HENRY BOOT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£829k
-4.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£93m
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
-5.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.7m
-43.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £93,723,431 | £52,485,473 | £56,578,280 | +7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £14,321,170 | £10,065,237 | £7,158,596 | -28.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £16,567,121 | £15,430,306 | £8,650,454 | -43.9% | |
| Net profit | £13,274,019 | £13,189,389 | £5,106,812 | -61.3% | |
| Cash | £947,299 | £870,503 | £829,159 | -4.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,787,078 | £91,516,322 | £97,807,622 | +6.9% | |
| Net assets | £74,556,017 | £88,028,344 | £93,437,275 | +6.1% | |
| Equity | £74,556,017 | £88,028,344 | £93,437,275 | +6.1% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 51 | 48 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | £5,037,996 | £4,802,680 | £4,350,691 | -9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,331,505 | £1,422,220 | £1,255,352 | -11.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £72,063 | £80,368 | £65,803 | -18.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £421,506 | £475,859 | £429,961 | -9.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 19.2% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 14.2% | 25.1% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.4% | 11.0% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.1% | 62.2% | 56.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 0.75x | 0.84x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Financial Statements. In addition, the Directors have received written confirmation that Henry Boot PLC intends to support the Company up to 31 December 2027.”
Group structure
- HENRY BOOT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Henry Boot Developments (Saltwood) Limited 100%
- Henry Boot Tamworth Limited 100%
- Henry Boot Investments 1 Limited (formerly Henry Boot Developments (Ayr) Limited) 100%
- Henry Boot K Limited 100%
- Henry Boot Nottingham Limited (formerly Henry Boot T Limited) 100%
- Investments (North West) Limited 100%
- Winter Ground Limited 100%
- Marboot Centregate Limited 100%
- HBD Golden Valley Limited 100%
- HBD Dev Co 1 Limited 100%
- Capitol Park Property Services Limited 100%
- HBD Spark Limited 100%
- Henry Boot Deansgate Limited 100%
- HBD Summerhill Limited 100%
- Henry Boot Cornwall House Limited 100%
- HBD City Court Limited. 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025, the scheme received outline planning permission for around 1m sq ft of prime commercial space, including IDEA, the new 160,000 sq ft National Cyber Innovation Centre, as well as 576 residential units of various tenures.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| READ, Jaimie Louise | Secretary | 2025-12-02 | — | — |
| BOOT, Hamer James Edwin | Director | 2020-01-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
| BRADY, Adam Robert | Director | 2015-01-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| CLEMENTS, Vivienne | Director | 2005-11-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Edward James | Director | 2012-01-01 | May 1977 | British |
| LITTLEWOOD, Darren Louis | Director | 2016-01-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| WHELDON, Thomas David | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTMAS, Eleanor Sian Siriol | Secretary | — | 2013-05-31 |
| DEARDS, Russell Alan | Secretary | 2013-06-01 | 2018-10-18 |
| STANBRIDGE, Amy Louise | Secretary | 2018-10-18 | 2025-12-02 |
| ANDERSON, David Robert | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| BOOT, Edward James | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| BOOT, Jonathan Hamer | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| BRADY, Roger | Director | — | 2004-09-16 |
| CULLEN, John Christopher | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| GLEDHILL, John Kenneth | Director | — | 2005-06-30 |
| GREAVES, Douglas | Director | — | 2010-06-30 |
| GREENWAY, James Alan | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| HARRIS, Nicholas | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| PAINTER, Julian Lloyd | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| ROBERTS, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2026-07-13 |
| SCHOFIELD, Adrian Michael | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| SUTCLIFFE, John Trevor | Director | 2009-04-29 | 2020-05-31 |
| WARD, Benjamin Mark | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| WASHER, Timothy Michael | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2011-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Boot Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.