HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT (CITY) HOLDING LIMITED
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Cash
£23M
+11.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.3M
+29.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,807,000 | £11,598,000 | £13,530,000 | +16.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,937,000 | £3,146,000 | £3,759,000 | +19.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £535,000 | £943,000 | £1,078,000 | +14.3% | |
| Net profit | £311,000 | £952,000 | £916,000 | -3.8% | |
| Cash | £6,327,000 | £20,651,000 | £23,027,000 | +11.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £120,367,000 | £115,659,000 | £110,784,000 | -4.2% | |
| Net assets | £6,236,000 | £7,188,000 | £9,304,000 | +29.4% | |
| Equity | £6,236,000 | £7,188,000 | £9,304,000 | +29.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 27.2% | 27.1% | 27.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 8.2% | 6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 2.7% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 96.8% | 95.6% | |
| Current ratio | 9.02x | 9.26x | 9.40x | |
| Interest cover | 0.32x | 0.37x | 0.44x |
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
- HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT (CITY) HOLDING LIMITED 2005-11-10 → present
- DRUMFANE LIMITED 2005-09-13 → 2005-11-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the available information, the directors consider that the group and company will be able to meet its financial obligations on the due dates for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT (CITY) HOLDING LIMITED · parent
- Highway Management (City) Limited 100%
- Highway Management (City) Finance Plc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAJBHAI, Aliasgar | Secretary | 2024-04-17 | — | — |
| CULIC, Harris | Director | 2025-10-31 | Oct 1968 | Canadian |
| ELLENBERG, Volker | Director | 2025-10-31 | Jan 1969 | German |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EHENULO, Emeka Ikechi | Secretary | 2014-10-16 | 2024-03-20 |
| GATFORD, Mark Laurence | Secretary | 2009-10-16 | 2011-12-08 |
| KANE, Dorothy May | Secretary | 2005-09-13 | 2005-10-05 |
| PUGH, Martin Stuart | Secretary | 2005-10-05 | 2009-10-16 |
| TAYLER, Ian | Secretary | 2012-01-20 | 2013-06-05 |
| AVRIL, Andreas | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| BILL, Andrew Kerr | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2014-06-06 |
| CHEYROUD, Thibault | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2015-06-25 |
| DAWSON, Nick | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2008-11-01 |
| DICKSON, Duncan Elliot | Director | 2008-09-02 | 2010-05-14 |
| GILLESPIE, Mark Robert | Director | 2006-06-21 | 2014-06-06 |
| HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2005-10-05 |
| KANE, Dorothy May | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2005-10-05 |
| NAAFS, Albert Hendrik | Director | 2015-05-29 | 2025-10-31 |
| PEERBACCUS, Yusuf Mohamed | Director | 2010-05-14 | 2011-08-31 |
| PUGH, Martin Stuart | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2014-06-06 |
| SCHRAMM, Frank Manfred | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2024-01-31 |
| SHARPE, Tim Frank | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2014-06-06 |
| SHOPOV, Georgi Dimitrov | Director | 2023-10-18 | 2025-10-31 |
| SPEER, Arne | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2015-05-29 |
| SPENCE, James Clifford | Director | 2006-05-19 | 2012-02-27 |
| SWEENEY, Edward | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2012-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia Investment Management Corporation | Legal person | Significant influence | 2025-05-20 | Active |
| Bbgi (Ni) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.