WRIGHT HARDWARE LIMITED
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Cash
£565k
-29.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.8m
-4.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
165
-0.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£323k
+11.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs 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 | £14,938,224 | £14,251,429 | £14,408,809 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £141,896 | -£293,306 | -£281,383 | +4.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £109,043 | -£366,687 | -£323,301 | +11.8% | |
| Net profit | £71,811 | -£254,336 | -£273,423 | -7.5% | |
| Cash | £641,313 | £802,975 | £565,087 | -29.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,549,717 | £9,210,491 | £8,714,609 | -5.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,321,915 | £6,046,973 | £5,773,550 | -4.5% | |
| Equity | £6,321,915 | £6,046,973 | £5,773,550 | -4.5% | |
| Average employees | 166 | 166 | 165 | -0.6% | |
| Wages | £3,061,760 | £3,290,988 | £3,387,094 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £226,335 | £260,145 | £246,788 | -5.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £65,446 | £67,216 | £68,082 | +1.3% |
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 | 0.9% | -2.1% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | -1.8% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | -3.2% | -3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.3% | 46.2% | 45.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.45x | 3.49x | 3.76x | |
| Interest cover | 3.38x | -4.30x | -4.75x |
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
- Galbraith Pritchards
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- WRIGHT HARDWARE LIMITED · parent
- Home Hardware (Scotland) Limited 89.15%
- Home Hardware Direct Limited 67.9%
Significant events
- “Appointment of D J O'Ware as director on 23 September 2025.”
- “Disposal of investment property in the year of £60,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Celia | Secretary | — | — | British |
| FERGUSON, Brian Lawrie Hunter | Director | 2009-12-17 | May 1979 | British |
| FERGUSON, Celia | Director | — | Dec 1947 | British |
| LEARY, Fiona Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2018-05-29 | Mar 1972 | British |
| O'WARE, Derek John | Director | 2025-09-23 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, James Hunter | Director | — | 2018-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Fiona Mary Elizabeth Leary | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-12 | Ceased 2024-10-12 |
| Mrs Celia Ferguson | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-10-12 | Active |
| Mrs Celia Ferguson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-27 | Ceased 2024-10-12 |
| Mr James Hunter Ferguson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-19 |
| Mr Brian Lawrie Hunter Ferguson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.