HOTTER SHOES LIMITED
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Cash
£875K
-36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.6M
+554.3% vs 2024
Employees
407
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.5M
+3,171.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,122,000 | £52,969,000 | +110.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£169,000 | £4,451,000 | +2,733.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£147,000 | £4,515,000 | +3,171.4% | |
| Net profit | -£582,000 | £3,226,000 | +654.3% | |
| Cash | £1,384,000 | £875,000 | -36.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£582,000 | £2,681,000 | +560.7% | |
| Net assets | -£582,000 | £2,644,000 | +554.3% | |
| Equity | -£582,000 | £2,644,000 | +554.3% | |
| Average employees | 404 | 407 | +0.7% | |
| Wages | £6,045,000 | £10,546,000 | +74.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 166.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.96x |
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
- HOTTER SHOES LIMITED 2023-07-19 → present
- BUCKMINSTER HAMILTON LIMITED 2023-03-05 → 2023-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is a trading company within the Wourth Group Limited group, which provides a treasury function for the wider group. The Company continue to trade profitably and generate positive cash flows, which ultimately can flow into the wider group to aid cash flow. The Company has net assets of £2.6m (2024: net liabilities of £0.6m). The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for the Company which show that even when factoring in a possible downturn in consumer spending and the seasonality around product purchasing and sales, sufficient cash resources are available to finance its own trading for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements without the need for amounts owed by group undertakings to be repaid. These cash flow forecasts are before any additional amounts are transferred out as part of the group treasury function.”
Significant events
- “This represents the first full year of trading for the company, having been set up to acquire the brand following Administration in July 23.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEHL, Stephen Peter | Director | 2023-05-24 | Mar 1995 | British |
| LESTER, Michael David | Director | 2023-05-24 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELDMAN, Marc Anthony | Director | 2023-03-05 | 2023-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wourth Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-05-24 | Active |
| Harkers Associates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-05 | Ceased 2023-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-05-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.