WOOLTEX U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£2.6m
+40.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
152
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+84.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £19,489,537 | £17,708,470 | £20,833,558 | +17.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,678,834 | £1,512,829 | £2,769,060 | +83% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,677,478 | £1,515,959 | £2,796,697 | +84.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,930,065 | £1,091,040 | £2,028,989 | +86% | |
| Cash | £715,043 | £1,850,665 | £2,602,428 | +40.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,962,005 | £11,763,111 | £12,201,717 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,645,873 | £10,695,927 | £11,224,708 | +4.9% | |
| Equity | £10,645,873 | £10,695,927 | £11,224,708 | +4.9% | |
| Average employees | 173 | 150 | 152 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £5,661,782 | £5,152,423 | £5,818,557 | +12.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £515,460 | £530,167 | £732,927 | +38.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £44,630 | £38,463 | £50,550 | +31.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £195,368 | £197,305 | £210,610 | +6.7% |
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 | 13.7% | 8.5% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 6.2% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.4% | 12.9% | 22.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.6% | 28.5% | 31.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 2.83x | 2.75x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- WOOLTEX U.K. LIMITED · parent
- Wooltex Spinning Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company entered into a non-cancellable sale and leaseback transaction arrangement with Lloyds Bank on 25 June 2025. The company sold solar panels at value of £166,339 (excluding VAT) and leased them back on same date”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINROW, Carl | Secretary | 2015-11-04 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Steven James | Director | 2025-03-05 | Dec 1978 | British |
| BROOK, Richard David | Director | 2015-11-04 | Jan 1971 | British |
| SHIRLEY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2015-11-04 | Sep 1961 | British |
| TIMMINS, Peter | Director | 2000-08-04 | Nov 1953 | British |
| WINROW, Carl | Director | 2015-11-04 | Nov 1980 | British |
| WOOD, Laura | Director | 2025-03-05 | Feb 1992 | British |
| KVADRAT A/S | Corporate Director | 2011-07-20 | — | — |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAEME, Dorothy May | Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-04 | 2000-08-04 |
| TIMMINS, Paula | Secretary | 2000-08-04 | 2015-11-04 |
| GRAEME, Lesley Joyce | Nominee Director | 2000-08-04 | 2000-08-04 |
| HOYLE, Timothy Roland | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2017-05-12 |
| TIMMINS, Nicola Louise | Director | 2006-02-24 | 2010-12-01 |
| TIMMINS, Paula | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2017-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Paula Timmins | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-22 |
| Kvadrat A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Peter Timmins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.