P.D.HOOK(HATCHERIES)LIMITED
A subsidiary of P.D. Hook (Group) Ltd, the company operates chicken rearing, breeding, and hatchery facilities across the UK.
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Cash
£7.1m
+212.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£22m
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
290
-15.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.1m
+240.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £197,234,000 | £202,557,000 | £180,272,000 | -11% | |
| Operating profit | £631,000 | £1,535,000 | £3,971,000 | +158.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £439,000 | £1,215,000 | £4,134,000 | +240.2% | |
| Net profit | £154,000 | £1,640,000 | £2,026,000 | +23.5% | |
| Cash | — | £2,279,000 | £7,128,000 | +212.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,089,000 | £26,280,000 | £23,600,000 | -10.2% | |
| Net assets | £20,273,000 | £20,931,000 | £21,535,000 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £20,273,000 | £20,931,000 | £21,535,000 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 342 | 343 | 290 | -15.5% | |
| Wages | £10,129,000 | £10,539,000 | £9,253,000 | -12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £654,000 | £683,000 | £697,000 | +2% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 0.8% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 5.8% | 16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.7% | 57.9% | 50.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.33x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | 3.29x | 4.80x | 13.42x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at the date of this report, having assessed the downside scenarios and mitigation strategies available the directors are confident the company has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements to 31 October 2025 have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 August 2025 an agreement was reached with Boparan Private Office Limited to create a new trading entity, 2 Agriculture Farming Limited, that would purchase the shareholding relating to the activities of Hook2Sisters Limited ... This has resulted in a fundamental restructure of the group with the demerger of a significant proportion of the group's assets and activities.”
- “In the wake of the fire in February 2025 at Icomb Farm that destroyed two sheds and resulted in a closure of the site, positive progress has been made, with the support of our insurers National Farmers Union ("NFU") Mutual, to rebuild the site which is now fully re-established with birds placed for production of eggs for Cote hatchery.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Nigel Leslie | Secretary | 2004-08-13 | — | British |
| BEAVIS, Claire Joanna | Director | 2014-01-31 | Sep 1987 | British |
| BOYLE, Nigel Leslie | Director | 1997-02-17 | Oct 1956 | British |
| EASTHAM, Frances Ruth | Director | 2023-03-03 | Dec 1995 | British |
| HOOK, Fiona Anne | Director | 1992-09-30 | Dec 1960 | British |
| HOOK, James William | Director | — | Feb 1956 | British |
| HOOK, Michael Douglas | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jun 1998 | British |
| HOOK, Patrick Mark | Director | 2014-01-31 | May 1986 | British |
| HOOK, Thomas James | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jul 1984 | British |
| RUSHBY, Adrian | Director | 2010-11-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WANNELL, Mark Roy | Director | 2002-01-10 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOK, Joan | Secretary | — | 2004-07-15 |
| FURLONG, Peter Andrew | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2007-08-10 |
| GIBSON, Andrew | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| HOOK, David Charles | Director | — | 1991-04-08 |
| HOOK, Joan | Director | — | 2004-07-15 |
| HOOK, Patrick Douglas | Director | — | 1992-09-04 |
| MCMANUS, Charles Gordon | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2018-02-02 |
| POVEY, Stephen Thomas | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2018-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James William Hook | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-07 | Active |
| P. D. Hook (Group) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-10-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.