PORTWEST CLOTHING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+0.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+13.6% vs 2023
Employees
212
-2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-7.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PORTWEST CLOTHING LIMITED 1997-02-19 → present
- MAYO WORKWEAR (UK) LIMITED 1988-06-29 → 1997-02-19
- SELECTSMART LIMITED 1988-04-11 → 1988-06-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,343,135 | £90,154,111 | |
| Operating profit | £3,380,358 | £3,134,746 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,380,358 | £3,134,746 | |
| Net profit | £2,540,705 | £2,224,072 | |
| Cash | £3,633,018 | £3,642,449 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,744,786 | £20,944,495 | |
| Net assets | £16,382,740 | £18,606,812 | |
| Equity | £16,382,740 | £18,606,812 | |
| Average employees | 217 | 212 | |
| Wages | £8,082,967 | £9,481,568 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 15.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.77x |
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
- KPMG Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORDE, Tara | Secretary | 2026-01-08 | — | — |
| GOOD, Orla | Director | 2024-09-11 | Oct 1990 | Irish |
| HUGHES, Cathal | Director | 2022-06-08 | Jun 1990 | Irish |
| HUGHES, Henry | Director | 2022-06-08 | Dec 1988 | Irish |
| JONES, Richard Philip, Mr. | Director | 2016-02-15 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Cathal, Director | Secretary | — | 2014-12-07 |
| HUGHES, Owen Jarlath, Mr. | Secretary | 2014-12-08 | 2018-03-23 |
| NOUD, Helen Maria | Secretary | 2018-03-23 | 2026-01-08 |
| COMPTON, Graham | Director | 1993-12-01 | 2009-05-19 |
| CROWLEY, David | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2018-04-23 |
| HUGHES, Cathal, Director | Director | — | 2024-09-11 |
| HUGHES, Harry | Director | — | 2024-09-11 |
| HUGHES, Owen Jarlath | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2024-09-11 |
| MERRYWEATHER, Colin | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| MOGFORD, Steven | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1997-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Workwear Unlimited Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-02-07 | Active |
| Mayo Workwear Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-1.3%
£91,343,135 £90,154,111
-
Cash
+0.3%
£3,633,018 £3,642,449
-
Net assets
+13.6%
£16,382,740 £18,606,812
-
Employees
-2.3%
217 212
-
Operating profit
-7.3%
£3,380,358 £3,134,746
-
Profit before tax
-7.3%
£3,380,358 £3,134,746
-
Wages
+17.3%
£8,082,967 £9,481,568
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