HUNT HOLDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£113K
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+4.4% vs 2024
Employees
187
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9M
-55.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £126,127,835 | £112,561,549 | -10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £4,996,133 | £2,860,776 | -42.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,340,483 | £1,934,618 | -55.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,208,921 | £1,471,521 | -54.1% | |
| Cash | £116,979 | £112,941 | -3.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,889,735 | £26,290,583 | +1.5% | |
| Net assets | £23,511,719 | £24,543,240 | +4.4% | |
| Equity | £23,511,719 | £24,543,240 | +4.4% | |
| Average employees | 193 | 187 | -3.1% | |
| Wages | £8,221,282 | £7,967,600 | -3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £265,847 | £225,765 | -15.1% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.3% | 10.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 7.62x | 3.07x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Langdowns DFK Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, 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 relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent 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.”
Group structure
- HUNT HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Hunt Forest Group Limited 80%
- C. Smart Agricultural Services Limited 100%
- R. Hunt (Agricultural Engineers) Limited 100%
- New Forest Farm Machinery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31st January 2025 the business continued to deliver solid financial performance and strong growth, despite more challenging conditions facing the industry as a whole and the increased cost of finance placing a considerable burden on customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Susan | Director | 2019-01-30 | Aug 1966 | British |
| HUNT, Faith | Director | 2019-01-30 | Mar 1935 | British |
| HUNT, Gavin | Director | 2019-01-30 | Jan 1971 | British |
| HUNT, Timothy John | Director | 2019-01-30 | Jan 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy John Hunt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-30 | Ceased 2024-08-07 |
| Mrs Faith Hunt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-30 | Active |
| Mr Timothy John Hunt | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-05 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
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.