HTI TOYS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+174.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
+11.8% vs 2023
Employees
98
-5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-33% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- HTI TOYS UK LIMITED 2014-10-07 → present
- HALSALL TOYS EUROPE LTD 2010-01-04 → 2014-10-07
- HALSALL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2006-11-03 → 2010-01-04
- DAVID HALSALL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1998-03-24 → 2006-11-03
- DAVID HALSALL PLC 1990-07-26 → 1998-03-24
- DAVID HALSALL AND CO.LIMITED 1952-12-06 → 1990-07-26
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 | £75,591,000 | £84,605,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,177,000 | £3,983,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,844,000 | £2,574,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,281,000 | £2,346,000 | |
| Cash | £844,000 | £2,317,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,586,000 | £36,027,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,715,000 | £34,325,000 | |
| Equity | £30,715,000 | £34,325,000 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 98 | |
| Wages | £3,553,000 | £4,093,000 |
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 | 6.8% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.4% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.1% | 53.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 3.85x | 2.80x |
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
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 31 December 2024, the group was funding its working capital requirement via an invoice discounting facility and a trade loan facility, all of which by their very nature were on demand facilities. The facility quantum and pricing is agreed with our primary lender on an annual basis, with revised facilities put in place in April 2025 providing the company with sufficient liquidity and working capital to ensure the company remains as a going concern. Our lender has verbally confirmed its expectation that as part of their review due in April 2026 it will continue to support the company with the provision of our existing invoice discounting and trade loan facilities with increased capacity if required for working capital purposes based on forecasted growth, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The directors, having prepared forecasts to December 2026 and beyond and, having considered the current trading prospects, identifiable risks, working capital requirements and the availability of finance, are of the opinion that the company and the group is a going concern. The financial statements have been prepared on this basis.”
Group structure
- HTI TOYS UK LIMITED · parent
- HTI Toys Hong Kong Limited 100%
- HTI Toys US Inc 100%
- HTI 2024 Limited 100%
- D Stansfield Limited 100%
- Clifton Constructions (Blackpool) Limited 100%
- HTI Trustee Limited 100%
- Halsall Worldwide Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In Q4 2024 we also invested in the acquisition of the business and assets of Sambro International Limited, a major player in the European branded toy market. The acquisition boosted internal talent, expanded our already extensive product line with new categories and deepened our footprint into key European markets, setting us up for further double-digit revenue growth in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOULIHAN, Colin Anthony | Director | 2015-10-05 | Jun 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Adam Miles | Director | 2016-02-15 | Oct 1981 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKROYD, Philip, Mrilip | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | 2012-02-29 |
| ASHCROFT, Martin | Secretary | 2012-02-29 | 2015-05-08 |
| LOCKWOOD, William John | Secretary | — | 2007-02-28 |
| ACKROYD, Philip, Mrilip | Director | 1998-05-11 | 2012-03-20 |
| ASHCROFT, Martin Roy | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2015-05-08 |
| COPLESTONE, Andrew Francis David | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2015-08-20 |
| FAYAD, Najib | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| HALES, Antony John | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2005-08-25 |
| HALSALL, David Alan | Director | — | 2006-08-21 |
| HALSALL, Graham Wilson | Director | — | 2012-12-21 |
| HUTT, John Robert | Director | 1996-12-23 | 2011-03-31 |
| HYAMS, Anthony Michael | Director | 1995-12-15 | 1997-04-22 |
| LAWSON, Andrew Stewart | Director | 1993-05-31 | 1999-12-23 |
| LOCKWOOD, William John | Director | — | 2007-02-28 |
| LORD, David John | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2021-05-31 |
| MCCOOEY, John | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2016-02-03 |
| MILLS, Mark Richard | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2011-08-16 |
| OLDFIELD, Robert Maxim | Director | — | 1994-09-15 |
| SPALDING, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2014-06-11 | 2015-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Jonathan James | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2008-11-12 |
| WALKER, John Laurence | Director | 1997-04-22 | 1998-03-25 |
| WALLS, Mark | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2015-06-01 |
| WOOD, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-05-10 |
| WRENN, John Robert | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2012-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Robert Hutt | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-01 | Active |
| David Halsall International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-15 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2019-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.9%
£75,591,000 £84,605,000
-
Cash
+174.5%
£844,000 £2,317,000
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£30,715,000 £34,325,000
-
Employees
-5.8%
104 98
-
Operating profit
-23.1%
£5,177,000 £3,983,000
-
Profit before tax
-33%
£3,844,000 £2,574,000
-
Wages
+15.2%
£3,553,000 £4,093,000
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