HOISTWAY LTD.
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Cash
£355K
+179.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£547K
-85.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
25
+8.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£363K
-2.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £4,263,043 | £4,100,223 | £4,998,376 | +21.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£140,310 | -£339,075 | -£346,475 | -2.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£151,910 | -£354,382 | -£363,386 | -2.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£137,522 | -£274,039 | -£251,872 | +8.1% | |
| Cash | £187,583 | £167,322 | £52,733 | £127,117 | £355,024 | +179.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£112,019 | -£125,450 | £100,534 | -£208,524 | -£486,041 | -133.1% | |
| Net assets | -£121,820 | -£141,452 | -£21,404 | -£295,443 | -£547,315 | -85.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | -£21,404 | -£295,443 | -£547,315 | -85.3% | |
| Average employees | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | +8.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £896,571 | £998,757 | £1,267,074 | +26.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £107,871 | £68,430 | £100,011 | +46.2% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -3.3% | -8.3% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -3.2% | -6.7% | -5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -139.6% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 101.4% | 113.3% | 119.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.81x | 0.93x | 0.85x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -12.08x | -22.12x | -20.06x |
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
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- The MGroup Audit Ltd
- 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
- “The impacts of Brexit, Covid and Ukraine have remained very low, and are not expected to cause any future risk to the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Christopher James | Director | 2006-04-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| MOUTSELOS, Thomas | Director | 2026-04-09 | May 1981 | Greek |
| THACKRAY, Andrew Wayne | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jul 1972 | Australian |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUFALL, Ian | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2021-12-24 |
| THOMPSON, Susannah | Secretary | 2001-08-08 | 2006-04-01 |
| DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-08-08 | 2001-08-08 |
| BABALOGLU, Zeynep Asu | Director | 2021-12-24 | 2026-04-09 |
| DUFALL, Ian | Director | 2001-08-08 | 2021-12-24 |
| DUFALL, Julie Alexandra | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2021-12-24 |
| MILLER, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2021-12-24 |
| THOMPSON, Susannah | Director | 2001-08-08 | 2001-11-15 |
| ZERVAS, Aristeidis | Director | 2021-12-24 | 2025-01-17 |
| DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-08-08 | 2001-08-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kleemann Lifts Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-12-24 | Active |
| Mr Ian Dufall | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-24 |
| Mr Christopher James Miller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.