CARPENTER LIMITED
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Cash
£8.2m
-69.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£48m
-30.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
379
+5.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£10m
+6,189.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £110,467,000 | £96,387,000 | £95,901,000 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £18,862,000 | £14,416,000 | £9,993,000 | -30.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £19,516,000 | £166,000 | £10,440,000 | +6,189.2% | |
| Net profit | £14,716,000 | -£3,853,000 | £7,520,000 | +295.2% | |
| Cash | £14,857,000 | £26,603,000 | £8,186,000 | -69.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,849,000 | £68,649,000 | £46,823,000 | -31.8% | |
| Net assets | £70,404,000 | £68,008,000 | £47,526,000 | -30.1% | |
| Equity | £70,404,000 | £68,008,000 | £47,526,000 | -30.1% | |
| Average employees | 341 | 359 | 379 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £12,952,000 | £14,123,000 | £15,876,000 | +12.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £609,000 | £789,000 | £607,000 | -23.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £126,000 | £92,000 | £110,000 | +19.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £391,868 | £336,584 | £518,504 | +54% |
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 | 17.1% | 15.0% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | -4.0% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.0% | 21.0% | 21.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.4% | 18.0% | 19.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.76x | 3.75x | 2.45x | |
| Interest cover | 10.51x | — | 71.89x |
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 cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements... the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due”
Group structure
- CARPENTER LIMITED · parent
- Carpenter Engineered Foams Corby Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, the trade assets and liabilities and business of Carpenter Engineered Foams Corby Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, were hived up into Carpenter Limited”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUCHAMP, Bradford | Director | 2019-07-01 | Aug 1967 | American |
| HIBBERT, Alan Joseph | Director | 2024-06-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| MUNIZ, Peter Paul | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1970 | American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODDY, John | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| MESSER, Brian | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2026-05-29 |
| 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 |
| MESSER, Brian | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2026-05-29 |
| 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 215 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.