PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-77.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
321
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£688K
-74.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
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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
- PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED 2012-07-25 → present
- PONTRILAS TIMBER AND BUILDERS'MERCHANTS LIMITED 1948-07-31 → 2012-07-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £63,511,216 | £64,266,310 | |
| Operating profit | £3,049,283 | £980,633 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,672,725 | £687,595 | |
| Net profit | £2,184,352 | £549,531 | |
| Cash | £6,092,138 | £1,356,554 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,464,390 | £34,917,818 | |
| Net assets | £27,274,556 | £27,841,087 | |
| Equity | £27,274,556 | £27,841,087 | |
| Average employees | 309 | 321 | |
| Wages | £12,832,010 | £13,483,696 |
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 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 8.10x | 2.55x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director's have considered the future trading position of the company, and based on actual results since the year end, are confident that the going concern principle can be applied in the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Sales volumes improved on the prior year in a flat market whilst sales prices remained stubborn falling in the first half and strengthening into 2024, allied to this log prices broadly moved in line with sales prices. Sales and production volumes remain good into 2024/25.”
- “Capital spend has continued as planned as part of the Companies investment strategy which includes a commitment to the continuous improvement of Health & Safety.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLENNON, Mike | Director | 2026-01-27 | Aug 1963 | Irish |
| GLENNON, Patrick John | Director | 2026-01-27 | Jan 1961 | Irish |
| HILTON, Eric Bracewell | Director | 2009-06-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| LEWIS, Wayne | Director | 2019-09-23 | May 1978 | English |
| POYNTON, Jonathan James | Director | 2014-07-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| PUGH, Brian William Coles | Director | 2011-10-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCIS, John Morgan | Secretary | — | 2000-04-07 |
| HICKMAN, John Edward Sylvester | Secretary | 2004-08-20 | 2010-09-03 |
| TRUMPER, Jeremy Richard | Secretary | 2000-04-07 | 2000-12-04 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan | Secretary | 2000-12-04 | 2004-08-20 |
| FRANCIS, John Morgan | Director | 1992-03-16 | 2000-12-21 |
| GREEN, William John | Director | — | 2000-02-15 |
| HESKINS, Colin Frederick | Director | 1995-10-01 | 1999-06-14 |
| HICKMAN, Jeremy Jonathan Sylvester | Director | — | 2026-01-27 |
| HICKMAN, John Edward Sylvester | Director | 1995-03-16 | 2010-09-03 |
| HICKMAN, Virginia Seabourne | Director | 1992-03-16 | 2026-01-27 |
| MILLS, David | Director | 1992-03-16 | 2016-12-31 |
| MORGAN, James Norman | Director | 1992-03-16 | 2003-12-31 |
| POYNER, Adrian John | Director | 1992-03-16 | 1993-10-11 |
| POYNTON, Sharon Anna | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2019-11-08 |
| VECK, Desmond | Director | 1993-08-27 | 1994-03-01 |
| WAREHAM, Miranda Primrose | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2026-01-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy Jonathan Sylvester Hickman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Pontrilas Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2024-07-31 vs 2023-07-31
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Turnover
+1.2%
£63,511,216 £64,266,310
-
Cash
-77.7%
£6,092,138 £1,356,554
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£27,274,556 £27,841,087
-
Employees
+3.9%
309 321
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Operating profit
-67.8%
£3,049,283 £980,633
-
Profit before tax
-74.3%
£2,672,725 £687,595
-
Wages
+5.1%
£12,832,010 £13,483,696
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