STANDARD WOOL (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-12 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£984
-33.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+0.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
65
+1.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£883K
-12.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- STANDARD WOOL (UK) LIMITED 1987-03-11 → present
- BERISFORD WOOL LIMITED 1986-02-21 → 1987-03-11
- NORTON MILLS (ELLAND) LIMITED 1962-01-29 → 1986-02-21
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,275,990 | £31,610,391 | £27,978,210 | £27,939,324 | |
| Operating profit | £1,061,730 | £1,732,735 | £1,634,020 | £1,498,137 | |
| Profit before tax | £790,459 | £1,310,071 | £1,003,896 | £882,815 | |
| Net profit | £541,247 | £1,081,075 | £838,107 | £778,380 | |
| Cash | £1,702 | £1,702 | £1,477 | £984 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,058,769 | £13,406,253 | £13,425,089 | £13,997,715 | |
| Net assets | £12,073,948 | £12,429,281 | £12,598,023 | £12,696,298 | |
| Equity | £12,073,948 | £12,429,281 | £12,598,023 | £12,696,298 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 62 | 64 | 65 | |
| Wages | £860,259 | £1,024,162 | £1,321,971 | £1,355,431 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 12.9% | 12.2% | 10.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.76x | 1.80x | |
| Interest cover | 3.70x | 3.92x | 2.49x | 2.12x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- 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 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
- STANDARD WOOL (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Daniel P Buckley Wool Merchants Limited 99%
- Jacomb Hoare (Bradford) Limited 100%
- Standard Wool (Chile) SA 100%
- Standard Wool (NZ) Limited 100%
- Thomas Chadwick & Sons Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Paul Stuart | Director | 2014-10-09 | Apr 1985 | British |
| HUGHES, Paul Thomas | Director | — | Sep 1948 | British |
| MARWOOD, Ian Ralph | Director | 2014-10-09 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, David | Secretary | 1993-03-31 | 2000-12-01 |
| HUGHES, Paul Thomas | Secretary | — | 1993-03-31 |
| SPRINGTHORPE, Martin John | Secretary | 2000-10-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| ANDREWS, Mark | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2025-03-31 |
| BELL, David Hamilton | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
| COWMAN, Brian Peter | Director | — | 2004-07-16 |
| INMAN, Richard Robert Randall | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| MADDAMS, Nicholas | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2015-01-21 |
| MURRAY, James Alexander Gideon | Director | — | 2004-07-01 |
| OHM, Wolfgang Georg | Director | — | 1991-03-29 |
| WARD, Jeffrey Michael | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| WILLIS, Mark Vincent | Director | 2015-01-21 | 2017-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Wool Uk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-0.1%
£27,978,210 £27,939,324
-
Cash
-33.4%
£1,477 £984
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£12,598,023 £12,696,298
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1.6%
64 65
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-8.3%
£1,634,020 £1,498,137
-
Profit before tax
-12.1%
£1,003,896 £882,815
-
Wages
+2.5%
£1,321,971 £1,355,431
highest in 4 filed years
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