HOPE'S AUCTION COMPANY,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
Cash
£63K
+310.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+52.1% vs 2024
Employees
23
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+624.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £219,793 | £1,592,743 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £219,793 | £1,592,743 | |
| Cash | — | — | £15,380 | £63,120 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,499,668 | £4,996,884 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £3,015,012 | £4,584,387 | |
| Equity | — | — | £3,015,012 | £4,584,387 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 23 | 23 | |
| Wages | — | — | £451,208 | £492,084 |
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
People
7 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUTHWAITE, Rozanna Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-07-29 | — | — |
| GATE, William Wilkinson | Director | 2022-06-10 | Oct 1976 | British |
| GRAINGER, Ian | Director | 2019-03-18 | Dec 1960 | British |
| ILLINGWORTH, James Holgate | Director | 2019-05-31 | Jul 1963 | British |
| PEARS, Kenneth William | Director | 2018-12-10 | Mar 1960 | British |
| PEILE, John Benson | Director | 2016-09-01 | Oct 1967 | British |
| PEILE, Michael | Director | 2022-01-19 | Nov 1984 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENSON, Gareth Paul | Secretary | 2015-02-06 | 2016-01-23 |
| FOSTER, Dawn | Secretary | 2012-10-06 | 2014-09-04 |
| GRAHAM, Iain | Secretary | 2000-04-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| HAYTON, Lawrence | Secretary | — | 2000-04-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Stuart | Secretary | 2014-09-05 | 2015-02-06 |
| WHITFIELD, Barbara Christine | Secretary | 2016-01-23 | 2020-07-29 |
| ALLEN, Steven David | Director | 2017-01-22 | 2017-12-20 |
| ALLEN, Steven David | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2016-12-05 |
| BENSON, Gareth Paul | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2022-01-20 |
| BENSON, Joseph | Director | — | 1993-05-27 |
| BROCKBANK, John Timothy | Director | 2005-07-05 | 2016-11-29 |
| DIXON, John Jeffrey | Director | — | 2018-11-22 |
| DIXON, John | Director | — | 2011-06-22 |
| HARRISON, David Alan | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2014-03-28 |
| HESLOP, Isaac James | Director | 1995-01-16 | 2011-10-31 |
| HOPE, Jonathan | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2016-12-08 |
| JACKSON, Robert Edward | Director | 2004-08-17 | 2016-12-06 |
| JARMAN, Keith | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2017-11-07 |
| KILPATRICK, James | Director | — | 1992-10-23 |
| RITCHIE, Ian | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2019-06-03 |
| ROBERTSON, Stuart | Director | — | 2015-04-10 |
| STITCHELL, Kenneth | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2018-05-29 |
| STITCHELL, Kenneth William | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2017-12-20 |
| STOCKDALE, James | Director | — | 1994-06-27 |
| TINNISWOOD, Richard David | Director | — | 2002-07-01 |
| WALTON, Bruce | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| WILSON, James Taylor | Director | — | 2015-11-09 |
| WRIGHT, Elizabeth Janet | Director | 2018-03-21 | 2023-04-26 |
| WRIGHT, William Andrew | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2005-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Holgate Illingworth | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-05-31 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
| Mr Ian Grainger | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2019-04-01 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
| Mr Kenneth William Pears | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-10 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Janet Wright | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-06-29 | Ceased 2023-04-26 |
| Mr Gareth Paul Benson | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-06-29 | Ceased 2021-12-31 |
| Mr Kenneth Stitchell | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-05-31 | Ceased 2018-06-29 |
| Mr John Benson Peile | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
| Mr Ian Ritchie | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-03 |
| Mr John Jeffrey Dixon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-22 |
| Mr Steven David Allen | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-20 |
| Mr Keith Jarman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-07 |
| Mr Bruce Walton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-29 |
| Mr Robert Edward Jackson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-29 |
| Mr John Timothy Brockbank | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-29 |
| Mr Jonathan Hope | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease with charge number | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease with charge number | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease with charge number | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+310.4%
£15,380 £63,120
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Net assets
+52.1%
£3,015,012 £4,584,387
-
Employees
0%
23 23
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Profit before tax
+624.7%
£219,793 £1,592,743
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Wages
+9.1%
£451,208 £492,084
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers