ANGLING DIRECT PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
-23.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
478
+7.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+89.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ANGLING DIRECT PLC 2017-06-21 → present
- ANGLING DIRECT LIMITED 2007-12-18 → 2017-06-21
- ANGLING DIRECT (ESSEX) LTD 2004-06-11 → 2007-12-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,657,000 | £91,339,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,031,000 | £2,022,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,025,000 | £1,938,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,216,000 | £1,408,000 | |
| Cash | £15,765,000 | £12,060,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,685,000 | £41,326,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,525,000 | £39,421,000 | |
| Equity | £38,525,000 | £39,421,000 | |
| Average employees | 446 | 478 | |
| Wages | £10,453,000 | £11,444,000 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.4% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.53x | 1.97x | |
| Interest cover | 2.06x | 3.07x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have nothing to report in this regard.”
Group structure
- ANGLING DIRECT PLC · parent
- ADNL B.V. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARBORD, Timothy James | Secretary | 2026-03-19 | — | — |
| COPEMAN, Sam | Director | 2023-06-05 | Oct 1978 | British |
| CROWE, Steven | Director | 2020-01-02 | Dec 1974 | British |
| KEEN, Christian | Director | 2022-04-05 | Mar 1964 | British |
| MURPHY, Nicola Sharon | Director | 2022-06-15 | Feb 1964 | British |
| TORRANCE, Andrew James | Director | 2019-10-04 | Dec 1965 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Neil Pryce | Director | 2025-03-03 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPEMAN, Sam | Secretary | 2025-11-28 | 2026-03-19 |
| PAGE, Lynne Alison | Secretary | 2004-06-11 | 2017-06-01 |
| WRIGHT, Shona | Secretary | 2017-06-06 | 2025-11-28 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-06-11 | 2004-06-11 |
| BAILEY, Darren Ian | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2021-06-23 |
| DAVIES, David Paul Rodwell | Director | 2017-06-09 | 2023-01-31 |
| HIGDON, Julie | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2017-04-06 |
| HILL, William Peter Favor | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2017-04-07 |
| HUNTER, John Lindsay | Director | 2017-06-12 | 2020-01-30 |
| MALTBY, Dilys Lorraine | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2022-06-15 |
| MOON, Stephen Nigel | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2019-01-23 |
| PAGE, Martyn Graham | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2026-01-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-06-11 | 2004-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillages Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2017-07-13 |
| Mr Martyn Graham Page | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-12 |
| Mr William Peter Favor Hill | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 11
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+11.9%
£81,657,000 £91,339,000
-
Cash
-23.5%
£15,765,000 £12,060,000
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£38,525,000 £39,421,000
-
Employees
+7.2%
446 478
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Operating profit
+96.1%
£1,031,000 £2,022,000
-
Profit before tax
+89.1%
£1,025,000 £1,938,000
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Wages
+9.5%
£10,453,000 £11,444,000
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