HEXSTONE LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-3.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
-27.4% vs 2023
Employees
261
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-48.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HEXSTONE LTD. 2006-08-07 → present
- W.M.OWLETT & SONS LIMITED 1947-06-03 → 2006-08-07
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 | £68,853,000 | £62,815,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,465,000 | £1,383,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,045,000 | £2,587,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,919,000 | £2,067,000 | |
| Cash | £3,791,000 | £3,669,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,943,000 | £34,400,000 | |
| Net assets | £46,389,000 | £33,697,000 | |
| Equity | £46,389,000 | £33,697,000 | |
| Average employees | 268 | 261 | |
| Wages | £8,595,000 | £9,211,000 |
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 | 6.5% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.5% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.34x | 2.18x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's annual forecasts, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Company will be able to operate within the level of its current resources for the foreseeable future. As a result, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The Company therefore, continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- HEXSTONE LTD. · parent
- Hexstone (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Hexstone Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Icon Fasteners Limited 100%
- Jaton Limited 100%
- JCP Fixings Limited 100%
- Owlett-Jaton Limited 100%
- Owlett-Jaton (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Righton Fasteners Limited 100%
- Stainless Threaded Fasteners Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1st January 2025, Newbury Investments (UK) Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Hexstone Holdings Limited, of which Hexstone Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary. The ultimate parent company is Newbury Investments Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales”
- “On 1st July 2025 Hexstone Limited acquired the trading brand of Olympic Fixings Products Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YU, Leo | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| WESTBROOK, Steven | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1956 | British |
| YU, Leo | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jun 1984 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Bryce Rowan | Secretary | 1998-02-27 | 2006-03-02 |
| MARKS, Anthony David | Secretary | — | 1997-07-01 |
| SMITH, Stewart John | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 1998-02-20 |
| WOOF, William Sones | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-01 |
| WOOF, William Sones | Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2024-12-31 |
| YU, Leo | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| BROOKS, Bryce Rowan | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2007-04-06 |
| CHRISTIE, Douglas Brash | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-01 |
| CHRISTIE, Douglas Brash | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2024-12-31 |
| COOKE, Stuart Malcolm | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2004-02-29 |
| DAVIES, Stephen | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| DOHERTY, Ian John Victor | Director | 2016-12-12 | 2025-12-19 |
| EVANS, Mark Darren | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2025-10-31 |
| GODDARD, Roger David | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| HARRISON, Keith | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| HOPWOOD, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-01 |
| HOPWOOD, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| MARKS, Anthony David | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| MCNAIR, Douglas Talbot | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-01 |
| MCNAIR, Douglas Talbot | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| OWLETT, David William | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| OWLETT, James Stewart | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| OWLETT, John Edward | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| OWLETT, Richard John | Director | 1996-09-01 | 1997-07-01 |
| PALMER, Nigel John | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| PALMER, Nigel John | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| PALMER, Nigel John | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2006-03-02 |
| SMITH, Stewart John | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-02-20 |
| WESTBROOK, Steven | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| YU, Leo | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexstone Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-8.8%
£68,853,000 £62,815,000
-
Cash
-3.2%
£3,791,000 £3,669,000
-
Net assets
-27.4%
£46,389,000 £33,697,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
268 261
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Operating profit
-69%
£4,465,000 £1,383,000
-
Profit before tax
-48.7%
£5,045,000 £2,587,000
-
Wages
+7.2%
£8,595,000 £9,211,000
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