H. PONSFORD LIMITED
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Cash
£150K
-71.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+1% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£250K
-51.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £277,270 | £221,099 | -20.3% | |
| Operating profit | £111,908 | -£94,352 | -184.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £511,394 | £249,566 | -51.2% | |
| Net profit | £385,394 | £111,213 | -71.1% | |
| Cash | £520,071 | £149,731 | -71.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,247,945 | £11,417,158 | +1.5% | |
| Net assets | £11,145,945 | £11,257,158 | +1% | |
| Equity | £11,145,945 | £11,257,158 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 40.4% | -42.7% | |
| Net margin | 139.0% | 50.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.3% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.61x | 2.32x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- H. PONSFORD LIMITED · parent
- The Woodside Brick Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover has decreased compared to the prior year due to movements in the occupancy levels of the investment property which are occupied by third parties. Turnover has decreased by 20.3% to £221,099.”
- “A number of the company properties will need sufficient investment in the coming years in order to meet the changes in regulations on energy efficiency. The company is committed to improving the building stocks in order to meet the standards of modern buildings but the costs of doing so are currently unknown.”
- “While the year has been good for furniture, not all of the tenants have enjoyed a successful trading period and could default on obligations to the business.”
- “In the prior period, cash held in short term deposit accounts was classified as cash at bank and in hand. These balances should have been classified as current asset investments and therefore have been amended accordingly.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PONSFORD, Alan | Director | 1992-01-04 | Feb 1943 | British |
| PONSFORD, Barnaby Charles | Director | 2023-03-20 | Aug 1974 | British |
| PONSFORD, Helen Fiona | Director | 2023-03-20 | Mar 1976 | British |
| PONSFORD, Robert Angus | Director | 2015-05-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONSFORD, Adrian William | Secretary | — | 2025-06-28 |
| PONSFORD, Adrian William | Director | — | 2025-06-28 |
| PONSFORD, Alan | Director | — | 1992-01-04 |
| PONSFORD, Nora Cabourn | Director | — | 2004-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponsford Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.