HALCROW (CONSULTING ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+17.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.9m
+8.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
18
-60.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£286k
-69.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Company has taken on no new projects in the period and is focused on the completion of exisiting projects. It is the intention of the directors to wind-up the Company's affairs in the medium term and as such the accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,069,833 | £1,136,307 | £2,710,915 | +138.6% | |
| Operating profit | £471,960 | -£12,827,643 | £288,597 | +102.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,830,990 | £936,941 | £285,770 | -69.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,410,804 | £853,366 | £175,772 | -79.4% | |
| Cash | £8,539,765 | £1,527,878 | £1,789,279 | +17.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£23,708,959 | £5,089,051 | £5,210,558 | +2.4% | |
| Net assets | -£25,790,260 | £4,548,787 | £4,922,558 | +8.2% | |
| Equity | — | £4,548,787 | £4,922,558 | +8.2% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 46 | 18 | -60.9% | |
| Wages | £5,524,338 | £3,904,522 | £2,521,095 | -35.4% | |
| 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.4% | — | 10.6% | |
| Net margin | 46.0% | 75.1% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -252.1% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 243.5% | 43.2% | 36.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 2.73x | 3.02x | |
| Interest cover | 0.36x | -14.38x | 13.74x |
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
- HALCROW (CONSULTING ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS) LIMITED 1989-02-10 → present
- HALCROW & CO. (CONSULTING ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS) 1982-01-28 → 1989-02-10
- HALCROW & CO.(CONSULTING ENGINEERS) 1972-03-09 → 1982-01-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Company has taken on no new projects in the period and is focused on the completion of exisiting projects. It is the intention of the directors to wind-up the Company's affairs in the medium term and as such the accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 16th September 2025, as per a board resolution, the Company approved the transfer of 1 ordinary share with a nominal value of GBP 1.00. This share, previously held jointly by Halcrow Consulting Limited and Halcrow International Limited, was transferred to CH2M Hill Europe Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2023-08-21 | — | — |
| LANE, Alexander James | Director | 2022-09-26 | Apr 1978 | British |
| MILES, Sally Linda Joyce | Director | 2021-08-11 | Sep 1979 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CADWALLADER, Anthony Charles | Secretary | — | 1996-04-30 |
| CHAUDHARY, Tejender Singh, Mr | Secretary | 2014-02-17 | 2023-02-10 |
| HOLMAN, Rhona Mary | Secretary | 2023-02-10 | 2023-08-21 |
| MAIR, Kenneth | Secretary | 2000-03-13 | 2012-03-08 |
| MAPPLEBECK, Rupert Neil | Secretary | 2012-04-17 | 2012-09-28 |
| RHODES, Jeremy Dalton | Secretary | 1996-05-01 | 2000-03-13 |
| ROBERTS, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2012-10-02 | 2014-02-17 |
| ALEXANDER, Philip | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2004-05-12 |
| BATTIKHI, Amer Anwar | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2020-12-09 |
| BUCKBY, Roger John | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2012-10-08 |
| CADWALLADER, Anthony Charles | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| COATES, Alasdair John Fraser | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2014-11-28 |
| CRAIG, Rodney Nicol | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2000-08-17 |
| CRAIG, Rodney Nicol | Director | — | 1998-02-10 |
| DOUGLAS, Guy | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2021-08-11 |
| FLEMING, Christopher Alexander | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2007-07-31 |
| FLETCHER, Malcolm Stanley | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| GAMMIE, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| GREEN, Christoher Sinclair | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2003-09-08 |
| HANNIS, Samuel James, Mr | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2019-06-03 |
| HARRINGTON, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2015-03-16 |
| HARVEY, Bryan George | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2022-09-26 |
| HECK, Michael John | Director | 1993-02-23 | 2007-06-12 |
| HOAD, Roger Stephen | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2008-10-03 |
| LAWSON, John Douglas | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| LLOYD, David Owen | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
| MATHEWS, Steven Carrol | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2013-07-15 |
| MCLENNAN, Ian | Director | 1993-03-23 | 2012-01-10 |
| ROWNTREE, James Christopher | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2017-06-21 |
| SHATTOCK, Jonathan R. | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-11-30 |
| SHELTON, Brian R | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2019-06-03 |
| STEWART, Melvyn Richard | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1998-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halcrow International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.