CUTWEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-11
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+146.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
-63.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
94
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-21.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-11.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £23,555,251 | — | £27,938,618 | £25,861,820 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £4,714,879 | — | £5,844,898 | £4,710,830 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,835,746 | £5,587,253 | £6,281,606 | £4,935,950 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £5,147,136 | £5,009,002 | £5,176,372 | £4,344,781 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,676,508 | £1,461,682 | £941,229 | £2,320,704 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £20,437,265 | £8,682,970 | £13,855,112 | £5,144,813 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £20,347,265 | £8,626,984 | £13,803,356 | £5,091,887 | |
| Equity | £9,060,122 | £12,286,408 | £15,200,129 | £20,347,265 | £8,626,984 | £13,803,356 | £5,091,887 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 89 | 92 | 94 | 94 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,156,034 | £3,442,386 | £2,936,416 | £2,988,340 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £791,968 | £597,002 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
-7.4%
£27,938,618 £25,861,820
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Cash
+146.6%
£941,229 £2,320,704
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
-63.1%
£13,803,356 £5,091,887
lowest in 4 filed years
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Employees
0%
94 94
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Operating profit
-19.4%
£5,844,898 £4,710,830
lowest in 3 filed years
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Profit before tax
-21.4%
£6,281,606 £4,935,950
lowest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+1.8%
£2,936,416 £2,988,340
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 20.0% | — | 20.9% | 18.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 21.9% | — | 18.5% | 16.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 23.1% | — | 42.2% | 91.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 23.2% | 54.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 4.26x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55.69x |
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
- CUTWEL LIMITED 1996-10-03 → present
- TOOLS-R-US (U.K.) LIMITED 1996-05-23 → 1996-10-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence based on the following assessments, considering the principal risks and uncertainties detailed above; Management completed a forecast to April 2029, taking into consideration the stable performance during this financial year. The budget for next financial year shows continued strong liquidity and a return to revenue growth. Detailed weekly cashflow forecasts, forward looking 12 months which incorporate the assumptions from budget and reforecasts are maintained and reviewed on a weekly basis. The Company showed a net asset position at year end of £5.1m (2024: £13.8m) driven by continued good profitability, liquidity remains strong. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Product diversification into adjacent groups.”
- “Reducing supply chain costs and increasing goods-in efficiency.”
- “Continuous development of the ecommerce strategy.”
- “Growth of the sales team.”
- “Improving customer classification and targeted marketing.”
- “Investment in the people is a key pillar of the company's success, the retention and development of our highly engaged workforce will continue through both internal and external training, career development and well-rounded rewards packages.”
- “The company engaged a new external body to redefine our climate mission, providing actions and guidance on how to remove Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and assist with scheme implementation.”
- “Alongside this we continue to improve our recycling levels and we worked with our suppliers on packaging usage reduction.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Katie | Director | 2024-08-21 | Jan 1986 | British |
| JACKSON, Kirsty | Director | 2024-08-21 | Aug 1981 | British |
| MANNION, James | Director | 2025-05-12 | May 1983 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKSWORTH, Elizabeth Mary | Secretary | 1996-05-23 | 2018-05-18 |
| WING, Clifford Donald | Secretary | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-23 |
| GILLARD, Adam | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2024-08-21 |
| HAWKSWORTH, Paul | Director | 1996-05-23 | 2018-05-18 |
| MOORE, Alexandra Sharon | Director | 2018-10-19 | 2025-02-25 |
| SHORT, Graham James | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2024-08-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Milan Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-18 | Active |
| Crossco (1427) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-14 | Ceased 2025-06-18 |
| Crossco (1432) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-18 | Ceased 2025-04-14 |
| Mr Paul Hawksworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-18 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Mary Hawksworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.