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HUNTERS & FRANKAU LIMITED

#00022169 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1886-02-10 (140y 3m) · Last filing 2026-05-11 (this month)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46350 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-07 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-24

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£6M

+5.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£24M

+5.7% vs 2023

Employees

50

+8.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£22M

+21.3% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £48,543,485£60,256,000
Operating profit £17,651,656£21,444,580
Profit before tax £17,962,386£21,782,311
Net profit £13,784,681£16,333,953
Cash £6,000,350£6,324,452
Total assets less current liabilities £22,610,666£23,985,161
Net assets £22,593,237£23,879,940
Equity £22,593,237£23,879,940
Average employees 4650
Wages £4,171,962£4,732,011

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 36.4%35.6%
Net margin 28.4%27.1%
Return on capital employed 78.1%89.4%
Current ratio -3.99x-3.97x
Interest cover —188.56x

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
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have prepared budgets and forecasts taking into account ongoing uncertainties which show the group has sufficient financial resources to meet the group's needs for the foreseeable future (being at least 12 months from the date of signing that these financial statements) and that the going concern basis is an appropriate basis on which to prepare the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. HUNTERS & FRANKAU LIMITED · parent
    1. Joseph Samuel & Son Limited · England · dormant
    2. Knight Brothers Cigar Shippers Limited · England · dormant
    3. Morris & Morris Limited · England · dormant
    4. Melbourne Hart & Co. Limited · England · dormant
    5. Tabaco Torcido Traders Limited · England · dormant
    6. Lancha House Limited · England · dormant
    7. Incentive Marketing Services (UK) Limited · England · dormant
    8. Tropic Tobacco Co Limited · England · dormant
    9. Melbourne Hart Holdings Limited · England · dormant
    10. Jacon Financial Services Limited · England · dormant
    11. C H Downton Limited · England · dormant
    12. F J Downton Limited · England · dormant
    13. English Import Co. Limited · England · dormant

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 28 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HOLT, Joseph Anthony Secretary 2025-12-11 — —
CEJAS DIAZ, Jose Antonio Director 2019-12-02 Oct 1983 Cuban
CROLEY, Sean Gerard Michael Director 2012-04-13 Jun 1972 British
FREEMAN, Jemma Kate Natasha Director 2003-05-13 Mar 1974 British
LEWIS, David Gwynder Director 1989-12-22 Aug 1942 British
LOPEZ INCHAURBE, Jose Maria Director 2017-09-22 Feb 1973 Spanish
MUGUIRO SARTORIUS, Rafael Director 2022-07-06 Sep 1957 Spanish
VAN DER MERWE, Kerry-Lee Anne Director 2024-03-14 Apr 1976 British
Show 28 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HAMBIDGE, Philip John Secretary 1989-09-01 2025-12-11
ALONSO, Jose Blas Lugo Director 2001-05-16 2003-11-11
BAXTER, David Arthur John Director — 2007-12-23
BLANCO LAMELAS, Jose Director 1996-05-14 1998-07-01
BULNES LOPEZ, Yadira Director 2015-04-16 2019-08-07
CAMACHO RODRIGUEZ, Tatiana Director 1998-01-14 2003-07-31
CARVER, Wyndham Houssemayne Director 1997-05-01 2001-02-09
CHASE, Simon George Director 2009-05-01 2019-03-11
CHASE, Simon George Director — 2009-04-19
DARNTON, John Hugh Director — 2009-03-06
FERNANDEZ MAIQUE, Jorge Luis Director 2014-11-05 2015-10-20
FREEMAN, Brigitta Elizabeth Petra Director 2000-11-09 2003-05-13
FREEMAN, Nicholas Donald James Director — 2000-07-28
GARCIA ANDRADE MANSO, Jaime Director 2001-05-16 2003-05-13
GARCIA MOREJON, Manuel Director 2003-11-11 2010-11-23
GONZALEZ, Leopoldo Cintra Director 2016-04-14 2023-03-23
GUTIERREZ-BALMASEDA HERNANDEZ, Ignacio Director 2009-11-02 2014-12-10
HAMBIDGE, Philip John Director 1989-09-01 2026-04-30
IGLESIAS REYES`, Enrique Director 1999-11-04 2001-01-22
LOPEZ GARCIA, Ana Director 2011-02-15 2014-04-10
LOPEZ GARCIA, Ana Director 2004-01-01 2009-07-31
MEDERO PAIVA, Porfirio Pablo Director 1998-07-01 2001-01-22
MENDEZ PEREZ, Edilio Director — 1996-05-07
MORERA GONZALEZ, Sergio Alberto Director — 1996-12-31
PEREZ MARTELL, Jorge Sandalio Director 2023-07-13 2023-07-13
PEREZ MARTELL, Jorge Sandalio Director 2023-07-13 2026-04-30
SIMONDS, James Graham Director 1993-01-06 1997-03-31
TERRES DE ERCILLA, Francisco Javier Director 2003-05-13 2017-09-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
J.Frankau & Company Limited Corporate entity Shares 50–75%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 183 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-05-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-17 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-17 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-09-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-03-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-07-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-24 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-03-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-04-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-08-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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