MICHAEL I HOLDSWORTH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-06 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+14.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+13.6% vs 2024
Employees
439
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
-40.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MICHAEL I HOLDSWORTH LIMITED 1999-04-27 → present
- CHILFROST LIMITED 1994-06-28 → 1999-04-27
- MAGICGROOVE LIMITED 1986-06-12 → 1994-06-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £143,813,831 | £132,555,735 | |
| Operating profit | £9,523,051 | £5,469,844 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,267,160 | £6,149,761 | |
| Net profit | £7,728,990 | £4,589,138 | |
| Cash | £14,631,263 | £16,710,749 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,992,741 | £29,893,930 | |
| Net assets | £23,515,898 | £26,722,981 | |
| Equity | £23,515,898 | £26,722,981 | |
| Average employees | 451 | 439 | |
| Wages | £15,023,076 | £15,171,683 |
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 | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.1% | 18.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.2% | 38.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 2.64x | |
| Interest cover | 137.58x | 39.54x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “Since the balance sheet date, the company has paid dividends of £555,712.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADNITT, Gary Fraser | Director | 2023-09-21 | Jun 1970 | British |
| BOYD, Jessica Lee | Director | 2023-11-24 | Feb 1993 | British |
| HOLDSWORTH, Millicent Leonora | Director | 2023-11-24 | May 1980 | British |
| HOLDSWORTH, Rupert Michael Ellis | Director | 2009-01-30 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARRIOTT, John Andrew | Secretary | — | 2000-02-29 |
| TREVETHICK, Esther Victoria | Secretary | 2000-02-29 | 2023-11-22 |
| FLANAGAN, Donald James | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2004-02-28 |
| HOLDSWORTH, Michael Ian | Director | — | 2011-04-04 |
| LA ROCHE, Simon Alfred | Director | — | 1992-07-10 |
| MARRIOTT, John Andrew | Director | — | 2023-01-20 |
| TREVETHICK, Esther Victoria | Director | 2009-01-30 | 2023-11-22 |
| WARHURST, Rebecca Jane Christine | Director | 2000-12-22 | 2023-11-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdsworth Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-01-18 | Active |
| Mr Michael Ian Holdsworth | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-18 |
| Mr John Andrew Marriott | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-09-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-06-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 4
- 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 2024-02-28
-
Turnover
-7.8%
£143,813,831 £132,555,735
-
Cash
+14.2%
£14,631,263 £16,710,749
-
Net assets
+13.6%
£23,515,898 £26,722,981
-
Employees
-2.7%
451 439
-
Operating profit
-42.6%
£9,523,051 £5,469,844
-
Profit before tax
-40.1%
£10,267,160 £6,149,761
-
Wages
+1%
£15,023,076 £15,171,683
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