VERDON TIMBER GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-06 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-20
Watchouts
Cash
£307K
-2.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-5.7% vs 2024
Employees
50
-15.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£262K
-72.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- VERDON TIMBER GROUP LIMITED 2014-10-09 → present
- VERDON SAWMILLS LIMITED 2004-12-23 → 2014-10-09
- THEOBALDS TIMBER (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 2001-03-15 → 2004-12-23
- THEOBALD TIMBER (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 2001-03-01 → 2001-03-15
- CONTREX TRADING LIMITED 2001-02-20 → 2001-03-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,580,000 | £12,150,000 | |
| Operating profit | £947,000 | £262,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £967,000 | £262,000 | |
| Net profit | £708,000 | £181,000 | |
| Cash | £316,000 | £307,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,794,000 | £5,509,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,644,000 | £5,325,000 | |
| Equity | £5,644,000 | £5,325,000 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 50 | |
| Wages | £2,216,000 | £2,039,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.3% | 4.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.1% | 20.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.66x | 4.54x |
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
- Armstrong Watson 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”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARTH, Andrew Peter | Director | 2023-04-26 | Oct 1955 | British |
| HOWARTH, Louis Peter | Director | 2023-03-10 | Aug 1991 | British |
| HOWARTH, Nicholas David | Director | 2023-03-10 | Sep 1957 | British |
| TURNER, Allister Paul | Director | 2023-03-10 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORAM, Jonathan Phillip | Secretary | 2001-02-26 | 2023-03-10 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-02-20 | 2001-02-26 |
| BADHAM, John Terence | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2023-03-10 |
| DORAN, Christopher John | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2017-04-11 |
| GRADY, Stephen Alfred | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2021-10-08 |
| JONES, Andrew William | Director | 2015-08-28 | 2022-04-26 |
| ORAM, Jonathan Phillip | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2023-03-10 |
| THEOBALD, Alex | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2018-01-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-20 | 2001-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howarthtimber Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-03-14 | Active |
| Verdon Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-11 | Ceased 2025-03-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-22%
£15,580,000 £12,150,000
-
Cash
-2.8%
£316,000 £307,000
-
Net assets
-5.7%
£5,644,000 £5,325,000
-
Employees
-15.3%
59 50
-
Operating profit
-72.3%
£947,000 £262,000
-
Profit before tax
-72.9%
£967,000 £262,000
-
Wages
-8%
£2,216,000 £2,039,000
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