F HAYTER LIMITED
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Cash
£6.4k
+77.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.1m
+16.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1m
+280.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £216,719 | £222,896 | £228,754 | £236,898 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | £191,417 | £204,850 | £203,144 | £206,771 | +1.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £241,908 | £482,844 | -£558,289 | £1,008,296 | +280.6% | |
| Net profit | £22,908 | £414,844 | -£367,289 | £802,296 | +318.4% | |
| Cash | £11,856 | £7,675 | £3,609 | £6,420 | +77.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,735,391 | £5,018,387 | £4,252,090 | £5,046,386 | +18.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,876,391 | £4,091,387 | £3,516,090 | £4,104,386 | +16.7% | |
| Equity | £3,876,391 | £4,091,387 | £3,516,090 | £4,104,386 | +16.7% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 88.3% | 91.9% | 88.8% | 87.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 186.1% | -160.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.51x | 0.78x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 3.79x | 0.74x | 0.27x | 0.26x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- F HAYTER LIMITED 1997-06-13 → present
- HAYTER CONTINUATION LIMITED 1997-03-20 → 1997-06-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- 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.”
Significant events
- “During the year DC Thomson created an Open Ended Investment company (OEIC). The OEIC represents a portion of the property and investment assets of the company which have now been separated out into a standalone entity without affecting the holding in DC Thomson. F Hayter Limited received 1 share in the OEIC for every share held in DC Thomson.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DODWELL, Christopher Henry | Secretary | 2009-06-09 | — | — |
| BUTTERY, David Christians | Director | 2016-12-14 | Jun 1963 | British |
| DODWELL, Christopher Henry | Director | 2001-12-12 | May 1969 | British |
| DODWELL, Timothy Henry Warner | Director | 1997-03-25 | Dec 1938 | British |
| YERBURY, Patricia Claire | Director | 2023-12-13 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODWELL, Timothy Henry Warner | Secretary | 1997-03-25 | 2009-06-09 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-03-20 | 1997-03-25 |
| BUTTERY, Jane | Director | 1997-05-21 | 2016-12-14 |
| CARR-ARCHER, Michael | Director | 1997-03-25 | 2008-03-31 |
| PERTWEE, David Hart | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2023-12-13 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-03-20 | 1997-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-02-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.