A.W.HAINSWORTH & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£869K
-19.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+3.5% vs 2023
Employees
204
-1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-18.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,984,451 | £23,195,149 | |
| Operating profit | £1,388,867 | £1,134,193 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,293,201 | £1,050,512 | |
| Net profit | £905,217 | £784,126 | |
| Cash | £1,080,845 | £869,265 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,434,873 | £13,584,084 | |
| Net assets | £12,318,176 | £12,754,302 | |
| Equity | £12,318,176 | £12,754,302 | |
| Average employees | 207 | 204 | |
| Wages | £6,497,708 | £6,794,259 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 8.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.42x | 2.56x | |
| Interest cover | 14.52x | 13.55x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the business will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- A.W.HAINSWORTH & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Spring Valley Trading Limited 100%
- The Atkinson Dyeing Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Recovery from a challenging 2023 in the Protectives Sector was extremely encouraging, as the Company exceeded its budget expectations in this division.”
- “The business was made aware that it would have to re-new its existing Royal Warrant. ... finally awarded a new Kings Royal Warrant on the 19th December 2024.”
- “the business continued its commitment to infrastructure investment and completed two highly complex projects - the implementation of a new sprinkler system and the installation of a new weaving shed roof, complete with airflow control. Both projects were delivered on time to plan and within a set budget of almost £800k.”
- “in January 2024 the business received a new high specification Dornier Loom, to complement its woollen manufacturing division, whilst retiring off two old Looms which were both unproductive and unsupported. Two further Dornier Looms were placed on order in the Autumn of 2024, arriving in Spring 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Lee Stephen | Director | 2022-08-31 | Sep 1977 | British |
| MCLAREN, Amanda Louise | Director | 2021-04-27 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOK, Kevin Thurwell | Secretary | 2003-07-15 | 2008-01-01 |
| COOP, Gerard | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2010-05-25 |
| LAURENSON, Stephen Mountfort | Secretary | 2002-04-01 | 2003-07-15 |
| PAWSON, Trevor | Secretary | — | 2002-04-01 |
| ARCHER, Derrick | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| BROOK, Kevin Thurwell | Director | 2004-03-16 | 2008-01-01 |
| COOP, Gerard | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2010-05-25 |
| FINNIGAN, John Howard | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2000-04-04 |
| GRAY, Michele Foreman | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1999-08-06 |
| HAINSWORTH, Adam Wilson | Director | 1999-01-11 | 2020-11-30 |
| HAINSWORTH, David | Director | — | 2004-10-05 |
| HAINSWORTH, Paul Reuben | Director | 2012-01-11 | 2019-04-26 |
| HAINSWORTH, Roger Charles | Director | 1999-01-11 | 2011-04-06 |
| HAINSWORTH, Thomas Christian | Director | 1999-01-11 | 2021-07-30 |
| HEMMING, Stephen | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2005-09-30 |
| HUTTON, Graham Paul | Director | 2010-05-31 | 2015-09-01 |
| MCDOUGALL, Ian | Director | — | 1999-08-06 |
| PATTISON, Kate | Director | 2021-07-30 | 2022-08-31 |
| PAWSON, Trevor | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| ROBINSON, Brian | Director | 1999-01-11 | 1999-10-18 |
| SIDDALL, Andrew John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-01-09 |
| SIMPSON, Diane Leigh | Director | 2010-05-31 | 2015-09-01 |
| TAYLOR, Rachel Clare | Director | 2000-08-30 | 2015-09-01 |
| WALKER, Derek | Director | 2000-04-04 | 2004-09-30 |
| WIGHTMAN, Gerald | Director | 1999-01-11 | 2007-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Andrew Edward Blayney | Director | 2019-04-26 | 2025-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.W. Hainsworth Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.5%
£21,984,451 £23,195,149
-
Cash
-19.6%
£1,080,845 £869,265
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£12,318,176 £12,754,302
-
Employees
-1.4%
207 204
-
Operating profit
-18.3%
£1,388,867 £1,134,193
-
Profit before tax
-18.8%
£1,293,201 £1,050,512
-
Wages
+4.6%
£6,497,708 £6,794,259
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