HARRIET HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£29M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£82M
Equity attributable
Employees
5,883
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£16M
Period ending 2025-04-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,184,290,000 | £1,088,286,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £12,251,000 | -£7,848,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,433,000 | -£15,762,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £3,346,000 | -£15,294,000 | — | |
| Cash | £35,071,000 | £29,172,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £162,651,000 | £141,962,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £93,950,000 | £81,780,000 | — | |
| Equity | £93,950,000 | £81,780,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 7,007 | 5,883 | — | |
| Wages | £145,005,000 | £132,560,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £639,000 | £622,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | -5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 1.79x | -0.98x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, after undertaking analysis, are satisfied the Group has adequate resources to continue to operate and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, a period considered to be at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HARRIET HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Blakemore Property Ltd 100%
- Hockmeyer Motors Limited 100%
- Blakemore Trade Partners Limited 100%
- Fortify Limited 100%
- Vegan Store Ltd 100%
- Blakemore Design & Shopfitting Ltd 100%
- Blakemore Retail Ltd 100%
- Peter Lowrie and Company Limited 100%
- Lords (Haymarket) Limited 100%
- Capper & Co. Ltd 100%
- Waynes Foods Limited 100%
- Blakemore Logistics Limited 100%
- Blakemore Freshfoods Limited 100%
- Blakemore Wholesale Ltd 100%
- Blakemore Food Service Limited 100%
- Tates Limited 100%
- Blakemore Fine Foods Limited 100%
- Golden Choice Foods Limited 100%
- Blakemore Creative Ltd 100%
- Eat17 Limited 50%
- Whitstable 17 Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Headcount was reduced significantly, as we made reductions to support office, store labour and depot teams.”
- “Our Jamesbridge depot in Food Services was closed, and activity transferred to our Wakefield depot as we move to a more efficient supply chain.”
- “We exited majority of our Philpotts standalone sandwich stores, as we integrate the offer into our SPAR retail stores.”
- “In early 2025 we won the contract to supply EG On The Move under the SPAR brand, and we have quickly grown to supporting over 80 petrol forecourt stores.”
- “We have recently won the contract to supply branded goods into M&S Food, which started in August 2025.”
- “Exceptional costs in the period ended 27 April 2025 totalled £8.8m and comprised £3.8m of restructuring costs relating to headcount reductions across the support centre and retail store teams, £1.4m of closure costs associated with the ongoing rationalisation programme including logistics operations and standalone Philpotts stores.”
- “On 4 April 2024, the Group completed an Amend and Extend of its existing debt facility, extending the maturity of both its £32m term loan and its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) to April 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMORE, Charles Peter | Secretary | 2019-04-25 | — | — |
| BLAKEMORE, Caoire | Director | 2019-04-25 | Aug 1985 | British |
| BLAKEMORE, Charles Peter | Director | 2019-04-25 | Dec 1989 | British |
| BLAKEMORE, Peter Francis | Director | 2019-04-25 | Sep 1943 | British |
| BLAKEMORE, Tomas Francis | Director | 2019-04-25 | Aug 1987 | British |
| MC AULEY, Ita Marie | Director | 2019-04-25 | Nov 1951 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Ita Marie Mc Auley | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2019-04-29 | Active |
| Mr Peter Francis Blakemore | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 25–50%, Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2019-04-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-12-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2019-12-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-12-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2019-06-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-06-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-06-13 | PSC04 | 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
- 2
- 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.