HOBAN LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+92.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.4m
-24.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
41
+2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.7m
-308.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
subsequent to the year end, the Company ceased its principal trading activities and is no longer actively trading. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,406,411 | £22,051,418 | £26,736,124 | £20,545,762 | £22,529,743 | £27,589,493 | +22.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,695,104 | £2,347,432 | £2,217,989 | £1,254,468 | £931,584 | -£1,618,229 | -273.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,561,380 | £2,216,551 | £2,110,017 | £1,149,511 | £829,172 | -£1,727,180 | -308.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,256,479 | £1,679,563 | £1,640,403 | £883,180 | £611,364 | -£1,858,517 | -404% | |
| Cash | £2,279,258 | £3,768,373 | £1,409,801 | £3,035,025 | £546,074 | £1,052,753 | +92.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,805,537 | £12,586,881 | £12,979,369 | £12,996,981 | £11,704,166 | £8,762,037 | -25.1% | |
| Net assets | £8,300,902 | £9,368,776 | £10,349,905 | £10,382,191 | £9,807,166 | £7,385,218 | -24.7% | |
| Equity | £8,300,902 | £9,368,776 | £10,349,905 | £10,382,191 | £9,807,166 | £7,385,218 | -24.7% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 55 | 51 | 44 | 40 | 41 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | £1,842,467 | £1,751,088 | £2,053,633 | £1,692,572 | £1,794,408 | £2,051,889 | +14.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £15,738 | £15,738 | £15,738 | £15,738 | £16,141 | £29,913 | +85.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £98 | £100 | — | — |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 10.6% | 8.3% | 6.1% | 4.1% | -5.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 7.6% | 6.1% | 4.3% | 2.7% | -6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.4% | 18.6% | 17.1% | 9.7% | 8.0% | -18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.7% | 46.7% | 41.0% | 44.4% | 48.9% | 58.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.10x | 1.82x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 12.66x | 17.93x | 20.49x | 11.55x | 8.39x | -14.33x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cottons Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“subsequent to the year end, the Company ceased its principal trading activities and is no longer actively trading. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “subsequent to the year end, the Company ceased its principal trading activities and is no longer actively trading.”
- “Note 26: The balances which have been impaired have been noted below: Trackstone Limited £2,152,318, Hoban Waste Management Limited £353,735.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOBAN, Claire Rachel | Secretary | 2004-05-19 | — | British |
| HOBAN, Claire Rachel | Director | 2018-09-03 | Apr 1974 | British |
| HOBAN, Michael | Director | 2003-08-07 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHARDWAJ, Ashok | Nominee Secretary | 2003-08-07 | 2003-08-07 |
| BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-08-07 | 2003-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Hoban | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-08-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.