HAMPSHIRE COMMODITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-6.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+3.8% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
7
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£972K
+117.2% vs 2023
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,421,618 | — | £13,804,728 | — | £16,286,450 | — | £16,681,753 | — | £13,875,637 | £13,826,906 | |
| Operating profit | £1,044,223 | — | £845,530 | — | £1,436,066 | — | £954,304 | — | £430,982 | £931,899 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,045,782 | — | £845,530 | — | £1,436,066 | — | £954,304 | — | £447,577 | £972,021 | |
| Net profit | £853,074 | — | £682,747 | — | £1,161,759 | — | £768,561 | — | £338,211 | £738,801 | |
| Cash | £2,075,534 | £2,075,534 | £2,619,240 | £2,619,240 | £1,157,177 | £1,157,177 | £773,419 | £773,419 | £2,837,212 | £2,653,163 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,174,467 | — | £5,457,214 | — | £6,118,973 | — | £6,387,534 | — | £6,225,745 | £6,464,546 | |
| Net assets | £5,174,467 | — | £5,457,214 | — | £6,118,973 | — | £6,387,534 | — | £6,225,745 | £6,464,546 | |
| Equity | £5,174,467 | — | £5,457,214 | — | £6,118,973 | — | £6,387,534 | — | £6,225,745 | £6,464,546 | |
| Average employees | 6 | — | 6 | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | 7 | 7 | |
| Wages | £318,672 | — | £305,617 | — | £434,860 | — | £383,341 | — | £328,780 | £403,229 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | — | 6.1% | — | 8.8% | — | 5.7% | — | 3.1% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | — | 4.9% | — | 7.1% | — | 4.6% | — | 2.4% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | — | 15.5% | — | 23.5% | — | 14.9% | — | 6.9% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.09x | 4.91x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- HAMPSHIRE COMMODITIES LIMITED · parent
- Hampshire Commodities Ireland Limited
Significant events
- “2024 turnover was virtually identical to 2023 with an improvement in gross profit over the previous year.”
- “Closed out 2024 with both good cash reserves and stock balance of £3 million a large percentage of which was down to slow lead times for shipping meaning large chunks of product arriving. Cash balance value which is included in the balance sheet of £2.7 million.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUPP CASTLE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-05-01 | — | — |
| HARDCASTLE, Jonathan | Director | 2016-08-15 | Nov 1967 | British |
| NEWMAN, Colin Jeffery | Director | 1993-08-11 | Oct 1943 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Lillian Selina | Secretary | 1993-08-11 | 2006-05-01 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-08-11 | 1993-08-11 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-08-11 | 1993-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Jeffery Newman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2016-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.4%
£13,875,637 £13,826,906
-
Cash
-6.5%
£2,837,212 £2,653,163
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£6,225,745 £6,464,546
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
0%
7 7
-
Operating profit
+116.2%
£430,982 £931,899
-
Profit before tax
+117.2%
£447,577 £972,021
-
Wages
+22.6%
£328,780 £403,229
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