CLEE HILL PLANT LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7m
+21.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£28m
+5.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
175
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.6m
-4.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-09-23.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,656,000 | £20,412,000 | £20,282,000 | £21,036,000 | £22,289,000 | +6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,174,000 | £3,699,000 | £2,185,000 | £2,562,000 | £2,393,000 | -6.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,077,000 | £3,638,000 | £2,249,000 | £2,692,000 | £2,576,000 | -4.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,659,000 | £2,410,000 | £1,685,000 | £2,010,000 | £2,005,000 | -0.2% | |
| Cash | £5,439,000 | £6,151,000 | £4,919,000 | £5,560,000 | £6,742,000 | +21.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,932,000 | £25,828,000 | £27,306,000 | £29,065,000 | £30,828,000 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £19,858,000 | £21,768,000 | £24,581,000 | £26,091,000 | £27,596,000 | +5.8% | |
| Equity | £19,858,000 | £21,768,000 | £24,581,000 | £26,091,000 | £27,596,000 | +5.8% | |
| Average employees | 182 | 172 | 172 | 173 | 175 | +1.2% | |
| Wages | £4,875,000 | £5,250,000 | £6,166,000 | £6,352,000 | £6,716,000 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 18.1% | 10.8% | 12.2% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 11.8% | 8.3% | 9.6% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 14.3% | 8.0% | 8.8% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.9% | 43.8% | 40.3% | 41.8% | 42.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.70x | 0.69x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | 21.74x | 59.66x | — | — | — |
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)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARGREAVES, Rhonda Julie | Secretary | 2008-01-07 | — | British |
| COXON, Paul Eric | Director | 2020-05-04 | Oct 1973 | British |
| GILBERT, Stephen | Director | 2019-01-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| HARGREAVES, David Anthony | Director | 1997-05-30 | Jun 1961 | British |
| HUNT, Melvyn William Benoit | Director | 2008-01-19 | Jun 1947 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARGREAVES, David Anthony | Secretary | 1997-05-30 | 2008-01-07 |
| SANDLAND, Alan Wallace | Secretary | — | 1997-05-30 |
| APPLETON, Ian | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2014-10-06 |
| BROADHEAD, Brian William | Director | — | 1996-04-16 |
| BROOKES, Graham Edward | Director | — | 1996-12-09 |
| DODD, Alan | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| DOWNTON, Christopher Hurst | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| HARGREAVES, David Anthony | Director | — | 1996-08-06 |
| MCSWINEY, Derek | Director | — | 2006-12-22 |
| PHOENIX, Christopher John | Director | 1992-12-31 | 1997-05-30 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Arthur | Director | — | 1993-08-07 |
| WOOLMER, Terence Charles | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2019-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rhonda Julie Hargreaves | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-04-01 | Active |
| Mr David Anthony Hargreaves | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-08-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.