HG&CO LTD
Company number 01784071 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
HG&CO LTD is a well-established, family-owned manufacturing business with a strong equity base of £20.39M and conservative leverage at 0.33x debt-to-equity. Despite a 6% revenue decline and modest 5.5% operating margin, the company maintains substantial liquidity (£5.37M cash) and has demonstrated long-term value creation through consistent profit retention. The credit profile supports approval of commercial facilities, with monitoring focused on the declining cash trend, margin sustainability, and revenue stabilisation in its solvent and beverage divisions.
Shareholders' funds
£20,392,883
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company are:
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-01-18
- Employees
- 125 (2025 accounts · was 128 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Eastways Park, Witham, Essex, CM8 3YE
- Postcode
- CM8 3YE
- Capital
- 1,080,943 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-27
- Next due by
- 2026-10-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
- 51210 Freight air transport
Officers 6 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 14 subsidiaries
Showing 12 of 14.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2026-03-31) — 3 years on the registry.
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Contact details
- Website
- hayman-group.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HAYMAN GROUP LIMITED | 2022-05-26 |
| HAYMAN LIMITED | 2015-03-20 |
| JAMES BURROUGH (FAD) LIMITED | 1989-11-01 |
| WITHAM INDUSTRIAL SPIRITS LIMITED | 1988-12-02 |
| JAMES BURROUGH (F.A.D.) LIMITED | 1988-10-07 |
| JEPSTEAD LIMITED | 1984-03-19 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 70 EASTWAYS INDUSTRIAL PARK, WITHAM, ESSEX, CM8 3YR | 1998-12-31 |
| BEEFEATER HOUSE, 60 MONTFORD PLACE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON SE11 5DF, SE11 5DF | 1988-11-25 |
| 356 KENNINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE11 5DF | 1987-10-19 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 198 similar companies in CM
The largest employer among its local peers (125 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1984.
No.1 of the largest other manufacturing not elsewhere classified companies in Chelmsford →
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 1 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Chelmsford.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-05-24
- Price paid, where recorded
- £5,900,000
- Where
- Essex (2), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGL618805 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-05-24 | — |
| EX919737 | Essex | Freehold | 2015-04-22 | £5,900,000 |
| EX919741 | Essex | Freehold | 2015-04-22 | — |
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