HOPE AND CLAY (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED
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Cash
£5.2M
+72.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.7M
+23% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
56
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+5,210.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,286,921 | £17,078,662 | +28.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | £45,994 | £2,381,377 | +5,077.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £395,800 | £45,994 | £2,442,407 | +5,210.3% | |
| Net profit | £502,124 | -£13,607 | £1,820,230 | +13,477.2% | |
| Cash | £1,913,414 | £2,986,075 | £5,160,871 | +72.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,662,823 | £8,425,364 | £10,420,435 | +23.7% | |
| Net assets | £8,077,546 | £7,909,439 | £9,729,669 | +23% | |
| Equity | £8,077,546 | £7,909,439 | £9,729,669 | +23% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 57 | 56 | -1.8% | |
| Wages | £2,697,528 | £2,753,562 | £2,763,315 | +0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £390,293 | £349,713 | £300,757 | -14% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.3% | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.1% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.5% | 22.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.52x | 4.72x |
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
- HOPE AND CLAY (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED 1987-06-23 → present
- CLAY PLANT HIRE LIMITED 1986-03-26 → 1987-06-23
- YARDCANE LIMITED 1985-05-09 → 1986-03-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Our profits for the year have exceeded our expectations, and this is due to return to increase in Turnover as well as our dedicated staff. Turnover has increased as forecast this year due to securing large value and longer duration works. Whilst our current order book remains healthy, there is a rick that Turnover will drop for the upcoming year, due to our developer clients not progressing in new sites because of the low rate of house sales.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE, Megan | Secretary | 2025-05-08 | — | — |
| HOPE, James Robert | Director | 1998-08-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| HOPE, Megan | Director | 2025-04-01 | May 1970 | British |
| ROBERTS, Alexander James Neville | Director | 2019-10-02 | Aug 1988 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE, Wendy Kathleen | Secretary | — | 2025-05-08 |
| ASLETT, Richard Stewart | Director | — | 2025-03-31 |
| HOPE, Robert Charles | Director | — | 2024-02-24 |
| HOPE, Wendy Kathleen | Director | — | 2025-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope & Clay Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.