HAWORTH SCOURING COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£690
-15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.5m
-20.3% vs 2024
Employees
59
+1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£326k
-195% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,588,377 | £9,183,570 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £474,778 | -£144,516 | -130.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £343,686 | -£326,333 | -195% | |
| Net profit | £244,081 | -£630,183 | -358.2% | |
| Cash | £814 | £690 | -15.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,052,348 | £3,726,015 | -8.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,096,860 | £2,466,777 | -20.3% | |
| Equity | £3,096,860 | £2,466,777 | -20.3% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 59 | +1.7% | |
| Wages | £2,249,833 | £2,487,109 | +10.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £105,437 | £96,426 | -8.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £23,328 | £28,526 | +22.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | -6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.7% | -3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.1% | 75.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.37x | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | 3.62x | -0.79x |
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
- HAWORTH SCOURING COMPANY LIMITED 2019-04-11 → present
- WHITAKER FIBRES LIMITED 1971-10-28 → 2019-04-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company had net current liabilities of £4,779,775 (2024 - £2,333,044) at the reporting date. The company is a member of the group headed by Curtis Wool Direct Holdings Limited with all cash and funding historically managed centrally across the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISBECQUE, Daniel Andre | Secretary | 2013-01-02 | — | British |
| FJELDHEIM, Rolf Gjermund | Director | 2023-06-12 | Jan 1974 | Norwegian |
| HOLGATE, Timothy Lloyd | Director | 2013-01-02 | Sep 1966 | British |
| IRELAND, Kirsty | Director | 2021-09-06 | Jul 1971 | English |
| ISBECQUE, Daniel Andre | Director | 2013-01-02 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MELING, Siv | Director | 2022-06-14 | Mar 1973 | Norwegian |
| NORRIS, Richard | Director | 2022-11-30 | Nov 1970 | English |
| STRIDE, Per | Director | 2023-06-12 | Aug 1971 | Danish |
| SÆVIK, Kristian Håvard | Director | 2016-03-29 | Jul 1973 | Norwegian |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKLAM, Alan John | Secretary | — | 1996-12-06 |
| CURTIS, Martin Maclean | Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2013-01-02 |
| GAIR, Maxwell Stuart | Secretary | 2004-04-06 | 2004-12-17 |
| GRIFFIN, Allan | Secretary | 1996-12-06 | 1999-05-31 |
| HEPWORTH, Ian Richard | Secretary | 1999-06-01 | 2004-04-06 |
| WHITAKER, Timothy Richard | Secretary | 2004-04-06 | 2008-03-31 |
| CURTIS, Martin Maclean | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2016-03-29 |
| CURTIS, Martin Maclean | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2013-01-02 |
| CURTIS, Simon Wesley | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2018-03-01 |
| CURTIS, Simon Wesley | Director | 2010-02-02 | 2013-01-02 |
| DAUGAARD, Knud Peder | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2023-06-12 |
| DAUGAARD, Knud Peder | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2008-02-07 |
| GAIR, Maxwell Stuart | Director | 2004-04-06 | 2004-12-17 |
| GISBOURNE, David Nigel | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2024-04-04 |
| HØEG, Erik Steinar | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2024-04-04 |
| LAJORD, Kristin Bakke | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-03-29 |
| LINNES, Kai | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| SOLLERUD, Morten | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-03-29 |
| WHITAKER, Elizabeth Helen | Director | — | 2004-04-06 |
| WHITAKER, George David | Director | — | 1996-12-20 |
| WHITAKER, John Brian | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
| WHITAKER, Timothy Richard | Director | 1998-12-04 | 2008-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Wool Direct Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-11-18 | Active |
| Curtis Wool Direct Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.