HEXHAM AUCTION MART COMPANY,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£202K
-31% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+3.4% vs 2024
Employees
146
+9.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£773K
-3.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,208,657 | £6,958,167 | |
| Operating profit | £809,386 | £794,527 | |
| Profit before tax | £800,507 | £773,377 | |
| Net profit | £524,590 | £654,431 | |
| Cash | £293,343 | £202,289 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,028,655 | £18,373,904 | |
| Net assets | £18,337,363 | £18,955,476 | |
| Equity | £18,337,363 | £18,955,476 | |
| Average employees | 133 | 146 | |
| Wages | £1,584,164 | £1,725,610 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.79x | 4.36x | |
| Interest cover | 30.17x | 26.30x |
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
- Auditor
- H & M Ltd
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “A highlight of the year was the official opening of the Queen Camilla Stand by Her Majesty Queen Camilla on 5th June. The new facility is already proving a valuable asset.”
- “Hexham Racecourse was nominated for Racecourse of the Year, and Harrison Collingwood received recognition as Young Auctioneer of the Year.”
- “Sheep numbers rose 4%, supported by a 23% increase in store lamb sales to more than 150,000, helped significantly by the addition of St John's Chapel under a three-year lease signed in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON, John Paul | Secretary | 2026-01-12 | — | — |
| ADDISON, Robert Iveson | Director | 2010-06-21 | Jun 1963 | British |
| ATKINSON, John | Director | — | Aug 1945 | British |
| DODD, William John | Director | 2021-08-20 | Aug 1971 | British |
| HAILS, Felicity | Director | 2022-10-24 | Jan 1968 | British |
| IVESON, Richard Henry | Director | 2002-12-16 | Sep 1962 | British |
| WALTON, Jack Peter | Director | 2025-04-29 | Jan 1998 | British |
| WALTON, James Brewis | Director | — | Mar 1948 | British |
| WALTON, Michael Hugh | Director | 1999-02-23 | Apr 1952 | British |
| WALTON, Peter | Director | — | Mar 1952 | British |
| WOODMAN, William Walton | Director | 2006-10-16 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REED, Maurice Henry | Secretary | — | 1993-09-01 |
| ROGERSON, Brian | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 2026-01-12 |
| ADDISON, Dorothy Margaret | Director | 1999-02-23 | 2010-04-09 |
| DODD, John Longlands | Director | 1993-04-06 | 2021-08-09 |
| IVESON, Arthur Walton | Director | — | 1997-03-13 |
| IVESON, Thomas William Raw | Director | — | 1998-12-01 |
| OLIVER, Thomas William | Director | — | 2003-03-24 |
| REED, Maurice Henry | Director | — | 2013-03-29 |
| RIDLEY, Thomas | Director | — | 1992-07-24 |
| VICKERS, Thomas Henry | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2006-03-31 |
| WALTON, John Dunscombe | Director | — | 1998-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+12.1%
£6,208,657 £6,958,167
-
Cash
-31%
£293,343 £202,289
-
Net assets
+3.4%
£18,337,363 £18,955,476
-
Employees
+9.8%
133 146
-
Operating profit
-1.8%
£809,386 £794,527
-
Profit before tax
-3.4%
£800,507 £773,377
-
Wages
+8.9%
£1,584,164 £1,725,610
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