HOPTON TRADING HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+607.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+70.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
140
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+799.5% vs 2024
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
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £33,184,987 | £37,826,511 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £753,925 | £6,888,973 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £769,190 | £6,918,915 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £465,750 | £5,084,016 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £670,458 | £4,744,170 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £4,855,012 | — | — | £4,612,678 | £7,860,818 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £4,599,383 | £7,853,399 | |
| Equity | £3,355,038 | £4,855,025 | £4,855,012 | £4,861,288 | £6,233,977 | £4,599,383 | £7,853,399 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 139 | — | — | 154 | 140 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £4,144,761 | £4,465,051 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £52,179 | £75,047 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+14%
£33,184,987 £37,826,511
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Cash
+607.6%
£670,458 £4,744,170
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Net assets
+70.7%
£4,599,383 £7,853,399
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Employees
-9.1%
154 140
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Operating profit
+813.7%
£753,925 £6,888,973
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Profit before tax
+799.5%
£769,190 £6,918,915
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Wages
+7.7%
£4,144,761 £4,465,051
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3% | 18.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4% | 13.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 16.3% | 87.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.16x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14783.20x |
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
- Bates Weston Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HOPTON TRADING HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Ignite (Grantham) Limited 100%
- Ignite (North) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be £ 1,050,000.”
- “There was a capital reduction during the year and the 780,000 A Ordinary shares were cancelled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPTON, Debra Jane | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | — | — |
| HOPTON, Mark Timothy | Director | 2017-02-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopton Investment Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-04-27 | Ceased 2024-10-04 |
| Mrs Debra Jane Hopton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-01 | Ceased 2023-07-14 |
| Mr Mark Timothy Hopton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-04 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-04 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-04 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.