HORTON AUTOMATICS LIMITED
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Cash
£386k
-52.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.9m
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
46
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£60k
-91.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,984,739 | £6,242,867 | £5,569,229 | -10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £513,013 | £541,953 | -£84,779 | -115.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £603,938 | £687,517 | £60,129 | -91.3% | |
| Net profit | £606,476 | £689,617 | £61,829 | -91% | |
| Cash | £606,217 | £806,883 | £385,698 | -52.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,141,035 | £7,828,552 | £7,888,681 | +0.8% | |
| Net assets | £7,127,735 | £7,817,352 | £7,879,181 | +0.8% | |
| Equity | £7,127,735 | £7,817,352 | £7,879,181 | +0.8% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 43 | 46 | +7% | |
| Wages | £1,702,123 | £1,847,767 | £2,011,018 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £184,371 | £130,351 | £143,502 | +10.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,741 | £6,518 | £6,518 | 0% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 8.7% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 11.0% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 6.9% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.9% | 10.2% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 8.39x | 9.86x | 10.51x |
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
- HORTON AUTOMATICS LIMITED 1989-03-10 → present
- HORTON AUTOMATICS (UK) LIMITED 1988-12-02 → 1989-03-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that these circumstances do not represent a material uncertainty which could cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “An impairment loss of #98,726 (2024: #97,251) was recognised in cost of sales against stock due to stock being slow moving or obsolete.”
- “An impairment charge in the year of #123,071 (2024: #80,261) was recognised against trade debtors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, John | Director | 2025-01-06 | Feb 1978 | British |
| HULSMANN, Jan | Director | 2024-09-01 | Feb 1984 | German |
| MAETING, Corina | Director | 2024-08-15 | Apr 1977 | German |
| O’KEEFFE, Anthony John | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Amber Louise | Secretary | 2019-01-31 | 2021-09-10 |
| LIPSCOMBE, Terence John | Secretary | — | 2008-04-01 |
| SGH COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-21 | 2019-01-31 |
| SP LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-07-30 | 2015-12-21 |
| BAILEY, David Anthony | Director | 2024-04-08 | 2024-07-12 |
| BAKER, Jeremy Patrick Scott | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| BAKER, Jeremy Patrick Scott | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2020-12-30 |
| BAKER, Robin Leslie | Director | 2021-03-22 | 2024-08-15 |
| BOLTON, Brian John | Director | — | 2000-02-14 |
| BRUNSON, Ronal Kirk | Director | 2017-08-22 | 2019-01-31 |
| CRAIGEN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| HAUGH, Robert Cyril | Director | — | 1992-05-29 |
| HEWITT, Lew Vernon | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| HIPGRAVE, Simon Michael | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2020-11-23 |
| LYCETT, David Paul | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| MCGOVERN, Robert | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| MILLINGTON, David John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-12-23 |
| MOERBE, Donald Ray | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| PESTANA, Brian | Director | 2000-05-08 | 2004-12-14 |
| REED, George T | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2017-08-22 |
| RIBBLE, Joy | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2013-01-07 |
| SCHOCHET, William | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2019-01-04 |
| THOMPSON, Robert Philip | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1998-04-16 |
| VOWLES, Terence Rodney | Director | — | 1993-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novoferm Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-01-31 | Active |
| Sanwa Holdings Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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