YORK WARD & ROWLATT LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
-52.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.3m
-20.2% vs 2024
Employees
108
-5.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£869k
-24% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,255,306 | £68,658,052 | £57,930,842 | £62,291,999 | £38,233,621 | -38.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,171,187 | £1,036,093 | £1,151,384 | £1,248,455 | £789,122 | -36.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £978,423 | £753,250 | £928,508 | £1,143,176 | £868,531 | -24% | |
| Net profit | £762,659 | £608,599 | £709,616 | £857,553 | £649,915 | -24.2% | |
| Cash | £1,052,085 | £335,761 | £2,615,224 | £4,153,831 | £1,970,984 | -52.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,565,968 | £5,179,662 | £5,900,392 | £6,750,959 | £5,421,967 | -19.7% | |
| Net assets | £4,510,818 | £5,119,417 | £5,829,033 | £6,686,586 | £5,336,501 | -20.2% | |
| Equity | £4,510,818 | £5,119,417 | £5,829,033 | £6,686,586 | £5,336,501 | -20.2% | |
| Average employees | 109 | 112 | 109 | 114 | 108 | -5.3% | |
| Wages | £2,747,018 | £2,453,076 | £2,572,822 | £2,798,277 | £2,686,868 | -4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £191,667 | £417,598 | £450,125 | £516,013 | £512,132 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £5,126 | £5,248 | £5,283 | +0.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £225,794 | £302,744 | £290,747 | -4% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.7% | 20.0% | 19.5% | 18.5% | 14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.0% | 66.0% | 76.9% | 60.6% | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.28x | 1.61x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 6.06x | 3.66x | 5.16x | 6.56x | 29.71x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasted performance and cashflow of the Company the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- YORK WARD & ROWLATT LIMITED · parent
- Hamblins of Rushden Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the LEAP Franchise was introduced, which is a joint venture between Stellantis and Leapmotor the Chinese electric car manufacturer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, James Fleming | Secretary | 2001-11-16 | — | British |
| BRAYFIELD, Adrian | Director | 2022-03-22 | Jun 1973 | British |
| HUGHES, Clive Nicholas | Director | 2002-01-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| JOHNSON, Nicola Margaret | Director | 2021-07-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| JOHNSON, Peter Sidney | Director | 1995-05-26 | Oct 1937 | British |
| JOHNSON, Richard Scott | Director | 2020-02-19 | May 1968 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Richard | Director | 2022-03-22 | Oct 1970 | British |
| ROBINSON, Dan | Director | 2022-03-22 | Jun 1985 | British |
| STEVENSON, Lisa Mary | Director | 2025-07-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Anthony Carl | Secretary | — | 2001-11-16 |
| AFFLECK BRIGGS, Neville Peter | Director | — | 1998-11-30 |
| BARRITT, Shaun William | Director | — | 2022-02-06 |
| CLARKE, Godfrey Walter | Director | — | 2017-07-24 |
| COWLEY, Andrew John | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2012-05-26 |
| HUGHES, Anthony Carl | Director | — | 2001-11-16 |
| JOHNSON, Brian | Director | — | 2020-02-18 |
| JOHNSON, Philip Charles | Director | 1997-04-11 | 2016-01-14 |
| JOHNSON, Valerie Edith | Director | 1994-06-17 | 2017-05-26 |
| REED, Anthony David | Director | — | 1994-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwater Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-04 | Active |
| Grosvenor Contracts Leasing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.