QUALTER, HALL & COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£716k
-10.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.9m
-5.4% vs 2024
Employees
98
-2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3k
-98.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £14,190,000 | £12,464,000 | £11,223,000 | -10% | |
| Operating profit | £751,000 | £498,000 | £205,000 | -58.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £513,000 | £271,000 | £3,000 | -98.9% | |
| Net profit | £513,000 | £386,000 | £21,000 | -94.6% | |
| Cash | £1,251,000 | £800,000 | £716,000 | -10.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,195,000 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,698,000 | £2,017,000 | £1,909,000 | -5.4% | |
| Equity | £1,698,000 | £2,017,000 | £1,909,000 | -5.4% | |
| Average employees | 100 | 100 | 98 | -2% | |
| Wages | £4,728,000 | £4,893,000 | £4,895,000 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £544,000 | £552,000 | £425,000 | -23% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £48,000 | £50,000 | £47,000 | -6% | |
| Highest paid director | £143,000 | £152,000 | £140,000 | -7.9% |
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 | 5.3% | 4.0% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.9% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.11x | 0.74x | |
| Interest cover | 3.16x | 2.19x | 1.01x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- QUALTER, HALL & COMPANY LIMITED 2016-04-06 → present
- QUALTER,HALL & CO.,LIMITED 1910-11-09 → 2016-04-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For this reason, the Directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainties relating to the going concern assumption. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the company will continue on operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILD, George | Secretary | 2000-10-01 | — | British |
| CARR, Graham | Director | 2002-05-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Keith Martin | Director | 1994-09-15 | Mar 1958 | British |
| WILD, George | Director | 2025-12-17 | Mar 1956 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, Raymond Harry | Secretary | — | 2000-09-30 |
| BIEDERMAN, Otto | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2007-07-23 |
| BROWN, Gifford Anton | Director | 2021-05-10 | 2025-12-17 |
| BRUN, Herwig Friedrich | Director | 1997-07-22 | 1999-12-31 |
| DINGLE, Robert Victor | Director | — | 1993-12-21 |
| ESTERMANN, Rudolf | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2013-10-31 |
| FORD, Raymond Harry | Director | — | 1998-04-16 |
| GAUSTER, Wolfgang | Director | 2007-07-23 | 2011-02-07 |
| HAWLEY, Martin William | Director | 1998-04-17 | 1999-04-30 |
| HIGGINBOTTOM, John Nigel | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2024-10-31 |
| HOBSON, Glyn | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| JOST, Thomas | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2018-11-09 |
| KELLY, Martin Thomas | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2021-06-24 |
| KEWNEY, Peter Edwin | Director | — | 1993-02-23 |
| KUBEL, Horst | Director | 2003-04-28 | 2004-11-19 |
| MARSHALL, David Edward | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2022-03-31 |
| ORTON, George | Director | — | 2019-09-10 |
| PRAUS, Alfred Franz | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2003-04-28 |
| TSCHMELITSCH, Marion Angelika | Director | 1993-12-21 | 1995-04-25 |
| WERZ, Christian Jochen Jakob Frieder | Director | 1995-01-13 | 1997-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualter Hall Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-20 | Active |
| Waagner Biro Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.