CARPENTER LIMITED, SK13 6LE : Companies House Number 00214781

Executive summary

CARPENTER LIMITED presents a mixed risk profile: its century-long operating history, substantial share capital, and clean compliance record are encouraging, yet recent director departures and opaque US trust ownership introduce governance and transparency concerns. The critical gap remains the absence of current financial performance data, which prevents definitive solvency and liquidity assessment. Recommend obtaining full accounts and clarifying the ownership/control structure before committing institutional capital.

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1926-07-02
Registered office: Dinting Lodge Industrial Estate, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6LE
Postcode: SK13 6LE
Capital: 26,362,433 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 7 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: 2026-06-10
Next due by: 2027-06-24

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Nature of business (SIC)

22290 Manufacture of other plastic products

Officers 3 current · 13 resigned

Peter Paul MUNIZ Director

Appointed 2026-01-01

Alan Joseph HIBBERT Director

Appointed 2024-06-01

MR Bradford BEAUCHAMP Director

Appointed 2019-07-01

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Group structure

Controlled by The Katharine Pauley Hickok Revocable Trust (N/A) — since 2021-06-17

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 2

£15,192,725 total awarded value where published.

Provision of Mattresses, Pillows, Recycling Services and Duvets for HM Prison Establishments

Ministry of Justice 2024-10-03 £15,099,113
HMP Five Wells - Mattresses

G4S LIMITED 2021-06-02 £93,612

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6332796 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

24.7%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
E.R. CARPENTER PLC	1994-01-24
HYMAN PLC	1990-07-02
I & J HYMAN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY	1985-07-01

Previous registered addresses 5

Address	Changed on
BEE MILL SHAW ROAD, ROYTON, OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE OL2 6EH	2001-10-16
DINTING LODGE IND ESTATE, GLOSSOP, DERBYSHIRE, SK13 9LE	1997-12-01
SPINNERS LANE, POYNTON, CHESHIRE, SK12 1FF	1990-08-03
VICTORIA HOUSE, VICTORIA STREET, CHADDERTON OLDHAM OL9 ODE	1989-01-03
HOLLYVILLE, HOLMFIRTH ROAD, GREENFIELD, OLDHAM OL3 7DR	1986-11-29

Among its peers

The oldest

of 50 similar companies in SK, trading since 1926

Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold: 2
Most recent registration: 2005-07-19
Where: Derbyshire (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
DY389703	Derbyshire	Freehold	2005-07-19	—
DY229892	Derbyshire	Freehold	1992-04-03	—

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