HGF LIMITED
Operating from its Leeds headquarters, this intellectual property firm provides patent, trade mark, and copyright attorney services alongside its associated legal and European entities.
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Cash
£7.7M
+439.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£4.8M
-140% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£971K
-93.3% 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
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £86,633,000 | £82,337,000 | £83,071,000 | +0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £14,096,000 | £15,406,000 | £3,432,000 | -77.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,340,000 | £14,575,000 | £971,000 | -93.3% | |
| Net profit | £10,272,000 | £10,604,000 | -£1,099,000 | -110.4% | |
| Cash | £1,049,000 | £1,433,000 | £7,731,000 | +439.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £14,140,000 | -£3,516,000 | -124.9% | |
| Net assets | £17,402,000 | £12,002,000 | -£4,806,000 | -140% | |
| Equity | £17,402,000 | £18,327,000 | -£4,806,000 | -126.2% | |
| Average employees | 410 | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Wages | £23,887,000 | £811,000 | £747,000 | -7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,014,000 | £352,000 | £161,000 | -54.3% |
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 18.7% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 12.9% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 109.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.8% | 61.3% | 114.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.64x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | 18.65x | 18.54x | 1.39x |
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
- HGF LIMITED 2014-05-15 → present
- HGF (2014) LIMITED 2014-04-15 → 2014-05-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded, following a review of cash flow and profitability forecasts at the time of approving the financial statements, that HGF Limited has adequate financial resources to continue to be operational for the foreseeable future and for at least one year from the date of this report. The Directors therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing this Annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- HGF LIMITED · parent
- HGF Business Services Limited 100%
- HGF IP Limited 100%
- HGF B.V. 100%
- HGF GmbH 100%
- HGF IP Limited 100%
- HGF SAS 49.91%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company undertook a conversion of £6.0 million of the loan from Project Orion Bidco Limited into equity to create sufficient distributable reserves.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISH, Martyn John | Director | 2021-07-02 | May 1978 | British |
| JOHNSON, Lucy Elizabeth | Director | 2023-11-23 | Mar 1974 | British |
| POTTER, David | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jun 1971 | British |
| WOODS, Heather Joanne | Director | 2025-08-18 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Timothy Russell | Secretary | 2014-04-15 | 2026-03-31 |
| ATKINSON, Jonathan David Mark, Dr | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2017-11-27 |
| CASSIE, Matthew | Director | 2022-11-24 | 2024-10-18 |
| CHUNG, Hsu Min | Director | 2023-11-23 | 2024-10-18 |
| CHUNG, Hsu Min | Director | 2016-03-30 | 2022-11-24 |
| DA COSTA, Alastair John | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2021-07-07 |
| HAGEN, Alexander | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2021-11-25 |
| HARRISON, Robert John | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2018-11-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, Glenn Stanley | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2024-10-18 |
| JENKINS, Richard Gavin | Director | 2016-03-30 | 2022-11-24 |
| LUMBER, Jason Matthew | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2023-11-23 |
| LUNT, Mark George Francis | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2020-07-02 |
| MATHARU, Balvinder, Dr | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2024-10-18 |
| MOSS MCGRATH, Rigel | Director | 2022-11-24 | 2024-10-18 |
| NELSON, Michael | Director | 2023-11-23 | 2024-10-18 |
| SANDERSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2021-06-30 |
| STAINTHORPE, Vanessa Juliet | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2023-11-23 |
| WILSON, Gary | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2023-11-23 |
| WRIGHT, Timothy Russell | Director | 2024-10-18 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Orion Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-04-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.