HOTBRAY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-24.8% lowest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£17M
-5.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
44
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-9.5% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £33,790,557 | — | £43,742,436 | — | £42,799,421 | £43,038,334 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,321,347 | — | £1,827,910 | — | £2,467,571 | £2,273,503 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,349,574 | — | £2,030,208 | — | £2,939,722 | £2,659,014 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,094,033 | — | £1,621,545 | — | £2,206,867 | £2,005,619 | |
| Cash | £15,367,762 | £9,874,597 | £9,874,597 | £12,137,440 | £12,137,440 | £11,492,784 | £8,643,997 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,476,398 | — | — | — | £18,796,767 | £17,802,386 | |
| Net assets | — | £17,468,355 | — | £19,089,900 | — | £18,296,767 | £17,302,386 | |
| Equity | £21,374,322 | £17,468,355 | £17,468,355 | £19,089,900 | £19,089,900 | £18,296,767 | £17,302,386 | |
| Average employees | — | 41 | — | 43 | — | 44 | 44 | |
| Wages | — | £2,142,352 | — | £2,606,207 | — | £2,664,673 | £2,700,114 |
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 | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.9% | — | 4.2% | — | 5.8% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.2% | — | 3.7% | — | 5.2% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.6% | — | — | — | 13.1% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 29.6% | 30.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 3.53x | 3.46x |
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
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit 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.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, on 31 August 2025, the company's principal supplier was subject to a cyber-attack. The supplier's production was suspended for approximately six weeks. The financial impact of the cyber-attack on the future results cannot yet be quantified and may be felt for several months. In addition, conflicts around the world may also have a bearing on next year's results.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEVY, Joseph | Director | 2013-01-01 | Jan 1940 | French |
| MACKINTOSH, Allegra | Director | — | Dec 1937 | French |
| WILLIAMS, Mark Stephen | Director | 2019-10-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Richard Jean-Pierre | Secretary | — | 1994-07-11 |
| JOHNSON, Brian | Secretary | 1994-07-11 | 2019-04-30 |
| JOHNSON, Brian | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2019-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zedra Trustees (Jersey) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-11-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2019-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-10 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+0.6%
£42,799,421 £43,038,334
-
Cash
-24.8%
£11,492,784 £8,643,997
lowest in 7 filed years
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£18,296,767 £17,302,386
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
44 44
-
Operating profit
-7.9%
£2,467,571 £2,273,503
-
Profit before tax
-9.5%
£2,939,722 £2,659,014
-
Wages
+1.3%
£2,664,673 £2,700,114
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