HIGHWOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.6m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
52
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £76,520,000 | £105,707,000 | £35,341,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,251,000 | -£904,000 | £1,933,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £236,000 | -£934,000 | £1,903,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £220,000 | -£817,000 | £1,465,000 | — | |
| Cash | £8,548,000 | £4,881,000 | £2,542,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,255,000 | £7,866,000 | £9,115,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £6,975,000 | £6,158,000 | £7,623,000 | — | |
| Equity | £6,975,000 | £6,158,000 | £7,623,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 90 | 82 | 52 | — | |
| Wages | £4,815,000 | £6,814,000 | £3,167,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,349,000 | £1,586,000 | £1,043,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 18 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | -0.9% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -0.8% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | -11.5% | 21.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 81.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.30x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 69.50x | -15.32x | 64.43x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Fiander ETL
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis is appropriate, and no material uncertainties were identified that cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from authorisation.”
Group structure
- HIGHWOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Highwood Construction Limited 100%
- Highwood Homes Limited 100%
- Highwood Residential Limited 100%
- Highwood Resources Limited 100%
- Highwood Land (Horndean) Limited 100%
- North Stoneham Developments Limited 100%
- Highwood Land (South Allington) Limited 100%
- Highwood (Botley) Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 2 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 1 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 19 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 3 Limited 100%
- Highwood Ventures 18 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Inflationary pressures, which eased earlier in the period, may return as events in Iran put pressure on energy, material and labour costs, and as the Bank of England holds interest rates against earlier expectations of cuts.”
- “Changes to planning law and updates to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) are prompting local authorities to reassess their positions, and the group is already seeing positive progress through the consent granted for Brentry Nursery and, towards the end of the financial year, consents for Fordingbridge and Eastleigh.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEECH, Simon Charles Patrick | Director | 2020-08-05 | May 1971 | British |
| BROWN, Natalie Louise | Director | 2022-10-03 | Feb 1989 | British |
| HAWTHORNE, Martin James | Director | 2019-09-02 | Feb 1965 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Stephen | Director | 2020-08-05 | Jul 1972 | British |
| PROSSER, Phillip James Curran | Director | 2020-08-05 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINTRAM, Malcolm | Secretary | 2006-08-01 | 2008-03-01 |
| WOODWARD, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2008-03-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| BASKERVILLE, Mark Oliver | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2024-02-19 |
| HAYWARD, Guy Desmond | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2020-08-05 |
| LORD, Elliot Allan | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2025-03-28 |
| MEEK, Nigel Ashley | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2023-08-09 |
| MINTRAM, Malcolm | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2021-07-05 |
| SHANNON, Nigel Leonard | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2021-07-05 |
| STEVENSON, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2023-10-31 |
| STOKES, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2009-02-28 |
| WOODWARD, Paul Michael | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2020-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highwood Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-01-26 | Active |
| Mr Malcolm Mintram | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
| Mr Nigel Ashley Meek | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
| Mr Nigel Leonard Shannon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.