JOHN HARGREAVES,(COLLYHURST AND STALYBRIDGE)LIMITED
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Cash
£511k
highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£401k
first positive since 2024
Employees
55
lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.6m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,614,316 | £22,461,975 | £22,373,233 | £16,947,171 | £11,885,454 | £16,173,198 | — | |
| Operating profit | £535,863 | £1,256,738 | £108,585 | -£922,780 | -£2,098,028 | -£2,967,111 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £337,865 | £1,063,442 | -£168,551 | -£1,279,918 | -£2,736,341 | -£3,561,644 | — | |
| Net profit | £337,865 | £1,063,442 | -£168,551 | -£1,845,731 | -£2,581,665 | -£3,491,169 | — | |
| Cash | £78,145 | £59,021 | £51,167 | £44,736 | £419,503 | £510,782 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,947,171 | £5,292,778 | £4,003,486 | £2,203,370 | -£2,538,962 | £1,808,914 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,929,925 | £3,058,528 | £2,382,601 | £413,695 | -£4,334,260 | £400,571 | — | |
| Equity | £1,929,925 | £3,058,528 | £2,382,601 | £413,695 | -£4,334,260 | £400,571 | — | |
| Average employees | 64 | 66 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 55 | — | |
| Wages | £1,916,047 | £1,948,918 | £1,973,063 | £1,669,539 | £1,589,526 | £2,236,913 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £38,015 | £17,889 | £18,590 | £19,200 | £65,102 | £199,836 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £45,876 | £8,919 | £25,995 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | — | £199,836 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 9 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 5.6% | 0.5% | -5.4% | -17.7% | -18.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 4.7% | -0.8% | -10.9% | -21.7% | -21.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 23.7% | 2.7% | -41.9% | — | -164.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.0% | 75.9% | 79.5% | 95.8% | 146.7% | 97.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.63x | 0.42x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | 2.71x | 6.50x | 0.39x | -2.58x | -3.29x | -4.99x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Cash is managed on a group wide basis. The directors of the Company have made appropriate enquiries of Palm Paper Limited to confirm that they are satisfied that cash will be made available to the Company for the coming year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINS, Andrew Michael | Secretary | 2013-02-01 | — | — |
| PALM, Marina, Dr | Director | 2024-11-20 | Nov 1994 | German |
| PALM PAPER LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2025-12-29 | — | — |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Doreen Barton | Secretary | 2000-12-06 | 2010-09-13 |
| HARGREAVES, John Michael Peter | Secretary | 2010-09-13 | 2013-02-01 |
| HARGREAVES, John Michael Peter | Secretary | — | 2000-12-06 |
| HALL, Doreen Barton | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2009-01-01 |
| HARGREAVES, Alistair Nicholas | Director | — | 2024-05-20 |
| HARGREAVES, Ethel Beatrice | Director | — | 1992-01-21 |
| HARGREAVES, John | Director | — | 2002-10-17 |
| HARGREAVES, John Michael Peter | Director | — | 2026-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Paper Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-10-28 | Active |
| Mr John Michael Peter Hargreaves | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.