COTTON TRADERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.6m
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.4m
Period ending 2025-12-27
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £109,525,000 | £107,875,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £9,148,000 | £9,461,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,422,000 | £9,005,000 | £2,379,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £6,313,000 | £7,520,000 | £2,379,000 | — | |
| Cash | £6,151,000 | £9,372,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,011,000 | £2,601,000 | £2,601,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £32,672,000 | £2,601,000 | £2,601,000 | — | |
| Equity | £32,672,000 | £2,601,000 | £2,601,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 845 | 848 | — | — | |
| Wages | £16,123,000 | £17,062,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,177,000 | £1,193,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £41,000 | £44,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £484,000 | £460,000 | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 8.8% | — | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 7.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.3% | 363.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.7% | 96.1% | 47.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.13x | 0.00x | — | |
| Interest cover | 9.09x | 11.37x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- COTTON TRADERS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1994-09-19 → present
- LIDS LIMITED 1994-06-09 → 1994-09-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors considers the investment in the subsidiary undertakings to be recoverable on the basis of the financial position and performance of its trading subsidiary and so the Company has prepared its accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COTTON TRADERS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Cotton Traders Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A material non-adjusting event occurred in August 2026, when the external loan of Cotton Traders Limited, a subsidiary undertaking of the Company, was repaid by CorpAcq Limited, converting it into an intercompany creditor.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADLE CLARK, Suzanne Jean | Director | 2006-07-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| CATTELL, Nicholas James | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
| COTTON, Francis Edward | Director | 1994-06-22 | Jan 1947 | British |
| HAMBLIN, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 1996-02-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| HARRIES, Melanie Jane | Director | 2024-09-02 | Feb 1972 | British |
| HOWLINGS, Mark Steven | Director | 2004-11-05 | Mar 1964 | British |
| JAMESON, Shona Anne | Director | 2015-05-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| MILLWARD, Phillip Robert | Director | 2026-01-30 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Steven James | Director | 1994-06-22 | Jul 1951 | British |
| STEWART, Kyle | Director | 2026-02-10 | Dec 1987 | British |
| TURNER, Nicholas James | Director | 2026-02-10 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, William Robert | Secretary | 1997-08-16 | 2003-10-31 |
| DEVALL, Philip Frank | Secretary | 1994-06-22 | 1997-06-05 |
| HOWLINGS, Mark Steven | Secretary | 2003-10-31 | 2011-01-31 |
| SMITH, Susan | Secretary | 2011-02-01 | 2018-05-21 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-06-09 | 1994-06-22 |
| ALLERTON, Caroline Rhoda | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| BARNES, William Robert | Director | 1998-07-03 | 2003-10-31 |
| DEVALL, Philip Frank | Director | 1994-06-22 | 1997-06-05 |
| DORSETT, Jon Paul | Director | 2018-05-21 | 2022-09-01 |
| HAWKINS, Paul | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| JONES, David Charles, Sir | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2013-01-31 |
| KEENS, David Wilson | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2014-07-28 |
| TAYLOR, Wendy Sheila | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2006-08-08 |
| WALLIS, John Keith | Director | 1996-02-01 | 1998-07-01 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-06-09 | 1994-06-22 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1994-06-09 | 1994-06-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Traders Group Finance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-05-21 | Active |
| Mr Steven James Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-01 | Ceased 2018-05-21 |
| Mr Francis Edward Cotton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-01 | Ceased 2018-05-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.