A.T. LITTLE & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-5.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+8.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
82
-9.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£584K
-32.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- A.T. LITTLE & SONS LIMITED 1982-03-26 → present
- TORMBEX LIMITED 1982-01-14 → 1982-03-26
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | — | — | £18,002,817 | — | — | £31,841,840 | £30,043,329 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £639,170 | — | — | £826,819 | £489,203 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £640,866 | £970,966 | £937,254 | £870,173 | £583,909 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £519,652 | £710,177 | £737,808 | £645,229 | £482,569 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,014,927 | £819,986 | £2,243,675 | £2,617,004 | £2,474,562 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,601,232 | £5,572,198 | £6,333,633 | £6,228,044 | £6,027,196 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,539,113 | £3,249,290 | £3,887,098 | £4,282,327 | £4,639,896 | |
| Equity | £1,617,882 | £2,019,461 | £2,539,113 | £3,249,290 | £3,887,098 | £4,282,327 | £4,639,896 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 88 | 94 | 98 | 91 | 82 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,464,354 | £1,701,330 | £1,968,096 | £2,075,136 | £2,000,941 |
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 | — | — | 3.6% | — | — | 2.6% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.9% | — | — | 2.0% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 17.7% | — | — | 13.3% | 8.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 62.4% | 55.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.19x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 383.43x | — | — | 21.57x | 16.31x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a every expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALES, Ashley Elizabeth | Director | 2025-11-07 | Oct 1987 | British |
| LITTLE, Jonathan James | Director | — | Jan 1965 | British |
| LITTLE, Nicola Gail | Director | 2025-11-07 | May 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLE, Jean Barbara | Secretary | — | 2009-10-05 |
| LITTLE, Alan Thomas | Director | — | 2013-05-31 |
| LITTLE, Andrew Thomas | Director | — | 2025-11-20 |
| LITTLE, Jean Barbara | Director | — | 2013-05-31 |
| STAFFORD, Ashley | Director | 2021-05-18 | 2025-11-07 |
| STAFFORD, Yvette Jane | Director | — | 2025-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-5.6%
£31,841,840 £30,043,329
-
Cash
-5.4%
£2,617,004 £2,474,562
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£4,282,327 £4,639,896
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-9.9%
91 82
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-40.8%
£826,819 £489,203
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-32.9%
£870,173 £583,909
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
-3.6%
£2,075,136 £2,000,941
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