HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORTS LTD
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Cash
£12k
-87.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£1.8m
-10.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
73
-1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£266k
+17.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £3,490,379 | £3,833,299 | £3,481,050 | £3,678,730 | +5.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £172,455 | £87,843 | -£161,425 | -£99,401 | +38.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £103,231 | -£18,380 | -£323,280 | -£266,449 | +17.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £77,269 | -£13,221 | -£318,921 | -£206,338 | +35.3% | |
| Cash | £19,411 | £611,829 | £390,965 | £23,080 | £92,230 | £11,833 | -87.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,743,503 | £4,337,395 | £4,263,412 | £4,121,491 | £4,214,467 | £3,861,241 | -8.4% | |
| Net assets | £2,240,804 | £2,449,329 | £2,432,610 | £2,419,389 | £1,986,838 | £1,777,722 | -10.5% | |
| Equity | £2,240,804 | £2,449,329 | £2,432,610 | £2,419,389 | £1,986,838 | £1,777,722 | -10.5% | |
| Average employees | 80 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 73 | -1.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,445,685 | £1,998,501 | £1,966,055 | £2,082,725 | +5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £278,114 | £304,542 | £249,771 | £160,053 | -35.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £6,528 | £4,942 | £2,508 | -49.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £88,566 | £92,884 | £94,323 | +1.5% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.9% | 2.3% | -4.6% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.2% | -0.3% | -9.2% | -5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 4.0% | 2.1% | -3.8% | -2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.4% | 57.4% | 57.8% | 55.8% | 64.7% | 69.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.18x | 0.19x | 0.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.49x | 0.83x | -1.00x | -0.60x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORTS LTD 1993-12-14 → present
- TURNCHAIN PROJECTS LIMITED 1993-07-26 → 1993-12-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company also has the continued support of both the directors and the bank, together with retained profit and loss reserves in excess of £1.3m. On the basis of the above the accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During 2025 one of the development opportunities, we were pursuing was cancelled by the venture partner, and the other is in a long planning process, so progress on this is delayed significantly.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, Mark Thomas | Secretary | 1998-05-28 | — | British |
| BONFANTI, Viola | Director | 2025-09-25 | May 1990 | Italian |
| HODGES, Mark Thomas | Director | 1998-05-28 | Feb 1964 | British |
| STEELE, Stephanie Christine | Director | 2025-07-23 | Dec 1987 | British |
| TAYLOR, Stephen James | Director | 1993-09-29 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Stephen James | Secretary | 1993-09-29 | 1998-05-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-07-26 | 1993-09-29 |
| CHANDRASHEKAR, Abhishek | Director | 2024-02-24 | 2025-07-23 |
| HIAM, Julie Anne | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2022-01-19 |
| HILDRETH, Henry Jan Hamilton Crossley | Director | 1995-05-24 | 2011-12-31 |
| HOWARD, Duncan | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2025-04-04 |
| LEVEY, Benjamin | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2024-06-28 |
| ROBINSON, Andrew Neil John | Director | 1993-09-29 | 2001-12-24 |
| RUTHVEN-STUART, David Carey | Director | 1993-12-16 | 2001-12-24 |
| SEGUY, Audrey Estelle | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2018-12-31 |
| WRIGHT, Gordon William | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2024-02-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-26 | 1993-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Carol Taylor | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-16 |
| Mr Stephen James Taylor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.