HKS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
+11.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£27M
-9.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
79
+8.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.4M
+29.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £10,793,663 | £9,803,038 | £11,397,937 | +16.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,406,220 | -£2,760,279 | -£1,753,289 | +36.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,987,251 | -£3,379,114 | -£2,388,869 | +29.3% | |
| Net profit | -£1,937,540 | -£3,256,092 | -£2,388,869 | +26.6% | |
| Cash | £2,247,453 | £2,101,733 | £2,338,769 | +11.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£10,011,294 | -£13,097,052 | -£12,960,570 | +1% | |
| Net assets | -£21,698,516 | -£24,954,608 | -£27,343,472 | -9.6% | |
| Equity | -£21,698,516 | -£24,954,608 | -£27,343,472 | -9.6% | |
| Average employees | 76 | 73 | 79 | +8.2% | |
| Wages | £5,707,434 | £5,832,809 | £6,492,784 | +11.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £343,287 | £342,454 | £220,042 | -35.7% |
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 | -13.0% | -28.2% | -15.4% | |
| Net margin | -18.0% | -33.2% | -21.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.30x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | -2.42x | -4.46x | -2.76x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- HKS ARCHITECTS LIMITED 2008-09-09 → present
- RYDERHKS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2004-12-24 → 2008-09-09
- RYDERHKS (HEALTHCARE) LIMITED 2002-10-30 → 2004-12-24
- RYDER HKS LIMITED 2001-09-13 → 2002-10-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is reliant for its working capital on funds provided to it by the company's parent undertaking, which has provided the company with an undertaking that it will, for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company and in particular will not seek repayment of the amounts currently made available. This should enable the company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Gary | Director | 2025-04-06 | Oct 1966 | British |
| HINTON, William Everett | Director | 2020-01-23 | Mar 1964 | American |
| MAY, Heath | Director | 2026-01-15 | Sep 1976 | American |
| MUDRO, Sam | Director | 2026-01-15 | Oct 1975 | American |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYETT, Paul David | Secretary | 2005-08-15 | 2011-01-14 |
| SHAPLAND, Nick | Secretary | 2002-08-15 | 2007-08-01 |
| THOMPSON, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2001-09-13 | 2005-08-15 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-09-13 | 2001-09-13 |
| BEALE, John Craig | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2015-12-31 |
| BUCHAN, Peter | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2008-07-25 |
| BUSKUHL, Joe | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2008-11-23 |
| DE SANTIS, Nunzio | Director | 2008-11-23 | 2017-10-09 |
| GALLAGHER, Francis Gerald | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2025-04-06 |
| HAWKINS, Hubert Ralph | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2015-12-31 |
| HYETT, Paul David | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2011-01-14 |
| NOBLE, Dan | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2026-01-15 |
| PALMER, Robert Alan Struthers | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2013-09-30 |
| SHAPLAND, Nicholas | Director | 2007-07-12 | 2011-01-14 |
| SKAGGS, Ronald Lloyd | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2004-11-22 |
| STOUFFER, Jeffrey | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2024-02-01 |
| TESKE, Bryan Kirk | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2026-01-15 |
| THOMPSON, Mark Richard | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2008-07-25 |
| TRUBEY, Bryan | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-06-11 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-09-13 | 2001-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hks Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-17 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.