HOPKINS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Hopkins Architects Limited is a private limited company that serves as the operating entity for the prominent British architectural firm Hopkins Architects, which specialises in architectural activities and maintains offices in London and Dubai.
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Cash
£19M
+18.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.2M
+121.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
165
-11.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.4M
+23.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £35,498,346 | £35,161,360 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,714,223 | £5,528,328 | +17.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,154,931 | £6,380,458 | +23.8% | |
| Net profit | £5,038,016 | £5,154,931 | £5,876,079 | +14% | |
| Cash | £7,605,177 | £16,375,533 | £19,383,627 | +18.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,298,679 | £9,131,078 | +112.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,128,986 | £3,707,724 | £8,216,843 | +121.6% | |
| Equity | — | £3,707,724 | £8,216,843 | +121.6% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 186 | 165 | -11.3% | |
| Wages | £7,827,231 | £16,842,548 | £17,503,889 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £2,942,020 | £3,488,418 | +18.6% |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.3% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 14.5% | 16.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 109.7% | 60.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 86.8% | 74.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.15x | 1.37x |
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
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HOPKINS ARCHITECTS LIMITED · parent
- Hopkins Architects Dubai Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Practice converted to an Employee Ownership Trust [EOT] in 2019 and the resulting debt to former shareholders was fully paid off during this financial year. This was ahead of schedule and marks a significant milestone for the business moving forward.”
- “A number of significant projects were completed in the financial year for clients including Derwent London, Native Land, The Portman Estate and Eton College. The practice retains an ongoing portfolio of prestigious work on the drawing board and on site for the existing and new clients including; Imperial College, The Grosvenor Estate, The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Eton College, Union Investment Real Estate, The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, The Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, Dubai World Trade Centre and the Royal Commission for Al Ulla, and The Stephen Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at The University of Oxford which is the largest Passivhaus university building in Europe and contains the world's first Passivhaus concert hall.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2019-02-07 | Jun 1960 | British |
| BUXTON, Henry Gurney | Director | 2019-01-21 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FRASER, Simon Christopher | Director | 2019-02-07 | Mar 1964 | British |
| GREAVES, James Alistair | Director | 2019-01-21 | Aug 1957 | British |
| TAYLOR, Michael Dennys | Director | 2019-02-07 | Nov 1961 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Architects Employee Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Henry Gurney Buxton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-21 | Ceased 2019-04-01 |
| Mr James Alistair Greaves | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-21 | Ceased 2019-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-08-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-08-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-04-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-04-11 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.