CURTIS WOOL DIRECT LIMITED
Company number 01471011 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Curtis Wool Direct Limited is a long-established wool merchant with strong net assets (£12.4M) and group backing from Norwegian parent Nortura SA, but presents significant liquidity concerns with near-zero cash reserves (£4,137) on £41.8M turnover and a sharp 55% decline in profitability in 2024. The company's low-margin commodity business model, combined with volatile wool markets and foreign currency exposure, warrants a conditional credit approach with strict covenants around cash conversion, EBITDA margins, and dividend restrictions. Parent company guarantees should be sought for any material facilities.
Shareholders' funds
£12,390,667
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
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
- 12 (2024 accounts)
- 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
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- 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 137 similar companies in BD
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (12 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; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.