HAUGHTON TEXTILES LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7m
-6.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
49
-33.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-56.7% lowest 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 Industrials 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 | £12,242,000 | £10,245,000 | £7,330,000 | -28.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,065,000 | £3,545,000 | £1,468,000 | -58.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,183,000 | £3,820,000 | £1,655,000 | -56.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,333,000 | £3,709,000 | -£148,000 | -104% | |
| Cash | £5,719,000 | £4,976,000 | £4,657,000 | -6.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,240,000 | £13,344,000 | £11,953,000 | -10.4% | |
| Net assets | £10,190,000 | £11,861,000 | £11,953,000 | +0.8% | |
| Equity | £10,190,000 | £11,861,000 | £11,953,000 | +0.8% | |
| Average employees | 98 | 74 | 49 | -33.8% | |
| Wages | £3,413,000 | £2,898,000 | £2,216,000 | -23.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £715,000 | £744,000 | £789,000 | +6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,000 | £14,000 | £16,000 | +14.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £412,000 | £424,000 | £453,000 | +6.8% |
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 | 25.0% | 34.6% | 20.0% | |
| Net margin | 19.1% | 36.2% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.9% | 26.6% | 12.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.3% | 25.9% | 8.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.13x | 4.07x | 12.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 27.19x |
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
- HAUGHTON TEXTILES LIMITED 2014-11-28 → present
- AT (NEWCO) LIMITED 2014-08-30 → 2014-11-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- HAUGHTON TEXTILES LIMITED · parent
- Allied Textiles Limited 100%
- Allied Textile Companies Limited 100%
- ATC Manufacturing Limited 100%
- ATC Property Limited 100%
- BL 2002 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 22 December 2025 the group disposed of its 100% holding in Mayfield Warping Inc following a transfer to a new holding company, Ashbourne Textiles Limited, via a dividend in specie.”
- “On 8 September 2026, BL 2002 Limited, an indirect subsidiary of the Group, was placed into voluntary liquidation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRACE, Joanne | Director | 2014-12-03 | Jan 1971 | British |
| MCGUFFIE, Stewart Robert | Director | 2015-01-29 | Feb 1968 | British |
| SMITH, David John | Director | 2014-08-30 | Sep 1972 | British |
| SMITH, James Peter | Director | 2014-08-30 | Nov 1952 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbourne Textiles Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-22 | Active |
| Mr James Peter Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-29 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.