HARDER BROS. LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-07 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-08-24

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£325K

+11.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£4M

+0.9% vs 2024

Employees

-6.9% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+25.3% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

HARDER BROS. LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=348

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2019-03-31	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	£22,640,171	£22,724,997	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	£1,247,631	£1,484,145	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	£1,268,029	£1,465,642	£1,228,587	£1,539,991
Net profit	—	—	£1,016,932	£1,228,472	£959,076	£1,183,189
Cash	—	—	£2,762,673	£3,061,685	£291,831	£324,700
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£9,972,688	£10,317,572	£4,352,409	£4,330,244
Net assets	—	—	£9,206,383	£10,025,855	£3,672,060	£3,705,249
Equity	£7,970,601	£8,144,594	£9,206,383	£10,025,855	£3,672,060	£3,705,249
Average employees	—	—	123	97	102	95
Wages	—	—	£2,285,516	£2,055,989	£2,793,168	£2,600,890

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	2019-03-31	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	5.5%	6.5%	—	—
Net margin	—	—	4.5%	5.4%	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	—	12.5%	14.4%	—	—
Interest cover	—	—	35.50x	78.60x	—	—

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.

People

2 active · 8 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HARDER, James Charles	Director	1998-05-06	Jul 1964	British
SHARP, Philip Matthew	Director	2012-11-12	Oct 1985	British

Show 8 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HARDER, James	Secretary	—	1996-05-16
KIDGER, Joan	Secretary	1996-05-16	2008-03-18
NOSEWICZ, Ewa	Secretary	2018-07-19	2019-08-20
SHARP, David	Secretary	2008-03-18	2012-11-29
THOMPSON, David	Secretary	2012-11-29	2018-07-18
HARDER, James	Director	—	2017-02-24
HARDER, Robert Arthur	Director	—	2017-02-24
SHARP, David	Director	1998-05-06	2012-11-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Harder Bros (Holdings) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2017-02-24	Active
Mr Robert Arthur Harder	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-08-24	Ceased 2017-02-24
Mr James Harder	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-08-24	Ceased 2017-02-24

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 158 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-09-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type medium
2024-09-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type medium
2023-11-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-11-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-09-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-03-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-09-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-12-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-12-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-09-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-04-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2020-12-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-08-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-01-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-09-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-09-02	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

+11.3%

£291,831 £324,700
Net assets

+0.9%

£3,672,060 £3,705,249
Employees

-6.9%

102 95

lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

+25.3%

£1,228,587 £1,539,991

highest in 4 filed years
Wages

-6.9%

£2,793,168 £2,600,890

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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