HALFORDS LIMITED

1. HALFORDS LIMITED 1988-12-14 → present
2. WARD WHITE RETAIL UK LIMITED 1984-02-01 → 1988-12-14
3. JOSEPH FRISBY LIMITED 1909-05-22 → 1984-02-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis, having undertaken an assessment of the financial forecasts for the 12 month period from the date of approval of these financial statements. They do not consider there to be a material uncertainty relating to the Group's and the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. HALFORDS LIMITED · parent
   1. Boardman Bikes Limited 1% · UK · Non-trading
   2. Boardman International Limited 1% · UK · Non-trading

Significant events

• “On 15 April 2025, it was announced that Graham Stapleton had stepped down as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and that Henry Birch had been appointed as his replacement. This has no impact on the financial statements for the period ended 28 March 2025.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -0.1%

  £950,600,000 → £950,000,000

• Cash

  -43.1%

  £7,200,000 → £4,100,000

• Net assets

  -32.8%

  £518,200,000 → £348,400,000

• Employees

  -3.3%

  7,369 → 7,124

• Operating profit

  -14.4%

  £38,300,000 → £32,800,000

• Profit before tax

  -25.4%

  £40,500,000 → £30,200,000

• Wages

  +2.5%

  £174,600,000 → £179,000,000

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