HEXPOL MANCHESTER LTD
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Cash
£6.6m
+1.8% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£21m
+6.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
138
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-32.8% first positive since 2022
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,017,758 | £51,317,019 | £44,182,133 | £41,770,803 | £37,005,980 | -11.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,522,710 | £1,137,018 | £1,702,349 | £2,152,852 | £1,235,901 | -42.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,520,093 | -£1,322,312 | £1,985,378 | £2,677,626 | £1,799,435 | -32.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,883,621 | -£907,913 | £1,421,231 | £1,934,794 | £1,274,063 | -34.1% | |
| Cash | £3,999,280 | £4,005,352 | £6,161,229 | £6,444,010 | £6,559,517 | +1.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,505,346 | £16,665,323 | £18,300,050 | £20,367,754 | £21,719,123 | +6.6% | |
| Net assets | £17,155,738 | £16,247,825 | £17,669,056 | £19,603,850 | £20,877,913 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £17,155,738 | £16,247,825 | £17,669,056 | £19,603,850 | £20,877,913 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 153 | 192 | 154 | 137 | 138 | +0.7% | |
| Wages | £4,706,893 | £6,570,821 | £5,989,872 | £5,920,092 | £5,777,889 | -2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £133,480 | £169,901 | £160,699 | £212,659 | £414,051 | +94.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £20,979 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £160,890 | £222,031 | +38% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | -1.8% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.4% | 6.8% | 9.3% | 10.6% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.2% | 56.2% | 55.8% | 53.7% | 51.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.56x | 1.65x | 1.73x |
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
- HEXPOL MANCHESTER LTD 2025-12-22 → present
- BERWIN RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED 1953-10-19 → 2025-12-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAMWELL, Andrew Thomas | Secretary | 2018-12-19 | — | — |
| ROSEN, Peter Karl | Director | 2020-04-09 | Dec 1968 | Swedish |
| RUTER, Carsten | Director | 2016-06-03 | Apr 1971 | German |
| SHEA, Daniel | Director | 2024-09-02 | Mar 1984 | British |
| WOLKENER, Ralph Joseph | Director | 2016-06-03 | Feb 1971 | Belgian |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUKIN, David | Secretary | 1997-02-07 | 2004-08-02 |
| KING, David Stephen | Secretary | — | 1996-01-09 |
| STEVENSON, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2004-08-02 | 2018-12-19 |
| WILLIAMS, Glyn | Secretary | 1996-01-09 | 1997-02-07 |
| BRUNSTAM, Carl Georg | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2017-07-17 |
| DOWDALL, Joseph Edmund | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2026-09-01 |
| FRYKLUND, Mikael | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2020-04-09 |
| GUNNARSSON, Karin Elisabeth Bachmann | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2020-04-09 |
| GUNNARSSON, Karin Elisabeth Bachmann | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2019-07-18 |
| HALLAS, Stephen | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| HUKIN, David | Director | — | 2006-05-24 |
| HUKIN, Stephen Paul | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2016-06-03 |
| KING, David Stephen | Director | — | 1996-01-09 |
| LAWTON, Simon William | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2017-12-18 |
| LAWTON, Simon William | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2016-06-03 |
| SMITH, Michael | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2016-06-03 |
| STEVENSON, Paul Michael | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2016-06-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Glyn | Director | — | 2016-06-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwin Group | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.