SPIERS & HARTWELL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£931K
+37.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
126
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£842K
+5.7% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2019-02-28 | 2020-02-29 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £14,617,034 | £14,274,835 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £921,327 | £907,219 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £797,124 | £842,345 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £556,367 | £598,975 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £678,405 | £930,588 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £13,492,151 | £12,794,757 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £10,779,998 | £10,794,536 | |
| Equity | £7,262,934 | £7,649,406 | £8,282,156 | £8,616,746 | £10,208,068 | £10,779,998 | £10,794,536 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 130 | 126 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £5,337,398 | £5,321,544 |
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 | 2019-02-28 | 2020-02-29 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.3% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.8% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 6.8% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.69x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 6.70x | 6.95x |
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
- Clement Rabjohns Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having assessed future profit forecasts and the level of financial support available, where necessary, have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists about the ability of the company to ensure that is can continue as a going concern for a period of at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following on the from Brexit and the war in Ukraine there are risks and uncertainties that could affect the company around supply chain disruptions, particularly around fuel, unavailability of personnel, reductions in sales, disruptions around travel, and closure of buildings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTWELL, Arron George | Director | 2019-10-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| HARTWELL, Charles Angus | Director | 2019-10-01 | Mar 1993 | British |
| HARTWELL, Christopher Andrew | Director | — | Jan 1963 | British |
| HARTWELL, Deborah Ann | Director | 1996-08-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTWELL, Ann Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1995-12-02 |
| WILLOUGHBY, Rodney James | Secretary | 1995-12-02 | 2011-03-08 |
| HARTWELL, Ann Elizabeth | Director | — | 1995-12-02 |
| HARTWELL, Deryck Angus | Director | — | 1995-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiers & Hartwell Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-06-13 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Andrew Hartwell | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-02-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2020-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-06 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
-2.3%
£14,617,034 £14,274,835
-
Cash
+37.2%
£678,405 £930,588
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£10,779,998 £10,794,536
-
Employees
-3.1%
130 126
-
Operating profit
-1.5%
£921,327 £907,219
-
Profit before tax
+5.7%
£797,124 £842,345
-
Wages
-0.3%
£5,337,398 £5,321,544
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