JOHN HORSFALL & SONS(GREETLAND),LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
+67.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27m
+8.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
60
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.5m
-7.3% lowest in 3 filed years
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,121,669 | £31,261,850 | £28,486,068 | -8.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,706,351 | £4,357,659 | £3,971,271 | -8.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,671,620 | £4,889,142 | £4,531,067 | -7.3% | |
| Net profit | £5,092,844 | £3,647,763 | £3,345,901 | -8.3% | |
| Cash | £7,914,440 | £7,347,817 | £12,314,595 | +67.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,828,371 | £25,388,693 | £27,666,691 | +9% | |
| Net assets | £22,302,928 | £24,810,850 | £27,016,910 | +8.9% | |
| Equity | £22,302,928 | £24,810,850 | £27,016,910 | +8.9% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 64 | 60 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £2,631,442 | £3,566,012 | £3,560,193 | -0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £440,938 | £1,091,898 | £1,082,959 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £76,175 | £72,726 | £58,350 | -19.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £239,965 | £629,511 | £626,575 | -0.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 13.9% | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | 18.8% | 11.7% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 17.2% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.6% | 23.6% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.53x | 3.18x | 3.50x | |
| Interest cover | 50.18x | 32.87x | 30.38x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- B M Howarth Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- JOHN HORSFALL & SONS(GREETLAND),LIMITED · parent
- F K Adcock & Co Ltd 100%
- Interweave Textiles Ltd 100%
- John Horsfall & Sons Ltd 100%
- William B Swift Ltd 100%
- Orvec (Xiamen) Textile Converting Co. Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURRIE, Robert Stephen | Secretary | 2004-05-12 | — | British |
| BENSON, Antonia Annabelle Florence | Director | 2026-08-20 | Nov 1990 | British |
| BENSON, Charles Horsfall | Director | 2020-12-17 | Mar 1989 | British |
| BENSON, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2004-10-07 | Jun 1960 | British |
| BENSON, Peter Horsfall | Director | — | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, David | Secretary | — | 2004-05-12 |
| BENSON, Anne Eileen | Director | — | 2001-09-27 |
| BENSON, John Horsfall Washington | Director | — | 2011-01-26 |
| DEAKIN, David | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2019-06-30 |
| MEEKS, Robert Cecil | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Horsfall Benson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-09-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.