HAMPSHIRE COMMODITIES LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
-22.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.7m
+3.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
7
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£993k
+2.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,804,728 | £16,286,450 | £16,681,753 | £13,875,637 | £13,826,906 | £15,484,274 | +12% | |
| Operating profit | £845,530 | £1,436,066 | £954,304 | £430,982 | £931,899 | £959,950 | +3% | |
| Profit before tax | £845,530 | £1,436,066 | £954,304 | £447,577 | £972,021 | £992,961 | +2.2% | |
| Net profit | £682,747 | £1,161,759 | £768,561 | £338,211 | £738,801 | £736,616 | -0.3% | |
| Cash | £2,619,240 | £1,157,177 | £773,419 | £2,837,212 | £2,653,163 | £2,048,714 | -22.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,457,214 | £6,118,973 | £6,387,534 | £6,225,745 | £6,464,546 | £6,701,162 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,457,214 | £6,118,973 | £6,387,534 | £6,225,745 | £6,464,546 | £6,701,162 | +3.7% | |
| Equity | £5,457,214 | £6,118,973 | £6,387,534 | £6,225,745 | £6,464,546 | £6,701,162 | +3.7% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0% | |
| Wages | £305,617 | £434,860 | £383,341 | £328,780 | £403,229 | £400,449 | -0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £158,845 | £250,667 | £273,292 | £129,083 | £203,932 | £194,633 | -4.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £1,321 | £1,321 | £1,504 | +13.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £119,384 | £193,343 | £184,352 | -4.7% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 8.8% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 6.7% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 7.1% | 4.6% | 2.4% | 5.3% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.5% | 23.5% | 14.9% | 6.9% | 14.4% | 14.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.8% | 26.8% | 26.5% | 23.2% | 19.2% | 21.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.09x | 4.91x | 4.47x |
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)
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUPP CASTLE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-05-01 | — | — |
| HARDCASTLE, Jonathan | Director | 2016-08-15 | Nov 1967 | British |
| NEWMAN, Colin Jeffery | Director | 1993-08-11 | Oct 1943 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Lillian Selina | Secretary | 1993-08-11 | 2006-05-01 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-08-11 | 1993-08-11 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-08-11 | 1993-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Jeffery Newman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.