J.E.HARTLEY LIMITED
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Cash
£356K
+674% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.5M
-28.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
65
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.6M
-377.2% lowest in 6 filed years
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.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,490,929 | £15,264,340 | £15,936,963 | £17,692,020 | £18,371,934 | £18,098,248 | -1.5% | |
| Operating profit | £610,241 | £371,108 | £121,355 | £826,407 | £984,656 | -£1,255,774 | -227.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £188,445 | £201,502 | -£61,525 | £498,193 | £587,169 | -£1,627,339 | -377.2% | |
| Net profit | £283,445 | £201,502 | -£61,525 | £498,193 | £644,169 | -£1,779,339 | -376.2% | |
| Cash | £84,217 | £4,460 | £15,337 | £375,989 | £46,016 | £356,172 | +674% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,209,914 | £6,789,050 | £7,043,471 | £7,215,432 | £7,636,223 | £7,595,201 | -0.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,020,976 | £5,222,478 | £5,160,953 | £5,659,146 | £6,303,315 | £4,523,976 | -28.2% | |
| Equity | £5,020,976 | £5,222,478 | £5,160,953 | £5,659,146 | £6,303,315 | £4,523,976 | -28.2% | |
| Average employees | 70 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 65 | -1.5% | |
| Wages | £2,630,404 | £2,043,411 | £2,041,129 | £2,219,331 | £2,593,213 | £2,671,499 | +3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £135,209 | £136,034 | £141,173 | £159,561 | £182,122 | £232,692 | +27.8% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 2.4% | 0.8% | 4.7% | 5.4% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.3% | -0.4% | 2.8% | 3.5% | -9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 5.5% | 1.7% | 11.5% | 12.9% | -16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 61.6% | 58.6% | 72.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.39x | 1.49x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 1.45x | 2.19x | 0.66x | 2.52x | 2.48x | -3.38x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- J.E.HARTLEY LIMITED · parent
- Hartley Legumes Congeles (1) 100%
Significant events
- “During the year we established a wholly owned subsidiary in France with the purpose of increasing our intra Europe trading activities through this business by enhancing relationships with existing European Customers and seeking out new ones.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VERITY, Tom Edwin | Secretary | 2025-11-06 | — | — |
| HARTLEY, James Edward | Director | 2019-05-09 | Nov 1987 | British |
| VERITY, Tom Edwin | Director | 2002-10-11 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERITY, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | — | 2025-11-06 |
| HARTLEY, Barbara Joan | Director | — | 2000-12-28 |
| HARTLEY, John Edwin | Director | — | 1994-02-26 |
| HARTLEY, William Thomas | Director | — | 2025-11-06 |
| VERITY, Elizabeth Anne | Director | — | 2025-11-06 |
| WALTON, Malcolm Frank | Director | 2015-06-08 | 2015-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartley Food Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-10-18 | Active |
| Mr William Thomas Hartley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-06 |
| Mr Tom Edwin Verity | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-10-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.