TAYLOR'S EYE WITNESS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-52.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.7m
-10.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
-4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£118k
-82.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,849,538 | £10,850,198 | £8,672,695 | -20.1% | |
| Operating profit | £724,733 | £653,196 | £213,778 | -67.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £733,600 | £685,441 | £118,025 | -82.8% | |
| Net profit | £541,850 | £479,485 | £71,195 | -85.2% | |
| Cash | £2,422,226 | £2,403,364 | £1,132,299 | -52.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,736,641 | £5,638,619 | £5,163,951 | -8.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,677,641 | £4,135,586 | £3,706,781 | -10.4% | |
| Equity | £6,677,641 | £4,135,586 | £3,706,781 | -10.4% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 50 | 48 | -4% | |
| Wages | £1,581,977 | £1,500,055 | £1,391,955 | -7.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £333,130 | £203,186 | £192,627 | -5.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,417 | £422 | £937 | +122% | |
| Highest paid director | £160,000 | £92,484 | £60,566 | -34.5% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 6.0% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 4.4% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 11.6% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.3% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.93x | 2.21x | 2.64x | |
| Interest cover | 23.53x | 26.14x | 2.23x |
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
- TAYLOR'S EYE WITNESS LIMITED 2007-06-04 → present
- HARRISON FISHER & COMPANY LIMITED 1926-12-29 → 2007-06-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors including the company's profit and cash flow forecasts and projections, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- TAYLOR'S EYE WITNESS LIMITED · parent
- Harrison Fisher & Company Limited 100%
- The Kitchen Cutlery Company Limited 100%
- The Chantry Knife Sharpener Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Michael | Secretary | 2025-04-29 | — | — |
| BASFORD, Thomas | Director | 2025-07-17 | Dec 1978 | British |
| FISHER, Alastair Harrison | Director | — | May 1952 | British |
| FISHER, Denyse Hazel | Director | — | Apr 1956 | British |
| INMAN, Paul Roger | Director | — | Feb 1950 | British |
| KIDD, David Joseph | Director | 2026-03-05 | Apr 1982 | British |
| POOLE, Michael Stephen Wiltshire | Director | 2025-07-17 | Jan 1963 | Irish |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Denyse Hazel | Secretary | 1997-06-16 | 2025-04-29 |
| MADELEY, Robert Frank | Secretary | — | 1997-06-16 |
| FISHER, Agnes Blackwood | Director | — | 2005-09-15 |
| FISHER, William Harrison | Director | — | 1997-01-12 |
| INMAN, Christopher | Director | — | 2025-07-08 |
| INMAN, Roger | Director | — | 2013-03-04 |
| MADELEY, Robert Frank | Director | — | 1997-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor's Eye Witness (Eot) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Inman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
| Mr Alastair Harrison Fisher | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
| Mr Paul Roger Inman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
| Mrs Denyse Hazel Fisher | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-13 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2025-02-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-02-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.