HULL BLYTH & COMPANY, LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
USD 5,201,437
+45.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9M
USD 11,664,720
+6.4% vs 2023
Employees
115
-26.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£739K
USD -989,123
+71.8% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £7,122,334 | £7,408,328 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,995,013 | -£1,075,045 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,623,595 | -£739,421 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,065,401 | -£714,248 | |
| Cash | £2,134,812 | £2,679,252 | £3,888,343 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,195,081 | £8,719,982 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,195,081 | £8,719,982 | |
| Equity | £7,617,120 | £8,195,081 | £8,719,982 | |
| Average employees | — | 156 | 115 | |
| Wages | — | £2,569,155 | £2,504,057 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £239,951 | £292,293 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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%
£7,122,334 £7,408,328
-
Cash
+45.1%
£2,679,252 £3,888,343
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.4%
£8,195,081 £8,719,982
-
Employees
-26.3%
156 115
-
Operating profit
+64.1%
-£2,995,013 -£1,075,045
-
Profit before tax
+71.8%
-£2,623,595 -£739,421
-
Wages
-2.5%
£2,569,155 £2,504,057
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -42.1% | -14.5% | |
| Net margin | — | -29.0% | -9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -36.5% | -12.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 49.2% | 39.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.16x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | -137.99x | -234.73x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Glazers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HULL BLYTH & COMPANY, LIMITED · parent
- Hull Blyth South Africa Proprietary Limited 100%
- Hull Blyth (Ghana) Limited 89.4%
- Hull Blyth Nigeria Limited 99.99%
- African Steamship Nigeria Limited 99.99%
- Beacon Shipping Agency Nigeria Limited 99.99%
- Elder Dempster Agencies Nigeria Limited 99.99%
- Evergreen Shipping Agencies Nigeria Limited 99.99%
- Hull Blyth Mainport (Pty) Limited 100%
- Kestrel Maritime (Pty) Limited 100%
- Blue Funnel Nigeria Limited 99.99%
Significant events
- “restructuring being undertaken in order to support a return to profitability in the medium term.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN, Caroline Maya | Director | 2016-11-10 | Nov 1979 | British |
| BALDWIN, James Chambre | Director | 2025-02-08 | Dec 1951 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLACK, William Patrick | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2023-10-03 |
| HAMMOCK, Caven David | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2025-01-28 |
| HAMMOCK, Caven David | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2017-09-27 |
| HOLM, Christian Boas | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2025-06-06 |
| WHALLEY, Richard Allan | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2016-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Chambre Baldwin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.