HCS ABERDEEN LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-58.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2m
-18.2% vs 2024
Employees
48
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.6m
-8.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,959,655 | £12,019,872 | +0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,880,938 | £2,587,761 | -10.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,811,700 | £2,580,681 | -8.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,105,877 | £1,945,611 | -7.6% | |
| Cash | £3,935,097 | £1,626,323 | -58.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,637,974 | £5,317,405 | -19.9% | |
| Net assets | £6,332,804 | £5,178,415 | -18.2% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 48 | 48 | 0% | |
| Wages | £3,199,703 | £3,249,275 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £246,125 | £257,125 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £37,375 | £38,375 | +2.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £208,750 | £218,750 | +4.8% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.1% | 21.5% | |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 16.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.4% | 48.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.4% | 29.1% | |
| Interest cover | 41.61x | 95.46x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- CT Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company, as part of a Group-wide exercise, has prepared a detailed forecast for remainder of 2026 and financial year 2027... As a result, the Company's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HCS ABERDEEN LIMITED · parent
- HCS Oceania Pty Ltd 35%
Significant events
- “Post year end, the directors have agreed to a final payment of dividends totalling £400,000 on 30 March 2026 as part of the group restructure.”
- “Post year end on 31 March 2026 the HCS Group has undergone the final phase of the group restructure. After the restructure, the immediate and ultimate parent company is Oak Tree (Aberdeen) Limited...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Mark Darren | Director | 2018-07-10 | Sep 1984 | British |
| BALFOUR, Kenneth | Director | 2018-01-31 | Jun 1964 | British |
| MCGUINNESS, Neil Stephen | Director | 2018-01-31 | Feb 1968 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Tree (Aberdeen) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-07-10 | Active |
| Hcs Control Systems Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% (as firm), Voting 50–75% | 2018-01-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.