P.D.HOOK(HATCHERIES)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£21M
+3.2% vs 2023
Employees
343
+0.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+176.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £197,234,000 | £202,557,000 | |
| Operating profit | £631,000 | £1,535,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £439,000 | £1,215,000 | |
| Net profit | £154,000 | £1,640,000 | |
| Cash | — | £2,279,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,089,000 | £26,280,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,273,000 | £20,931,000 | |
| Equity | £20,273,000 | £20,931,000 | |
| Average employees | 342 | 343 | |
| Wages | £10,129,000 | £10,539,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.7% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 3.29x | 4.80x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company made a profit before tax of £1.2M and had net assets of £20.9M (2023: £20.2M) at 31 Oct 2024. Directors considered business activities, financial position, cash flows, liquidity, and covenant position over 24 months, including downside scenarios. Financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Increasing uncertainty in global economy, geoeconomic fragmentation, and political unrest led to significant economic and market turmoil for UK Food and Farming. Change in UK government after July 2024 General Election. Avian Influenza and endemic diseases remained a concern due to variable weather.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Nigel Leslie | Secretary | 2004-08-13 | — | British |
| BEAVIS, Claire Joanna | Director | 2014-01-31 | Sep 1987 | British |
| BOYLE, Nigel Leslie | Director | 1997-02-17 | Oct 1956 | British |
| EASTHAM, Frances Ruth | Director | 2023-03-03 | Dec 1995 | British |
| HOOK, Fiona Anne | Director | 1992-09-30 | Dec 1960 | British |
| HOOK, James William | Director | — | Feb 1956 | British |
| HOOK, Michael Douglas | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jun 1998 | British |
| HOOK, Patrick Mark | Director | 2014-01-31 | May 1986 | British |
| HOOK, Thomas James | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jul 1984 | British |
| RUSHBY, Adrian | Director | 2010-11-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WANNELL, Mark Roy | Director | 2002-01-10 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOK, Joan | Secretary | — | 2004-07-15 |
| FURLONG, Peter Andrew | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2007-08-10 |
| GIBSON, Andrew | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| HOOK, David Charles | Director | — | 1991-04-08 |
| HOOK, Joan | Director | — | 2004-07-15 |
| HOOK, Patrick Douglas | Director | — | 1992-09-04 |
| MCMANUS, Charles Gordon | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2018-02-02 |
| POVEY, Stephen Thomas | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2018-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James William Hook | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-07 | Active |
| P. D. Hook (Group) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-10-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£197,234,000 £202,557,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£20,273,000 £20,931,000
-
Employees
+0.3%
342 343
-
Operating profit
+143.3%
£631,000 £1,535,000
-
Profit before tax
+176.8%
£439,000 £1,215,000
-
Wages
+4%
£10,129,000 £10,539,000
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