANY LIMITED 2013-05-03 → 2016-12-29
- HEIL-EUROPE LIMITED 1992-10-30 → 2013-05-03
- HILLEND ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY LIMITED 1973-05-01 → 1992-10-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company has granted a guarantee to the Commissioners of Customs & Excise for £250,000 (2024: £250,000). This guarantee is for duty deferment in favour of Barclays Bank PLC for import of goods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLINCH, Charles Guy | Director | 2013-01-31 | Sep 1951 | British |
| ORECCHIA, Marco | Director | 2013-01-31 | Oct 1966 | Italian |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN DAWSON SIMPSON & HAMPTON WS | Corporate Secretary | — | 1990-06-15 |
| HBJG SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-06-19 | 2013-05-01 |
| HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON W.S. | Corporate Secretary | 1990-06-15 | 2003-06-19 |
| ALLEN, John | Director | — | 1998-04-24 |
| BIRD, Darren Eric | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2013-01-31 |
| CARROLL, Patrick | Director | 2010-02-08 | 2013-01-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Glenn Monroe | Director | 1995-06-15 | 2002-10-21 |
| COOPER, Royston | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2008-09-05 |
| FRIDL, Richard James | Director | — | 1993-07-13 |
| GRAY, Lawrence Frederick | Director | — | 2003-09-25 |
| HEIL, Joseph Frank | Director | 1992-12-21 | 1993-07-13 |
| JOBE, Michael | Director | 2003-09-25 | 2010-02-08 |
| KENNEDY, Brian Francis | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2019-03-15 |
| KEYS, William Wesley | Director | 1992-06-19 | 1995-09-30 |
| MCCRACKEN, William Weir | Director | — | 1997-06-02 |
| OWEN, David | Director | 1997-06-02 | 2001-02-15 |
| SMITH, Gordon Grant | Director | 1992-06-19 | 1994-07-05 |
| WARNER, Richard Charles | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2010-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farid Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-11-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2018-11-07 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2018-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.