HICP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7m
+137.7% vs 2025
Net assets
-£69m
-13.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
860
+1.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£8.1m
-20.5% 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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,451,000 | £83,624,000 | £85,882,000 | +2.7% | |
| Operating profit | £4,189,000 | £1,170,000 | -£623,000 | -153.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,881,000 | -£6,692,000 | -£8,063,000 | -20.5% | |
| Net profit | -£3,881,000 | -£6,692,000 | -£8,063,000 | -20.5% | |
| Cash | £4,784,000 | £1,962,000 | £4,663,000 | +137.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,208,000 | £38,320,000 | £24,466,000 | -36.2% | |
| Net assets | -£53,987,000 | -£60,679,000 | -£68,742,000 | -13.3% | |
| Equity | -£53,987,000 | -£60,679,000 | -£68,742,000 | -13.3% | |
| Average employees | 870 | 846 | 860 | +1.7% | |
| Wages | £19,691,000 | £20,517,000 | £20,958,000 | +2.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 1.4% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | -4.8% | -8.0% | -9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 3.1% | -2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 140.8% | 145.1% | 151.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12x | 0.09x | 0.10x | |
| Interest cover | 0.51x | 0.15x | -0.08x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having assessed these matters, the directors continue to have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company will have adequate liquidity and financing resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future and ensure all debts can be discharged as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-03-19 | — | — |
| HOLLOWAY, Bhriz | Director | 2021-05-25 | Jan 1989 | British |
| KAUSCHMANN, Jochen Andreas, Mr. | Director | 2025-06-03 | Mar 1973 | German |
| KULA, Christopher Andre | Director | 2021-05-25 | May 1983 | British,Canadian,German |
| SWART, Liezl Desiree | Director | 2026-03-27 | May 1990 | South African |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDEL, Coral | Secretary | 2015-03-19 | 2015-10-23 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-02-20 | 2015-03-19 |
| BRAIDLEY, Jonathan Patrick | Director | 2021-05-25 | 2025-06-03 |
| ELKINS, Christopher David | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2021-05-25 |
| HOFLAND, Raoul Rene | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2021-05-25 |
| MILLSTEIN, Lee Scott | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2016-03-23 |
| NEWCOMBE, Paul Alan | Director | 2015-02-20 | 2015-02-25 |
| PEEK, Martinus Johannes Cornelis | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2019-08-23 |
| PEEK, Martinus Johannes Cornelis | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2016-08-04 |
| ROBSON, Neil Jonathan | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2021-05-25 |
| SCHIPPER, Gerardus Johannes | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2021-05-25 |
| VAN VLIET, Jasper Jan | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2018-09-07 |
| VAN VLIET, Jasper Jan | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2017-09-13 |
| VIJSELAAR, Daniel Christopher | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Andrew Feinberg | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.