CARPENTER LIMITED
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Cash
£27M
+79.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£68M
-3.4% vs 2023
Employees
359
+5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£166K
-99.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-06-24.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,467,000 | £96,387,000 | -12.7% | |
| Operating profit | £18,862,000 | £14,416,000 | -23.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £19,516,000 | £166,000 | -99.1% | |
| Net profit | £14,716,000 | -£3,853,000 | -126.2% | |
| Cash | £14,857,000 | £26,603,000 | +79.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,849,000 | £68,649,000 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £70,404,000 | £68,008,000 | -3.4% | |
| Equity | £70,404,000 | £68,008,000 | -3.4% | |
| Average employees | 341 | 359 | +5.3% | |
| Wages | £12,952,000 | £14,123,000 | +9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £609,000 | £697,000 | +14.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.0% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.4% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.76x | 3.75x | |
| Interest cover | 10.51x | 7.63x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- CARPENTER LIMITED 1994-01-24 → present
- E.R. CARPENTER PLC 1990-07-02 → 1994-01-24
- HYMAN PLC 1985-07-01 → 1990-07-02
- I & J HYMAN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1926-07-02 → 1985-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- CARPENTER LIMITED · parent
- Carpenter Engineered Foams Corby Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 12 June 2023 Carpenter Limited acquired 100% of the whole of the share capital of Recticel Engineered Foams Corby Limited for a consideration of £19.9m.”
- “On 1 April 2024, following the sale of customer relationships by its subsidiary Carpenter Engineered Foams Corby Limited, this resulted in an indicator of impairment in the CGU and an impairment charge of £14,766,000 against the cost of Investment was booked in the 2024 Statutory accounts.”
- “On 1 July 2024, the assets and liabilities and business of Carpenter Engineered Foams Corby Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of the company, were hived up into Carpenter Limited and so the results reflect the second half year trading from that hive-up.”
- “During the year, the transaction to hive up trade and assets of Carpenter Engineering Foam Corby Limited into Carpenter Limited took place. The company met the conditions under FRS102 to apply merger accounting and elected to apply merger accounting prospectively.”
- “As at 1 April 2024, the value in use calculations for Carpenter Engineering Foams Corby Limited which is assessed to be a single CGU were impaired following the sale of certain customer relationships within the CGU representing a significant reorganisation in the business model and an indicator of impairment of the CGU. Consequently, an impairment charge of £14,766,000 was recorded against the investment.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESSER, Brian | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | — | British |
| BEAUCHAMP, Bradford | Director | 2019-07-01 | Aug 1967 | American |
| HIBBERT, Alan Joseph | Director | 2024-06-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| MESSER, Brian | Director | 2009-04-01 | Oct 1961 | British |
| MUNIZ, Peter Paul | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1970 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODDY, John | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| BANNER, Terence Bernard | Director | 1998-02-09 | 2009-04-01 |
| CLAIBORNE III, Herbert Augustine | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2026-01-01 |
| HACKER, Jim Albert | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2019-07-01 |
| HOOTEN, James Douglas | Director | — | 2000-09-11 |
| HULLEY, David John | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| HURST, Franklan Howard | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1995-01-19 |
| LEICESTER, Ian William | Director | 1998-03-27 | 2017-05-01 |
| PAULEY, Stanley Frank | Director | — | 2020-11-20 |
| REINHART, Myron Harold | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| STEWART, Ian Russell | Director | 1995-01-19 | 1998-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Katharine Pauley Hickok Revocable Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2021-06-17 | Active |
| Pauley Trust Co.,Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2020-11-20 | Ceased 2021-06-17 |
| Sfp Trust Co.,Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2020-11-20 | Active |
| Mr Stanley Frank Pauley | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.