H.O. SHORT & SON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9K
+1,345.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
76
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£334K
+78.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,378,220 | £24,169,917 | |
| Operating profit | £663,027 | £773,569 | |
| Profit before tax | £186,962 | £333,833 | |
| Net profit | £107,670 | £134,980 | |
| Cash | £645 | £9,321 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,785,054 | £17,568,196 | |
| Net assets | £10,179,771 | £10,089,312 | |
| Equity | £10,179,771 | £10,089,312 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 76 | |
| Wages | £2,165,806 | £2,472,042 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £260,722 | £296,871 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+8%
£22,378,220 £24,169,917
-
Cash
+1,345.1%
£645 £9,321
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£10,179,771 £10,089,312
-
Employees
+1.3%
75 76
-
Operating profit
+16.7%
£663,027 £773,569
-
Profit before tax
+78.6%
£186,962 £333,833
-
Wages
+14.1%
£2,165,806 £2,472,042
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 1.39x | 1.76x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors are satisfied that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Based on the factors set out above, the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- H.O. SHORT & SON LIMITED · parent
- Cereal Foods Limited 100%
- Silvery Tweed Cereals Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group made donations of £3,000 to Cancer Research UK (2024: £nil) for charitable purposes”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Linda | Secretary | 2015-11-01 | — | — |
| GLADSTONE, Robert Short | Director | 2002-04-02 | May 1981 | British |
| GLADSTONE, Sarah Jane Short | Director | 2015-02-06 | Mar 1979 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Linda | Director | 2015-02-06 | Mar 1970 | British |
| TULLIS, Alan James | Director | 2015-02-06 | Nov 1963 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS, Louise | Secretary | 1998-07-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| GLADSTONE, Thomas Black Short | Secretary | — | 1998-07-01 |
| DAVIDSON, Nicholas John | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2011-02-18 |
| DICKINSON, Robert Cockburn | Director | — | 2010-03-10 |
| GLADSTONE, Eva Janet | Director | — | 2000-06-12 |
| GLADSTONE, Maisie Bell | Director | — | 2026-04-30 |
| GLADSTONE, Robert Alder Short | Director | — | 2003-02-15 |
| GLADSTONE, Thomas Black Short | Director | — | 2017-02-24 |
| HARME, William | Director | — | 1992-04-30 |
| SMITH, Richard Anthony Clement | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| WALLS, Hamish Sandeman | Director | 1995-02-02 | 1998-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Short Gladstone | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.