{"name":"H&O DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED","company_number":"05573229","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2005-09-23","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"12 Eynsford Close Eynsford Close, Orpington, England, BR5 1DP","postcode":"BR5 1DP","sic_codes":[{"code":41202,"description":"Construction of domestic buildings"},{"code":68209,"description":"Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"HPY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED","changed_on":"2021-09-29"},{"name":"WINFORD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED","changed_on":"2014-02-17"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":1,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":-29845,"cash":5523,"average_employees":1},{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","net_assets":132426,"cash":0,"average_employees":1},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","net_assets":44047,"cash":19073,"average_employees":1},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":-42388,"cash":315764},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":-152199,"cash":35465}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":10,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":11,"outstanding":11},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"H&O Developments Limited is a micro-scale property holding vehicle that has navigated from deep insolvency (£1.4M net liabilities in 2016) to a fragile positive net asset position (£132k in 2025), almost entirely through investment property revaluation gains rather than trading profitability. The company carries extreme leverage at approximately 12:1 debt-to-equity, holds zero cash reserves, and shows minimal evidence of active construction operations despite its primary SIC classification. Whilst the £1.6M investment property provides a tangible asset base, the business remains critically exposed to interest rate movements, refinancing risk, and any deterioration in South East residential values. The zero cash position and accumulated P&L deficit of £193k suggest this is a business surviving on asset appreciation and related-party forbearance rather than operational sustainability.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/ho-developments","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ho-developments/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ho-developments/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05573229","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ho-developments/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ho-developments/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ho-developments/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ho-developments/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/ho-developments"}