HUWS GRAY LIMITED
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Cash
£113m
-1.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£346m
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4,570
-4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£18m
-36.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £1,402,367,000 | £1,326,294,000 | £1,305,230,000 | -1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £19,483,000 | £39,952,000 | £31,845,000 | -20.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,209,000 | £27,500,000 | £17,508,000 | -36.3% | |
| Net profit | £7,093,000 | £35,899,000 | £12,549,000 | -65% | |
| Cash | £89,362,000 | £114,563,000 | £113,253,000 | -1.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £607,940,000 | £651,985,000 | £682,048,000 | +4.6% | |
| Net assets | £302,447,000 | £339,022,000 | £346,389,000 | +2.2% | |
| Equity | £302,447,000 | £339,022,000 | £346,389,000 | +2.2% | |
| Average employees | 5,091 | 4,762 | 4,570 | -4% | |
| Wages | £157,957,000 | £158,769,000 | £160,261,000 | +0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,309,000 | £1,974,000 | £1,992,000 | +0.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £50,000 | £19,000 | £78,000 | +310.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £429,000 | £658,000 | £783,000 | +19% |
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 | 1.4% | 3.0% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.7% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | 6.1% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.5% | 70.1% | 69.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 0.15x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 1.61x | 3.03x | 1.66x |
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
- HUWS GRAY LIMITED 2006-02-14 → present
- HUWS GRAY FITLOCK LIMITED 1998-12-31 → 2006-02-14
- HUWS-GRAY LIMITED 1990-07-20 → 1998-12-31
- PITTSFIELD LIMITED 1990-05-30 → 1990-07-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Various scenarios for trading over the period to 30 June 2027 have been modelled, with varying degrees of sensitivity analysis taken into consideration... As a result, the directors consider it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HUWS GRAY LIMITED · parent
- Qualplas Limited 80%
- K F Supplies Limited 100%
- A.C. Roof Trusses Limited 100%
- South Milford (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Milford Limited 100%
- Uriah Woodhead & Son (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Uriah Woodhead & Son Limited 100%
- Paxcorn Ltd 100%
- Builders Supplies (West Coast) Limited 100%
- Sandysike Builders Merchants Limited 100%
- Exall Jones Limited 100%
- TBS Building Supplies Ltd 100%
- Higgins Trade Supplies Limited 100%
- Higgins Holdings Limited 100%
- Higgins Building Supplies Ltd 100%
- Higgins Landscape & Garden Centre Limited 100%
- Brick and Stone (Scotland) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “As part of a strategic review of the Company's operating footprint, the directors approved the disposal of a number of branches during the year. A net exceptional credit of £2.3m was recognised during the year.”
- “Closure and exit costs, including redundancy and other site-specific obligations, amounting to £4.0m were incurred.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Stephen | Secretary | 2024-02-06 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Shaun Malcolm | Director | 2025-08-18 | Apr 1971 | British |
| GUPTA, Daksh | Director | 2024-02-06 | Oct 1970 | British |
| MORRIS, Dewi | Director | 1999-01-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
| OWEN, Terence | Director | — | May 1962 | British |
| WAGSTAFF, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2002-09-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| WALLINGTON, Adrian | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
| WHEELER, Rachel Ann | Director | 2025-08-18 | Nov 1968 | British |
| WHITE, Jonathan Barry, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-31 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYNES, William James | Secretary | — | 2002-07-19 |
| OWEN, Terence | Secretary | 2002-07-19 | 2024-02-06 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Bruce | Secretary | 2005-05-19 | 2012-09-30 |
| WAGSTAFF, Andrew Thomas | Secretary | 2002-07-20 | 2024-02-06 |
| BITHELL, Charles Peter | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2023-04-28 |
| EVANS, Elin Sion | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| HUGHES, Elfed Wyn | Director | 1996-02-14 | 2016-09-19 |
| HYNES, William James | Director | — | 2002-07-19 |
| JONES, John Llewelyn | Director | 1994-01-21 | 2022-08-14 |
| JOYCE, Christopher Dudley | Director | 2015-11-13 | 2024-09-01 |
| LOVELACE, Craig Barry, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2025-02-14 |
| NORTHEN, Ian Christopher Anthony | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2024-02-06 |
| OWEN, Michael James | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-09-01 |
| PRITCHARD, Meirion Wyn | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2024-09-01 |
| ROBERTS, Nigel Mark | Director | 2000-08-11 | 2001-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyhead Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-11 | Active |
| Mr John Llewelyn Jone | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-11 |
| Mr Terence Owen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 290 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-16 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.