HUDSON LIFTING LIMITED
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Cash
£117k
+4.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.9m
-3% vs 2024
Employees
56
+47.4% highest in 7 filed years
Profit before tax
-£93k
-143% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £5,440,309 | £6,160,130 | £7,455,108 | +21% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £291,319 | £47,458 | -83.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £700,330 | £215,165 | -£92,549 | -143% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £522,349 | £202,291 | -£58,788 | -129.1% | |
| Cash | £30,188 | £138,474 | £441,762 | £378,196 | £535,898 | £112,011 | £116,873 | +4.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £524,131 | £965,512 | £1,381,517 | £1,810,503 | — | £3,151,656 | £2,834,144 | -10.1% | |
| Net assets | £69,801 | £319,823 | £823,752 | £1,457,408 | £1,779,757 | £1,982,048 | £1,923,260 | -3% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £1,779,757 | £1,982,048 | £1,923,260 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 56 | +47.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £302,491 | £309,868 | £312,822 | +1% |
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 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 3.3% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 9.2% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.5% | 76.8% | 64.8% | 43.3% | — | 59.0% | 72.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.74x | 1.46x | 2.00x | 1.55x | 1.34x | 0.77x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 3.83x | 0.33x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. As at the reporting date, the company is in a net current liability position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Siobhan | Secretary | 2023-04-06 | — | — |
| HINDLEY, Simon Robert | Director | 2025-02-11 | Mar 1972 | British |
| HUDSON, Jeff | Director | 2018-09-06 | Jan 1965 | British |
| LEWIS, Kevin | Director | 2018-10-24 | Nov 1970 | British |
| MAHON, Ciaran | Director | 2023-06-02 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| PITT, Gavin John | Director | 2023-04-06 | Mar 1968 | English |
| SMALLDRIDGE, Danny | Director | 2018-09-06 | May 1975 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHLUWALIA, Navneet | Director | 2023-04-06 | 2024-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Rents Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jeff Hudson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-06 | Ceased 2023-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2026-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.