HQCB PROPERTIES (HQ1) LIMITED
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Cash
£52k
-98.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£431k
+7.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£45k
+94.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £26,731,429 | £26,712,571 | £25,786,148 | -3.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£47,926 | £23,087 | £26,361 | +14.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£49,134 | £23,087 | £44,881 | +94.4% | |
| Net profit | -£49,134 | £23,087 | £44,881 | +94.4% | |
| Cash | £195,277 | £3,933,882 | £51,781 | -98.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £379,421 | £2,658,401 | £1,723,570 | -35.2% | |
| Net assets | £379,421 | £402,508 | £431,486 | +7.2% | |
| Equity | £379,421 | £402,508 | £431,486 | +7.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | -0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.6% | 0.9% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.7% | 96.9% | 98.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.24x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | -39.51x | — | — |
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
- HQCB PROPERTIES (HQ1) LIMITED 2002-01-29 → present
- HERON QUAYS LEASING (HQ 1) LIMITED 2001-09-20 → 2002-01-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made the requisite enquiries and assessed the resources at the disposal of the company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue its operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The property interest in 20 Bank Street is let to Morgan Stanley UK Group and a lease extension was signed in the period, until August 2038.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, Susan Diane | Secretary | 2024-11-18 | — | — |
| TURNER, Jeremy Justin | Secretary | 2021-12-06 | — | — |
| BENHAM, Ian John | Director | 2023-06-16 | Dec 1978 | British |
| KHAN, Shoaib Z | Director | 2019-12-31 | Sep 1965 | American |
| TURNER, Jeremy Justin | Director | 2025-12-31 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WORTHINGTON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2021-05-06 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARWOOD, John Raymond | Secretary | 2001-09-24 | 2020-07-17 |
| HILLSDON, Caroline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-07-17 | 2023-10-11 |
| HOLLAND, Anna Marie | Secretary | 2004-07-27 | 2010-06-30 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-09-20 | 2001-09-25 |
| ANDERSON II, A Peter | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2019-12-31 |
| DAFFERN, Andrew Stewart James | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2023-09-08 |
| IACOBESCU, George, Sir | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2021-07-01 |
| KINGSTON, Katy Jo | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| LYONS, Russell James John | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2021-05-21 |
| ROTHMAN, Gerald | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2002-04-08 |
| MAWLAW CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-09-20 | 2001-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hqcb Properties (Hq5 (2)) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.