HOPTON BROW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
109
highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2025-05-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £9,788,493 | £15,777,594 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,557,907 | £2,439,089 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,962,788 | £2,426,997 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,544,880 | £1,881,056 | |
| Cash | £258,125 | £87,332 | — | £142,049 | £1,797,973 | £1,428,999 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,731,682 | £2,711,397 | — | — | £5,308,188 | £6,753,880 | |
| Net assets | £25,533 | £1,010 | — | — | £3,558,642 | £5,074,698 | |
| Equity | £25,533 | £1,010 | £180,125 | £634,542 | £3,558,642 | £5,074,698 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | — | — | 96 | 109 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,070,015 | £3,346,589 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 15.9% | 15.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 29.3% | 36.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.33x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 464.35x | 81.10x |
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
- Sumer Auditco 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 accourting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HOPTON BROW LIMITED · parent
- Bespoke Kitchen Foods Ltd 0.54%
Significant events
- “The company's subsidiary Bespoke Kitchen Foods Limited bought back 3 of it's ordinary £1 shares for £201,000 from a director of the company during the period as preparation for the sale of the subsidiary company.”
- “The company sold all of it's shareholding in it's subsidiary company Bespoke Kitchen Foods Ltd in August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALVONI, Lawrence Wayne | Secretary | 2023-09-29 | — | — |
| DEDMAN, James William | Director | 2025-09-23 | Mar 1998 | British |
| DEDMAN, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2006-07-10 | Mar 1963 | British |
| DEDMAN, Simon William | Director | 2006-07-10 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOWERBY, Richard Anthony | Secretary | 2006-07-10 | 2009-01-08 |
| TIDBALL, Sam | Secretary | 2009-01-08 | 2023-09-29 |
| SOWERBY, Richard Anthony | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2009-01-08 |
| TIDBALL, Sam | Director | 2009-01-08 | 2023-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Julie Elizabeth Dedman | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon William Dedman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.