TAYLOR HOPKINSON LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5M
+40.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£704K
-203.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
113
-19.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.1M
+60% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £80,637,324 | £64,196,992 | £50,654,486 | -21.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£791,634 | -£1,473,630 | -£492,885 | +66.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,093,690 | -£2,684,419 | -£1,072,715 | +60% | |
| Net profit | -£2,406,737 | -£3,423,308 | -£1,088,298 | +68.2% | |
| Cash | £5,944,397 | £1,088,775 | £1,533,748 | +40.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £679,250 | -£703,695 | -203.6% | |
| Net assets | £4,188,589 | £679,250 | -£703,695 | -203.6% | |
| Equity | £4,188,589 | £679,250 | -£703,695 | -203.6% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 140 | 113 | -19.3% | |
| Wages | £7,998,288 | £7,660,122 | £6,738,645 | -12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £219,252 | £22,000 | — | — |
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 | -1.0% | -2.3% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -5.3% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -216.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 97.1% | 103.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.02x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | -0.61x | -1.22x | -0.80x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has prepared and reviewed forecasts, including cash flow projections, for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and are satisfied the Company will be able to continue its operations and meet its liabilities as they fall due with the ordinary course of business.”
Group structure
- TAYLOR HOPKINSON LIMITED · parent
- Taylor Hopkinson PTE Limited 100%
- Taylor Hopkinson Spain SL 100%
- Taylor Hopkinson Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCRAE, Fiona Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-03-30 | — | — |
| DE LAAT, Peter Alexander | Director | 2024-08-01 | Sep 1972 | Dutch |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Michael Hugh | Secretary | 2017-06-14 | 2018-10-01 |
| MURRAY, Lesley | Secretary | 2019-01-01 | 2023-03-30 |
| ANDRINGA, Jilko Tjeerd | Director | 2021-12-07 | 2024-08-01 |
| BELL, Michael Hugh | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2018-10-01 |
| CANTLEY, Stewart George | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2021-12-07 |
| HOPKINSON, Thomas | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2024-08-01 |
| MUIR, Daniel Charles | Director | 2012-07-27 | 2016-09-01 |
| NICHOLSON, George Elliott | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2021-12-07 |
| RAVE, Jonas | Director | 2019-03-26 | 2021-08-06 |
| SCHMIDT-CHIARI, Stanislaus Eduard | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2021-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seafox Apollo 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-14 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Hopkinson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.