CURTIS WOOL DIRECT LIMITED
Company number 01471011 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Curtis Wool Direct Limited presents a mixed financial picture: a strong balance sheet with £12.4M in net assets and growing equity, undermined by a severe 55% decline in profitability and an alarmingly thin cash position of just £4,137. The company's wholesale model inherently operates on tight margins, but the 2024 results — with net margin compressing from 7.4% to 3.2% while £860,000 in dividends were extracted — suggest the business is under significant strain. Immediate priority should be given to rebuilding cash reserves and reviewing the dividend policy to ensure retained earnings are sufficient to weather the volatile wool and currency markets in which the company operates.
Shareholders' funds
£13,121,052
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of processing and merchanting wool.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1980-01-04
- Employees
- 11 (2025 accounts · was 12 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Lawrence House, Dowley Gap Business Park, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1WA
- Postcode
- BD16 1WA
- Capital
- 2,915,711 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-20
- Next due by
- 2027-08-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 10 current · 28 resigned
Group structure 18 subsidiaries
Controlled by CURTIS WOOL DIRECT HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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J & H RHODES (WOOL) LIMITED Dissolved
Showing 12 of 18.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2024-04-30) as part of the CURTIS WOOL DIRECT HOLDINGS LIMITED group statement — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- curtiswooldirect.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WOOL DIRECT LIMITED | 2004-03-15 |
| STRAUME GROUP LIMITED | 2002-02-05 |
| A. STRAUME (U.K.) LIMITED | 1999-12-15 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 11 WOOLGATE, COTTINGLEY MILLS, BINGLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD16 1PE | 2011-01-24 |
| 11 WOOLGATE, COTTINGLEY MILLS, BINGLEY, BD16 1PE | 2005-09-12 |
| NORDIC HOUSE, PAWSON STREET, LAISTERDYKE, BRADFORD.BD4 8AJ. | 1999-03-30 |
| CUMBERLAND HOUSE, GREENSIDE LANE, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE BD8 9TE | 1992-08-12 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 136 similar companies in BD
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (11 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1980.
No.1 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Bradford →
Competitors Bradford
This company ranks 1 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Bradford.
The class of 1980
49%
of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.