HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-19 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+147% vs 2024
Net assets
£35M
+24.5% vs 2024
Employees
239
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
+1.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £78,888,869 | £83,769,157 | |
| Operating profit | — | £9,206,508 | £10,808,253 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £9,147,343 | £9,293,909 | |
| Net profit | — | £7,052,132 | £6,797,064 | |
| Cash | — | £4,796,313 | £11,846,974 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £34,460,778 | £70,880,424 | |
| Net assets | — | £27,727,056 | £34,524,120 | |
| Equity | £45,674,924 | £27,727,056 | £34,524,120 | |
| Average employees | — | 236 | 239 | |
| Wages | — | £9,955,542 | £10,734,718 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £579,308 | £534,272 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+6.2%
£78,888,869 £83,769,157
-
Cash
+147%
£4,796,313 £11,846,974
-
Net assets
+24.5%
£27,727,056 £34,524,120
-
Employees
+1.3%
236 239
-
Operating profit
+17.4%
£9,206,508 £10,808,253
-
Profit before tax
+1.6%
£9,147,343 £9,293,909
-
Wages
+7.8%
£9,955,542 £10,734,718
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 11.7% | 12.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.9% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 26.7% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 46.1% | 65.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.48x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 155.61x | 7.14x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED 2001-04-03 → present
- HILLHOUSE QUARRY COMPANY LIMITED 1992-03-11 → 2001-04-03
- PACIFIC SHELF 437 LIMITED 1991-11-19 → 1992-03-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Mac Asphalt Limited 100%
- Mac Asphalt (Scotland) Limited 100%
- HCP1 Limited 100%
- SGH Investments Limited 100%
- Balsillie Farm Limited 100%
- Skene Group Construction Services Limited 100%
- Skene Group Quarries Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, trade from SGH Investments Limited, Skene Group Construction Services Limited and Balsillie Farms Limited were transferred to the company before they ceased trading. All assets and liabilities have been transferred at their book value, being £26.2m”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOM, Raymond Charles | Secretary | 2022-08-01 | — | — |
| BORTHWICK, Alistair | Director | 2026-01-21 | Jun 1979 | British |
| KIRKLAND, Craig | Director | 2026-01-21 | Jan 1975 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Alistair | Director | 2022-08-01 | Feb 1983 | British |
| MUNRO, Mark | Director | 2015-01-12 | Mar 1970 | Scottish |
| SHEPHERD, Liam | Director | 2026-01-21 | May 1992 | British |
| THOM, Raymond Charles | Director | 2023-10-20 | May 1978 | Scottish |
| VERNON, Andrew Robert Richard | Director | 2013-04-01 | Aug 1979 | British |
| VON HOF, Emma Mary | Director | 2017-04-18 | Oct 1983 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Alan | Secretary | 2020-11-10 | 2022-06-23 |
| O'BOYLE, Graham | Secretary | 1992-03-31 | 2010-04-01 |
| TOYN, Charles Clifford | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| CRUMLISH, Jamie | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| GILL, Justin Matthew | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2024-02-13 |
| HILL, Alan George | Director | 2020-11-10 | 2022-06-23 |
| MCNAUGHTON, Robert | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2026-01-21 |
| MUIR, Gordon Archibald Halliday | Director | 1992-03-31 | 2011-04-30 |
| MURRAY, Charles Douglas | Director | 1992-03-31 | 2015-03-31 |
| O'BOYLE, Graham | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2016-12-08 |
| TOYN, Charles Clifford | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| VERNON, Greville Edward Mervyn | Director | 1992-03-31 | 2017-04-18 |
| VERNON, Hugh Richard Mervyn | Director | 1992-03-31 | 2017-04-18 |
| VERNON, James Fitzpatrick Greville | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2024-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Robert Richard Vernon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-01 |
| Mr Greville Edward Mervyn Vernon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-01 |
| Mr Hugh Richard Mervyn Vernon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-01 |
| Hillhouse Estates Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.