PETER HARRINGTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-18.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£26M
+9.3% vs 2023
Employees
65
+6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+1.6% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £35,419,230 | £36,899,638 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,981,761 | £4,003,816 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,997,109 | £4,061,795 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,121,981 | £3,108,780 | |
| Cash | £3,555,593 | £1,395,555 | £1,666,346 | £1,357,080 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £23,868,047 | £26,076,827 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £23,868,047 | £26,076,827 | |
| Equity | — | — | £23,868,047 | £26,076,827 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 61 | 65 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,908,684 | £4,138,093 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £389,413 | £457,669 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£35,419,230 £36,899,638
-
Cash
-18.6%
£1,666,346 £1,357,080
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+9.3%
£23,868,047 £26,076,827
-
Employees
+6.6%
61 65
-
Operating profit
+0.6%
£3,981,761 £4,003,816
-
Profit before tax
+1.6%
£3,997,109 £4,061,795
-
Wages
+5.9%
£3,908,684 £4,138,093
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 11.2% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 8.8% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 16.7% | 15.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.09x | 5.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 41913.27x | — |
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
- PETER HARRINGTON LIMITED 2014-03-04 → present
- BOOKNOTE LIMITED 1998-08-05 → 2014-03-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- WSM Advisors 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.”
Group structure
- PETER HARRINGTON LIMITED · parent
- Peter Harrington US Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We are pleased to have acquired a freehold property for use in the business, adding physical capacity and providing security.”
- “Preference shares were redeemed in December 2024 at the option of Peter Harrington Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'DOMHNAILL, Eamonn | Secretary | 2024-02-06 | — | — |
| HARRINGTON, Peter Lawrence | Director | 2003-10-23 | May 1975 | British |
| JAMESON, Joseph Laurence | Director | 2023-12-19 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGERMAN LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-09-04 | 2009-06-11 |
| RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-08-05 | 1998-09-04 |
| WSM SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-06-11 | 2014-03-18 |
| CAETHOVEN, Rachel Samantha | Director | 2017-05-19 | 2024-02-20 |
| HARRINGTON, Peter John | Director | 1998-09-04 | 2003-08-13 |
| HEAP, Nicola | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2007-06-26 |
| BONUSWORTH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-08-05 | 1998-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matilde Margarita Josefina Harrington | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Peter Lawrence Harrington | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-21 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.