HAWORTH SCOURING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£814
-9.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+8.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
58
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£344K
+8.3% highest in 3 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HAWORTH SCOURING COMPANY LIMITED 2019-04-11 → present
- WHITAKER FIBRES LIMITED 1971-10-28 → 2019-04-11
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,028,620 | £9,588,377 | |
| Operating profit | — | £513,236 | £474,778 | |
| Profit before tax | -£598,886 | £317,276 | £343,686 | |
| Net profit | -£558,405 | -£234,902 | £244,081 | |
| Cash | £1,085 | £902 | £814 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,362,681 | £3,707,501 | £4,052,348 | |
| Net assets | £3,087,681 | £2,852,779 | £3,096,860 | |
| Equity | £3,087,681 | £2,852,779 | £3,096,860 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 57 | 58 | |
| Wages | £2,145,248 | £2,051,459 | £2,249,833 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.1% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.3% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 13.8% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.32x | 0.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.62x | 3.62x |
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
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the budgets and forecasts for the foreseeable future and conclude that the company has the ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISBECQUE, Daniel Andre | Secretary | 2013-01-02 | — | British |
| FJELDHEIM, Rolf Gjermund | Director | 2023-06-12 | Jan 1974 | Norwegian |
| HOLGATE, Timothy Lloyd | Director | 2013-01-02 | Sep 1966 | British |
| IRELAND, Kirsty | Director | 2021-09-06 | Jul 1971 | English |
| ISBECQUE, Daniel Andre | Director | 2013-01-02 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MELING, Siv | Director | 2022-06-14 | Mar 1973 | Norwegian |
| NORRIS, Richard | Director | 2022-11-30 | Nov 1970 | English |
| STRIDE, Per | Director | 2023-06-12 | Aug 1971 | Danish |
| SÆVIK, Kristian Håvard | Director | 2016-03-29 | Jul 1973 | Norwegian |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKLAM, Alan John | Secretary | — | 1996-12-06 |
| CURTIS, Martin Maclean | Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2013-01-02 |
| GAIR, Maxwell Stuart | Secretary | 2004-04-06 | 2004-12-17 |
| GRIFFIN, Allan | Secretary | 1996-12-06 | 1999-05-31 |
| HEPWORTH, Ian Richard | Secretary | 1999-06-01 | 2004-04-06 |
| WHITAKER, Timothy Richard | Secretary | 2004-04-06 | 2008-03-31 |
| CURTIS, Martin Maclean | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2016-03-29 |
| CURTIS, Martin Maclean | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2013-01-02 |
| CURTIS, Simon Wesley | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2018-03-01 |
| CURTIS, Simon Wesley | Director | 2010-02-02 | 2013-01-02 |
| DAUGAARD, Knud Peder | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2023-06-12 |
| DAUGAARD, Knud Peder | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2008-02-07 |
| GAIR, Maxwell Stuart | Director | 2004-04-06 | 2004-12-17 |
| GISBOURNE, David Nigel | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2024-04-04 |
| HØEG, Erik Steinar | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2024-04-04 |
| LAJORD, Kristin Bakke | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-03-29 |
| LINNES, Kai | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| SOLLERUD, Morten | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-03-29 |
| WHITAKER, Elizabeth Helen | Director | — | 2004-04-06 |
| WHITAKER, George David | Director | — | 1996-12-20 |
| WHITAKER, John Brian | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
| WHITAKER, Timothy Richard | Director | 1998-12-04 | 2008-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Wool Direct Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-11-18 | Active |
| Curtis Wool Direct Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
-4.4%
£10,028,620 £9,588,377
-
Cash
-9.8%
£902 £814
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+8.6%
£2,852,779 £3,096,860
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+1.8%
57 58
-
Operating profit
-7.5%
£513,236 £474,778
-
Profit before tax
+8.3%
£317,276 £343,686
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+9.7%
£2,051,459 £2,249,833
highest in 3 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