HFD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£632K
+2,647.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-81.2% vs 2023
Employees
1,839
+9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£65M
-812.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HFD LIMITED 2004-11-22 → present
- HEADLAM (FLOORCOVERING DISTRIBUTORS) LIMITED 1992-01-23 → 2004-11-22
- FORAY 352 LIMITED 1991-12-24 → 1992-01-23
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 | £486,547,000 | £478,118,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,827,000 | -£44,185,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,160,000 | -£65,309,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,726,000 | -£49,546,000 | |
| Cash | £23,000 | £632,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £180,601,000 | £146,887,000 | |
| Net assets | £60,281,000 | £11,334,000 | |
| Equity | £60,281,000 | £11,334,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,675 | 1,839 | |
| Wages | £57,352,000 | £64,080,000 |
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 | 0.4% | -9.2% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | -10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | -30.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | 0.20x | -2.09x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company Headlam Group plc. The directors have received confirmation that Headlam Group plc intend to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed. Further information is disclosed in note 1, under accounting policies.”
Group structure
- HFD LIMITED · parent
- CECO (Flooring) Limited
- BETU Holdings Limited
- Birch Close Trading Limited
- Melrose Interiors Limited
- Modern Style Rugs Limited
- Headlam Ireland Limited
- Gorsey Twenty One Limited
- Gorsey Twenty Two Limited (in liquidation)
- Gorsey Twenty Three Limited (in liquidation)
Significant events
- “On 29 February 2024 the Company transferred the trade and net assets of the Oriental Weavers business to Melrose Interiors Limited, a subsidiary undertaking of the Company. On 31 July 2024 the Company acquired the trade and net assets of the Nottingham and Concept businesses from a fellow group company, MCD Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Alison Jane Margaret | Secretary | 2023-12-14 | — | — |
| JONES, Richard Crispin | Director | 2026-03-31 | May 1966 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTERBURY, Karen Lorraine | Secretary | 2019-01-07 | 2022-04-04 |
| DUGGAN, Geoffrey Michael | Secretary | 1998-05-19 | 2017-10-02 |
| FARBRIDGE, Caroline Louise | Secretary | 2022-09-06 | 2023-12-14 |
| MANDERS, Douglas Nigel | Nominee Secretary | 1991-12-19 | 1992-01-17 |
| THROSSELL, Roy | Secretary | — | 1998-05-19 |
| WARD, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2017-10-02 | 2018-07-27 |
| WILSON, Stephen Graham | Secretary | 1992-01-17 | 1992-12-23 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-04-04 | 2022-09-06 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-07-27 | 2019-01-07 |
| ATTERBURY, Karen Lorraine | Director | 2021-10-06 | 2022-04-04 |
| BREWER, Anthony John | Director | — | 2016-09-14 |
| HARRIS, Adrian John | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2024-01-25 |
| HUDSON, Robert James | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1994-07-14 |
| JUDGE, Antony Raymond | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-09-14 |
| KIRKHAM, Ian | Director | 1992-02-13 | 2000-11-03 |
| MANDERS, Douglas Nigel | Nominee Director | 1991-12-19 | 1992-01-17 |
| MARSDEN, Emma Jane | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1992-01-17 |
| MEDCALF, David | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1997-09-30 |
| PAYNE, Christopher Richard | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2025-10-13 |
| PHILLIPS, Adam David | Director | 2023-06-28 | 2026-03-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Gary Bosley | Director | 1992-10-07 | 2015-02-27 |
| SHULMAN, Michael Leslie | Director | 1993-11-10 | 1996-05-13 |
| SIMPSON, Andrew James William | Director | 1992-01-17 | 2010-06-29 |
| WALDRON, Graham | Director | 1992-01-17 | 2013-08-30 |
| WILSON, Stephen Graham | Director | 1992-01-17 | 2021-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headlam Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-1.7%
£486,547,000 £478,118,000
-
Cash
+2,647.8%
£23,000 £632,000
-
Net assets
-81.2%
£60,281,000 £11,334,000
-
Employees
+9.8%
1,675 1,839
-
Operating profit
-2,518.4%
£1,827,000 -£44,185,000
-
Profit before tax
-812.1%
-£7,160,000 -£65,309,000
-
Wages
+11.7%
£57,352,000 £64,080,000
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