J.TOWNEND & SONS(HULL)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
51
Average over period
Profit before tax
£482K
Period ending 2025-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,300,775 | £12,854,432 | |
| Operating profit | £516,714 | £481,182 | |
| Profit before tax | £508,325 | £482,208 | |
| Net profit | £356,262 | £351,674 | |
| Cash | £1,178,627 | £1,050,826 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,163,929 | £5,421,684 | |
| Net assets | £5,030,313 | £5,281,223 | |
| Equity | £5,030,313 | £5,281,223 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 51 | |
| Wages | £1,860,341 | £1,379,962 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.9% | 40.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 2.04x | |
| Interest cover | 53.24x | 501.75x |
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
- Dutton Moore
- 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 group and parent 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.”
Group structure
- J.TOWNEND & SONS(HULL)LIMITED · parent
- House of Townend Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company's other subsidiary undertaking, Willerby Manor Hotels Limited, ceased trading during 2020 and was dissolved on 24 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHEAD, Angus Joseph | Secretary | 2004-07-05 | — | British |
| PARSONS, Georgia Ann | Director | 2026-02-26 | Dec 1994 | British |
| TOWNEND, John Charles | Director | — | Sep 1965 | British |
| TOWNEND, Susan Alison | Director | 2024-05-16 | Feb 1966 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Angus Joseph | Director | 2005-08-21 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOULD, Patricia | Secretary | — | 1992-11-16 |
| RAINGER, Peter Shane | Secretary | 1992-11-16 | 2004-07-05 |
| HILL, Derek | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2024-05-16 |
| MOULD, Patricia | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| TOWNEND, Alexandra Louise | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2022-06-07 |
| TOWNEND, Jennifer Ann | Director | — | 2022-05-20 |
| TOWNEND, John Ernest | Director | — | 2018-08-18 |
| WHITEHEAD, Alan John | Director | 1996-01-10 | 1998-12-22 |
| WONG, Peter Fai Tong | Director | — | 1992-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Charles Townend | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2023-12-07 | Active |
| Mr Peter David Duffield | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-12-19 | Ceased 2023-12-07 |
| Mr Nicholas John Sangwin | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-12-19 | Ceased 2023-12-07 |
| Mr Barrie Appleyard | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-08-18 | Ceased 2019-12-19 |
| Mr Stephen Hall | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-08-18 | Ceased 2019-12-19 |
| Mr John Ernest Townend | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-04-30