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Cash

£26k

-7.1% vs 2024

Net assets

-£370k

+40.1% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

50

+16.3% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£318k

-31.8% first positive since 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £4,856,000£4,467,000£7,008,000 +56.9%
Operating profit -£155,000£546,000£364,000 -33.3%
Profit before tax -£233,000£466,000£318,000 -31.8%
Net profit -£236,000£466,000— —
Cash £13,000£28,000£26,000 -7.1%
Total assets less current liabilities ——— —
Net assets -£1,084,000-£618,000-£370,000 +40.1%
Equity -£1,084,000-£618,000-£370,000 +40.1%
Average employees 414350 +16.3%
Wages £2,271,000£2,410,000£3,249,000 +34.8%
Directors' remuneration £209,000£283,000£254,000 -10.2%
Directors' pension contributions £14,000£16,000£11,000 -31.3%
Highest paid director £112,000£127,000£124,000 -2.4%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -3.2%12.2%5.2%
Net margin -4.9%10.4%—
Current ratio 0.50x0.69x0.84x
Interest cover -1.99x6.83x7.91x

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

  1. BUREAU VERITAS BUILDING CONTROL UK LIMITED 2017-05-02 → present
  2. H.C.D. BUILDING CONTROL LIMITED 1997-11-05 → 2017-05-02

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors of Bureau Veritas SA, the ultimate parent undertaking, have confirmed that they will provide financial support to enable the company to meet its financial liabilities as they fall due for the period to 31 December 2027. On this basis... appropriate to prepare... on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 24 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CHANUSSOT, Aurelie Micheline Marie-Jeanne Director 2025-06-12 Aug 1983 French
GIROS, Antoine Sylvain Benoit Director 2024-09-01 Apr 1985 French
LOWE, Andrew Robert Director 2002-01-01 Oct 1959 British
Show 24 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COLE, Nigel Gareth James Secretary 2002-04-15 2002-10-31
DYER, Anthony Harold Secretary 1997-11-24 2001-03-14
HICKS, Stephen John Secretary 2002-11-01 2018-10-10
HOWSE, Robert Ravenhill Secretary 2001-03-14 2002-04-15
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-11-05 1997-11-05
ALLEN, David Andrew Director 2019-03-29 2020-04-14
BUTLER, Jeffrey Dilwyn Director 1997-11-24 2016-02-29
COLE, Nigel Gareth James Director 1997-11-24 1999-01-19
DAVIES, David Jon Director 2005-10-01 2019-03-29
DOLAN, Kathryn Elizabeth Director 2018-06-01 2020-06-01
DYER, Anthony Harold Director 2014-04-02 2016-10-07
DYER, Anthony Harold Director 1997-11-24 1999-01-19
GEE, Matthew Peter Director 2016-09-22 2018-08-31
GRIST, Michael Director 2016-02-29 2017-01-18
HICKS, Stephen John Director 2003-04-01 2018-10-10
HIGHWOOD, Stephen Charles Director 2004-01-01 2020-06-01
HOWSE, Robert Ravenhill Director 1997-11-24 1999-01-19
JONES, Christopher Andrew Director 2020-06-01 2025-04-12
PIKE, Clare Yvonne Director 2016-02-29 2017-01-18
SMITH, Kenneth Mar Director 2016-02-29 2024-08-31
THOMAS, Clare Director 2016-02-29 2020-01-20
THOMAS, Stephen Edward Director 2016-02-29 2016-09-27
VEITCH, Kyle Director 2016-02-29 2019-08-31
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1997-11-05 1997-11-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Hcd Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 157 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-07-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-03-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-03-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-01-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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